Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 30-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 30
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Currently on a 30-contest overall top-10 run.
Came within 2.9032 points of the Grand Championship at W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest (2020-01-18).
In the top 4% of every rated team in the data
A power rating of 1740 puts them #248 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 4% of the field.
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest (2022-09-10) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ.
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest (2022-09-10).
A call in 53 of 58 contests
A top-10 category call in 91% of their 58 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.1940 at W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has finished one call ahead of PARKSTAD SMOKERS 7 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their last Grand Championship came at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest on 2022-09-10 — 12 contests and 4 years ago.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Osdorp Grillers (NL) in 28 of their 28 shared contests.
Runner-up for the whole thing 7 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.
Field size changes the story: they average a top 27% finish in large fields against top 37% in small ones.
White Squirrel BBQ has landed one call behind them 5 times.
Something about June: average finish in the top 17% across 4 contests, versus top 26% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 16,491 miles across 58 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,039 miles to Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE.
Their overall lands within ±1.37% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 54 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PARKSTAD SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 79 contests to 58, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 64 contests, alongside a 53% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before PARKSTAD SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after PARKSTAD SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 40 | 8 | 32 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 36 | 21 | 15 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 36 | 9 | 27 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Team Laurentius | 34 | 27 | 7 | 79% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Backcorner BBQ | 31 | 19 | 12 | 61% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | 30 | 20 | 9 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | 29 | 20 | 9 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| Osdorp Grillers (NL) | 28 | 28 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | 28 | 20 | 8 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 28 | 8 | 20 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | 26 | 25 | 1 | 96% | ⚔ compare |
| WETTELS ON FIRE | 25 | 23 | 2 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| It's spice that meats you | 25 | 22 | 3 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | 25 | 18 | 7 | 72% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 57 | 37 | 4 | 12 | 176.5600 | 154.8116 | 168.94 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 58 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 178.8572 | 145.6688 | 165.03 | top 39% |
| Pork | 57 | 37 | 5 | 13 | 179.4400 | 155.3368 | 168.57 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 57 | 42 | 4 | 16 | 180.0000 🔥 | 152.5144 | 167.38 | top 32% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ | 2 | 0 | top 19% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 15 | 0 | top 37% |
| Medium (20–39) | 30 | 2 | top 21% |
| Large (40+) | 12 | 0 | top 27% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | top 29% | 2023-04-08 |
| Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | top 36% | 2023-04-07 |
| Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) | 3 | 5 | 0 | top 35% | 2023-09-10 |
| Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 13% | 2022-09-10 |
| W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 19% | 2023-02-25 |
| Tony Stone BBQ Competition | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 17% | 2022-06-03 |
| Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 17% | 2018-05-12 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) | 2018-05-11 |
| +13.7 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2018-05-19 |
| +13.1 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow | 2018-08-25 |
| +13 | SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN | 2018-10-20 |
| +12.7 | Eastern BBQ Contest | 2018-03-31 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16.4 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 | 2023-03-17 |
| -9.7 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | 2023-04-08 |
| -7.1 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest | 2023-09-09 |
| -6.1 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 | 2023-03-25 |
| -5.5 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 | 2023-04-07 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 39% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 100% | top 46% | 94.8% | 92.4% |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 100% | top 19% | 95.7% | 94% |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 100% | top 21% | 93.7% | 93% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 7% | 95.9% | 95.2% |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 82% | top 31% | 94.9% | 92.6% |
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 82% | top 17% | 95.8% | 92.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-20 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen, 4538AP | 9 / 23 (667.8400) | 1 (176.5600) | 5 (167.3828) | 7 (169.6800) | 21 (154.2172) |
| 2023-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 6 / 23 (665.6348) | 10 (165.1316) | 9 (159.9772) | 10 (168.5372) | 3 (171.9888) |
| 2023-09-09 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 8 / 13 (660.4344) | 7 (166.2400) | 8 (162.8344) | 5 (174.2744) | 10 (157.0856) |
| 2023-04-08 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 8 / 13 (661.6344) | 3 (169.7028) | 5 (167.9772) | 7 (165.7144) | 9 (158.2400) |
| 2023-04-07 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 5 / 10 (665.6112) | 10 (158.7884) | 3 (168.5600) | 1 (176.0000) | 6 (162.2628) |
| 2023-03-25 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel, 3920 | 8 / 18 (665.0056) | 11 (165.6684) | 13 (159.9888) | 5 (171.9772) | 7 (167.3712) |
| 2023-03-18 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 Boom, 2850 | 2 / 13 (678.7312) | 6 (167.3828) | 4 (170.8572) | 1 (173.1200) | 5 (167.3712) |
| 2023-03-17 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 Boom, 2850 | 10 / 13 (641.0060) | 12 (154.8116) | 11 (154.2288) | 9 (160.0000) | 2 (171.9656) |
| 2023-02-25 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 7 / 23 (682.8344) | 13 (164.5944) | 4 (173.1428) | 11 (168.5372) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2022-12-03 | Holiday in Hell Helshoven, | 6 / 15 (678.1940) | 6 (174.2628) | 5 (170.2972) | 5 (170.2628) | 8 (163.3712) |
| 2022-12-02 | Burn in Hell - When Hell Freezes Over Helshoven, | 7 / 15 (675.3600) | 7 (169.1428) | 6 (171.4288) | 7 (170.2628) | 8 (164.5256) |
| 2022-09-17 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 3 / 25 (670.7544) | 11 (166.2400) | 2 (172.5716) | 11 (162.8228) | 2 (169.1200) |
| 2022-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 1 / 28 (685.0632) | 3 (175.4056) | 19 (157.6688) | 1 (176.5716) | 1 (175.4172) |
| 2022-07-23 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival , | 4 / 20 (682.2288) | 4 (174.8572) | 2 (174.8572) | 9 (165.6916) | 8 (166.8228) |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 4 / 15 (678.7544) | 5 (171.4056) | 9 (163.9660) | 4 (173.1200) | 4 (170.2628) |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | — | — | 6 (161.6800) | — | — |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2134CG | 6 / 38 (669.0176) | 25 (162.8116) | 16 (161.1088) | 18 (165.0972) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2022-05-21 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ-Contest II Terneuzen, 4538AP | 2 / 18 (666.2176) | 7 (169.1200) | 12 (157.1548) | 5 (169.1200) | 3 (170.8228) |
| 2022-05-14 | Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter, 9880 | 3 / 19 (670.1368) | 4 (170.8228) | 6 (165.7144) | 11 (165.0740) | 3 (168.5256) |
| 2022-04-16 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 3 / 24 (689.1200) | 7 (171.4172) | 2 (169.7144) | 2 (176.0000) | 4 (171.9884) |
| 2022-04-15 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 4 / 19 (673.6344) | 15 (165.1428) | 5 (168.5372) | 4 (170.8344) | 3 (169.1200) |
| 2022-03-26 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel, 3920 | 2 / 31 (681.7144) | 3 (176.0000) | 1 (169.1888) | 3 (169.6800) | 9 (166.8456) |
| 2021-10-23 | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | 5 / 30 (674.7656) | 8 (170.8228) | 10 (166.2860) | 11 (167.9656) | 7 (169.6912) |
| 2021-10-02 | Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle Bremen, 28199 | 2 / 16 (672.9824) | 8 (164.5256) | 4 (169.1200) | 3 (171.9656) | 4 (167.3712) |
| 2021-09-25 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen, 4538AP | 5 / 21 (670.7312) | 9 (167.3828) | 4 (171.4172) | 9 (162.8228) | 4 (169.1084) |
| 2021-09-11 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 5 / 29 (669.6688) | 1 (174.2628) | 21 (154.3088) | 2 (175.4172) | 11 (165.6800) |
| 2021-08-14 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 6 / 26 (667.3368) | 20 (160.5028) | 15 (158.8800) | 7 (167.9540) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2021-08-13 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 6 / 19 (660.4568) | 5 (170.8228) | 16 (158.8228) | 9 (163.4400) | 5 (167.3712) |
| 2020-09-12 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen, 5106NC | 2 / 31 (681.0856) | 3 (170.8228) | 13 (164.5600) | 5 (175.4400) | 4 (170.2628) |
| 2020-01-18 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 2 / 28 (690.1940) | 2 (176.0000) | 1 (178.8572) | 12 (167.3712) | 5 (167.9656) |
| 2019-11-30 | Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800 | 5 / 31 (665.6456) | 16 (164.5600) | 3 (170.8572) | 13 (162.2400) | 6 (167.9884) |
| 2019-10-25 | 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 71 / 97 (661.6220) | 40 (171.4056) | 17 (176.5828) | 91 (155.9768) | 86 (157.6568) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 97 / 135 (672.5028) | 80 (170.2744) | 95 (166.8800) | 78 (169.1200) | 115 (166.2284) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 142 / 468 (673.0168) | 256 (164.5256) | 126 (169.7028) | 65 (173.1200) | 208 (165.6684) |
| 2019-08-31 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 10 / 31 (656.4228) | 10 (169.6800) | 8 (166.8572) | 22 (155.3368) | 8 (164.5488) |
| 2019-08-17 | EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren, 52525 | 7 / 28 (658.7428) | 4 (171.9772) | 26 (145.6688) | 5 (170.2512) | 2 (170.8456) |
| 2019-07-06 | BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland, 27624 | 6 / 36 (653.0172) | 4 (169.1316) | 26 (154.2400) | 22 (157.0856) | 2 (172.5600) |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 2 / 22 (671.3144) | 2 (174.2744) | 13 (161.0972) | 2 (174.2628) | 9 (161.6800) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 10 / 55 (672.5144) | 6 (173.1316) | 39 (156.5028) | 2 (174.3200) | 13 (168.5600) |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY | 5 / 34 (675.3944) | 3 (174.8800) | 11 (166.3088) | 20 (161.0856) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2019-05-24 | Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire, LE672FY | 18 / 26 (648.3884) | 10 (171.9772) | 21 (155.3712) | 7 (168.5256) | 25 (152.5144) |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 9 / 49 (669.0284) | 4 (174.2972) | 31 (155.3484) | 22 (164.5256) | 5 (174.8572) |
| 2019-04-20 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove, 9600 | 6 / 29 (675.3140) | 6 (170.2628) | 16 (162.2628) | 9 (169.6684) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2019-04-19 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 Ninove, 9600 | 10 / 25 (651.8972) | 8 (166.8228) | 11 (161.1316) | 12 (162.8228) | 10 (161.1200) |
| 2019-04-13 | Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK | 8 / 41 (674.2056) | 1 (175.4172) | 16 (163.9772) | 19 (162.8456) | 2 (171.9656) |
| 2019-03-30 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, | 3 / 40 (671.3828) | 32 (155.9656) | 3 (170.8688) | 9 (169.7028) | 2 (174.8456) |
| 2019-02-16 | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762 | 5 / 12 (683.3372) | 2 (175.4516) | 6 (168.5372) | 4 (171.9656) | 7 (167.3828) |
| 2018-10-20 | SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN Goldschlagiplatz, 5735 | 1 / 20 (689.7488) | 4 (172.5600) | 2 (169.1772) | 1 (179.4400) | 8 (168.5716) |
| 2018-09-22 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop, | 8 / 73 (659.9656) | 19 (165.6800) | 22 (162.2628) | 14 (165.7256) | 11 (166.2972) |
| 2018-09-08 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 9 / 40 (660.5484) | 27 (162.2628) | 16 (162.8572) | 20 (162.2856) | 1 (173.1428) |
| 2018-09-01 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 9 / 44 (663.9200) | 14 (167.9772) | 10 (168.5600) | 9 (166.2628) | 15 (161.1200) |
| 2018-08-25 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague, 2266HA | 5 / 29 (669.1660) | 23 (159.9656) | 5 (167.4860) | 1 (178.8572) | 11 (162.8572) |
| 2018-08-25 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague, 2266HA | 8 / 35 (666.2516) | 18 (166.2744) | 11 (164.0000) | 3 (174.2972) | 17 (161.6800) |
| 2018-08-18 | *EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW, 52525 | 11 / 32 (665.0512) | 15 (167.4400) | 12 (166.2400) | 8 (170.2512) | 17 (161.1200) |
| 2018-05-19 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG | 4 / 60 (676.5372) | 1 (176.0228) | 17 (163.9772) | 7 (173.7144) | 17 (162.8228) |
| 2018-05-12 | Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt, 3800 | 10 / 51 (663.9544) | 13 (169.7372) | 14 (166.2744) | 16 (167.4056) | 23 (160.5372) |
| 2018-05-11 | Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt, 3800 | 5 / 37 (675.4516) | 13 (167.4172) | 6 (168.5716) | 3 (174.2856) | 14 (165.1772) |
| 2018-03-31 | Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, 9400 | 6 / 33 (668.5256) | 6 (169.7144) | 3 (169.1772) | 23 (158.2284) | 4 (171.4056) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #847 (133 pts) | #657 (273 pts) | #872 (173 pts) | #857 (153 pts) | #1175 (68 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #92 (1531 pts) | #117 (1366 pts) | #85 (1556 pts) | #63 (1671 pts) | #71 (1651 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #30 (2199 pts) | #76 (1589 pts) | #50 (1841 pts) | #50 (1769 pts) | #25 (2139 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #170 (1096 pts) | #201 (941 pts) | #270 (781 pts) | #184 (1011 pts) | #154 (1116 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #164 (690 pts) | #211 (585 pts) | #182 (625 pts) | #298 (415 pts) | #208 (555 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #105 (1811 pts) | #33 (2115 pts) | #169 (1389 pts) | #129 (1561 pts) | #45 (2095 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #130 (1734 pts) | #199 (1364 pts) | #154 (1509 pts) | #96 (1769 pts) | #256 (1194 pts) |