Onkel Felix BBQ

Onkel Felix BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 47 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 8 at the Marchfelder Feuerfest (2026). They are ranked #4604 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,604

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1471

peak 1471 · rated over 27 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 18, 2019

latest Sep 26, 2026 · 7.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#107

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

18 podiums

Overall top-10s

23% of 47 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

690.7772 / 720

Master · I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

684.26 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 661.94 (+22.32)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition

Consistency

±19.69

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.78 · weakest Brisket (161.05)

Road miles

6,867

across 47 mapped stops · furthest 661 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Master avg

661.94 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

On the rise

+29 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 29 points across 11 contests since Oct 11, 2025 — from 1442 up to 1471.

11 contests since Oct 11, 2025
now 1471

They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 39 of 47 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 47 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

690.7772 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.7772 at I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 26, 2026

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

BBQ Hot Yard has finished one call ahead of Onkel Felix BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 18 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 56%.

18 contests
6 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 56%

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

Smoky Cotte ahead in 100% of their meetings

Smoky Cotte has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

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The weak link

−8.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.73 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 56%.

Brisket avg 161.05
Chicken avg 169.78
14 calls in 28 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Grill Kings & Queens BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest (Mar 12, 2022).

last seen May 18, 2019
back Mar 12, 2022

Chicken nemesis

12 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

Smoky Cotte ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Smoky Cotte has out-cooked them in 12 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BBQ Hot Yard has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 60% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 60% across 3 contests, versus top 68% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 68% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,867 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,867 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 661 miles to Transylvanian BBQ Festival.

47 mapped stops
furthest 661 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#107 (1,315 pts)	#12 (2,087 pts)	#48 (1,759 pts)	#87 (1,370 pts)	#106 (1,282 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#179 (1,192 pts)	#83 (1,659 pts)	#137 (1,443 pts)	#168 (1,218 pts)	#91 (1,598 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#623 (267 pts)	#374 (621 pts)	#381 (625 pts)	#490 (412 pts)	#623 (287 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1200 (73 pts)	#1584 (58 pts)	#1071 (133 pts)	#1129 (103 pts)	#1288 (63 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1648 (112 pts)	#1820 (97 pts)	#1437 (147 pts)	#1485 (137 pts)	#1831 (87 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Onkel Felix BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

134 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

ROKER Q

#4,590 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1471

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Sep 4, 2026

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SHO DAWG BBQ

#4,602 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1471

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Onkel Felix BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

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ELWOOD BBQ

#4,621 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1531

Fewer contests behind them than Onkel Felix BBQ has cooked, 29 to 47, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Sep 2, 2023

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SMOKY LINCS

#4,609 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1471

34 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 34 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE

#4,600 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1471

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Onkel Felix BBQ's first contest.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jul 14, 2017

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Que'd Up

#4,598 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

Level with Onkel Felix BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 44 contests
last seen Jul 28, 2023

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ Hot Yard	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
Woodquarter Smokerheads	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
Smoky Cotte	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
SOUTH BRIXIA	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Szendo Smoke BBQ Team	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
LUNA SMOKE - Italy	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Ranch	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Tracica BBQ Team	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Barbecoa BBQ Team	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
The Antwerp Smokers	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Art Razza Piave Bbq	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	18	0	9	177.7144	145.6460	169.78	top 49%
Pork Ribs	38	23	1	5	177.1428	149.0516	166.20	top 58%
Pork	28	12	0	3	180 🔥	152	165.44	top 67%
Brisket	28	14	1	1	176.5600	128.5256	161.05	top 64%

“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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	16	top 75%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 59%
Large (40+)	1	top 48%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
BZ	3	top 82%
GG	1	top 90%
NO	1	top 38%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
The War of Barbeque	3	8	top 53%	Jun 20, 2026
Fo.G & Smoke 2026	2	8	top 54%	Sep 19, 2026
Wild West Fest on Fire 2026	2	7	top 47%	Aug 8, 2026
Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)	2	15	top 88%	Sep 13, 2025
W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	2	13	top 87%	Feb 25, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 19 contests

Contests a season 7.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GG 3 of 47 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 21 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 38 entries · 1 win · 23 calls

Opponents faced 177 finished ahead 169 times, behind 298

Longest layoff 2.8 yrs May 18, 2019 → Mar 12, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20264 milestones

May 2 First overall podium Marchfelder Feuerfest
Sep 26 First perfect 180 (Pork) I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition
Sep 26 Career-best overall score690.7772 I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition
Sep 26 Most recent contest I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition

20252 milestones

May 10 First overall top-10 Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
Sep 12 25th tracked contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1)

20242 milestones

Feb 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.6344 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Sep 21 10th tracked contest Fo.G & Smoke 2024

20221 milestone

Mar 12 First category win (Pork Ribs) W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

20193 milestones

May 18 First tracked contest Transylvanian BBQ Festival
May 18 First call Transylvanian BBQ Festival
May 18 Peak power rating (1499) Transylvanian BBQ Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.1	Marchfelder Feuerfest	May 2, 2026
+11.1	The War of Barbeque	Jun 20, 2026
+11.1	V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition	Oct 11, 2025
+8.2	Wild West Fest on Fire 2026	Aug 8, 2026
+7.8	Fo.G & Smoke 2026	Sep 19, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.5	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest	Feb 28, 2026
-8.8	BBQ Knife Clash	May 23, 2026
-8.6	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	Mar 12, 2022
-8.1	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	Feb 25, 2023
-7.5	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival	May 17, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	18	6	0	83%	top 56%	95.9%	93.8%
2025	19	5	1	84%	top 72%	95.7%	91.9%
2024	7	0	0	71%	top 80%	92.1%	90.9%
2023	1	0	0	100%	top 87%	87.7%	87.7%
2022	1	0	1	100%	top 87%	85.9%	85.9%
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 65%	88.6%	88.6%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 26, 2026	I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs	6 / 14 (690.7772)	5 (177.7144)	7 (175.4172)	2 (180)	13 (157.6456)
Sep 19, 2026	Fo.G & Smoke 2026 Spilamberto	8 / 22 (686.8116)	—	12 (169.1316)	10 (173.1200)	12 (164.5600)
Aug 8, 2026	Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 Medvode	7 / 18 (685.0744)	3 (177.7028)	10 (167.4288)	8 (169.1084)	6 (170.8344)
Aug 7, 2026	Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode	—	3 (173.1200)	—	—	—
Aug 7, 2026	Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode	—	—	2 (173.1200)	—	—
Jul 11, 2026	No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT RIBS) Zagreb	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 10, 2026	No Smoke, No Glory Zagreb	12 / 16 (672.4344)	3 (177.7028)	10 (169.6916)	14 (165.6800)	14 (159.3600)
Jun 20, 2026	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda	8 / 25 (686.1940)	11 (173.1084)	3 (174.2744)	15 (170.8112)	14 (168)
Jun 20, 2026	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda	—	13 (169.6800)	—	—	—
Jun 20, 2026	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda	—	—	15 (162.2400)	—	—
May 23, 2026	BBQ Knife Clash Romano Di Lombardia, GG	9 / 10 (650.6968)	2 (175.4172)	10 (157.6684)	8 (165.6800)	9 (151.9312)
May 23, 2026	BBQ Knife Clash (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Romano Di Lombardia, GG	—	2 (169.6684)	—	—	—
May 23, 2026	BBQ Knife Clash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Romano Di Lombardia, GG	—	—	10 (160.5484)	—	—
May 2, 2026	Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO	3 / 8 (683.3944)	3 (177.1428)	2 (174.2972)	3 (176.5600)	7 (155.3944)
May 2, 2026	Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO	—	—	4 (169.6916)	—	—
Apr 11, 2026	BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Parma	20 / 42 (669.5884)	20 (172)	31 (162.8000)	31 (161.0856)	7 (173.7028)
Feb 28, 2026	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna	12 / 12 (653.5428)	12 (166.2400)	11 (161.6572)	11 (161.7028)	8 (163.9428)
Feb 28, 2026	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna	—	—	6 (167.4060)	—	—
Oct 18, 2025	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	9 / 11 (663.2452)	3 (173.1084)	9 (159.3828)	10 (164.5256)	8 (166.2284)
Oct 11, 2025	V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs	7 / 21 (689.0396)	14 (169.1200)	8 (173.1084)	4 (178.2972)	8 (168.5140)
Sep 20, 2025	Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto	17 / 24 (659.8856)	17 (168.5256)	18 (158.8344)	20 (160.5372)	4 (171.9884)
Sep 13, 2025	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen	19 / 23 (634.0916)	14 (167.9540)	18 (157.0976)	20 (154.2628)	15 (154.7772)
Sep 12, 2025	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen	15 / 16 (650.6744)	13 (165.0856)	12 (162.2516)	11 (165.0972)	15 (158.2400)
Aug 29, 2025	Vuur en Vlees Deurne	11 / 13 (644.9488)	8 (168.5256)	12 (149.0516)	12 (155.3944)	4 (171.9772)
Aug 9, 2025	Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode	11 / 20 (675.9432)	4 (177.7144)	10 (169.6916)	17 (157.1316)	7 (171.4056)
Aug 9, 2025	Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode	—	4 (173.7028)	—	—	—
Aug 9, 2025	Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode	—	—	6 (171.4400)	—	—
Jun 28, 2025	Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck Innsbruck	6 / 7 (680.4572)	4 (170.8228)	6 (165.0972)	6 (167.9772)	1 (176.5600)
Jun 28, 2025	Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) Innsbruck	—	—	5 (167.3944)	—	—
Jun 14, 2025	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda	9 / 20 (684.4684)	17 (165.6684)	10 (171.9772)	11 (170.8228)	4 (176)
Jun 14, 2025	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda	—	3 (174.2628)	—	—	—
Jun 14, 2025	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda	—	—	7 (169.7372)	—	—
May 17, 2025	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt	13 / 15 (646.7548)	5 (169.6800)	12 (162.8116)	12 (159.9544)	12 (154.3088)
May 17, 2025	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Freistadt	—	—	—	—	10 (162.2400)
May 17, 2025	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) Freistadt	—	—	—	10 (165.1088)	—
May 10, 2025	Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp Targu Mures	7 / 10 (663.3028)	6 (165.1200)	3 (177.1428)	8 (167.3828)	9 (153.6572)
Mar 29, 2025	BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia	23 / 30 (649.0972)	20 (166.8800)	21 (162.2400)	25 (160.5716)	19 (159.4056)
Sep 21, 2024	Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO)	16 / 19 (647.2916)	5 (171.4056)	15 (165.6916)	13 (163.9544)	18 (146.2400)
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda	14 / 17 (663.3484)	5 (176.5828)	13 (166.2744)	17 (155.9656)	14 (164.5256)
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda	—	3 (172.5600)	—	—	—
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda	—	—	4 (172)	—	—
Apr 6, 2024	"Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia	—	—	27 (158.8000)	—	—
Apr 6, 2024	"Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia	—	—	12 (165.1200)	—	—
Feb 24, 2024	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ	19 / 26 (653.6344)	23 (158.2628)	24 (151.9200)	3 (179.4400)	13 (164.0116)
Feb 25, 2023	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	20 / 23 (631.2688)	23 (145.6460)	9 (169.7144)	14 (167.3828)	22 (148.5256)
Mar 12, 2022	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	13 / 15 (618.2744)	14 (162.3088)	1 (175.4400)	13 (152)	15 (128.5256)
May 18, 2019	Transylvanian BBQ Festival Covasna County	11 / 17 (638.2056)	14 (160.5028)	7 (168.0344)	8 (162.8684)	16 (146.8000)

Onkel Felix BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)