They almost always walk
A call in 39 of 50 contests
A top-10 category call in 78% of their 50 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A call in 39 of 50 contests
A top-10 category call in 78% of their 50 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2288 at KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
WETTELS ON FIRE has finished one call ahead of Osdorp Grillers (NL) 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
2021 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 46%.
BBQ+ ahead in 94% of their meetings
BBQ+ has come out ahead in 30 of their 32 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.18 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 34% of the time against 44%.
Ahead in 87% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 20 of their 23 shared contests.
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 24 of 28 shared chicken entries.
Field size changes the story: they average a top 46% finish in large fields against top 63% in small ones.
ROASTING ROMANS has landed one call behind them 5 times.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,673 miles across 50 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,505 miles to 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018.
Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
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.
110 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Osdorp Grillers (NL) has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 49 contests to 50, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1629 at their best, 118 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head31 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 3% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Osdorp Grillers (NL)'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Osdorp Grillers (NL) on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's spice that meats you | 34 | 12 | 22 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 32 | 2 | 30 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | 31 | 10 | 21 | 32% | ⚔ compare |
| Backcorner BBQ | 31 | 2 | 29 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| The Antwerp Smokers | 29 | 10 | 19 | 34% | ⚔ compare |
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 29 | 2 | 27 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| RIVERLAND SMOKERS | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PARKSTAD SMOKERS | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Team Laurentius | 27 | 8 | 19 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| Barbecoa BBQ Team | 25 | 5 | 20 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The BBQ Ranch | 24 | 6 | 18 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | 23 | 20 | 3 | 87% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | 23 | 7 | 16 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 50 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 177.7028 | 150.2172 | 165.86 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 50 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 176.0000 | 145.6800 | 160.16 | top 59% |
| Pork | 51 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 174.2628 | 144.5028 | 163.11 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 50 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 171.9772 | 144.5140 | 159.68 | top 56% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 15 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 27 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 46% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 62% | 2025-06-28 |
| Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 43% | 2024-09-07 |
| Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 66% | 2023-04-08 |
| Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 53% | 2022-09-10 |
| Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 76% | 2025-09-13 |
| KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 45% | 2023-09-23 |
| Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 64% | 2023-09-16 |
| Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 69% | 2023-06-24 |
| Meetjesland International BBQ Contest | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 51% | 2023-04-29 |
| Tony Stone BBQ Competition | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 45% | 2022-06-03 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.2 | Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 | 2025-04-26 |
| +13 | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees | 2021-10-23 |
| +11.1 | Vuur en Vlees | 2024-09-21 |
| +10.4 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest | 2018-09-01 |
| +10.3 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) | 2023-09-10 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) | 2025-09-12 |
| -11.7 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest | 2019-09-07 |
| -11.1 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 | 2023-03-25 |
| -10.5 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2019-06-29 |
| -10 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | 2023-04-08 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 92.7% | 91.5% |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 71% | top 64% | 93.5% | 91.8% |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 83% | top 57% | 93.2% | 91.2% |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100% | top 66% | 92.1% | 89.6% |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86% | top 54% | 92% | 90.1% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75% | top 46% | 93.6% | 90.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56% | top 64% | 92.1% | 88.9% |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 56% | 91.9% | 88.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom, 2850 | 11 / 18 (667.2568) | 12 (169.6684) | 10 (168.5372) | 4 (174.2628) | 18 (154.7884) |
| 2026-04-25 | Spitsbroek on Fire IV Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 12 / 15 (649.6340) | 13 (163.9656) | 8 (165.1200) | 10 (165.7028) | 14 (154.8456) |
| 2025-10-10 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 81 / 90 (669.6228) | 74 (166.8228) | 21 (176.0000) | 81 (164.5372) | 83 (162.2628) |
| 2025-09-13 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 12 / 23 (656.4688) | 8 (169.1084) | 11 (166.2860) | 10 (166.2972) | 16 (154.7772) |
| 2025-09-12 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen, 5106NC | 16 / 16 (644.3884) | 12 (166.2284) | 15 (158.2400) | 16 (157.6800) | 13 (162.2400) |
| 2025-08-29 | Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 SG | 8 / 13 (658.7204) | 6 (169.7144) | 11 (155.3716) | 6 (168.5372) | 8 (165.0972) |
| 2025-06-28 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 8 / 18 (673.0284) | 14 (166.8112) | 6 (170.8572) | 6 (170.2628) | 7 (165.0972) |
| 2025-06-27 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 10 / 13 (662.6624) | 8 (166.2168) | 5 (169.6800) | 6 (168.5600) | 11 (158.2056) |
| 2025-04-26 | Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 3 / 15 (671.3372) | 8 (167.4056) | 2 (173.7260) | 7 (166.2400) | 8 (163.9656) |
| 2024-09-21 | Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5752 5C | 3 / 10 (663.3716) | 6 (167.3828) | 2 (170.2628) | 8 (158.8688) | 1 (166.8572) |
| 2024-09-07 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 8 / 24 (671.3832) | 11 (169.1428) | 11 (165.7260) | 12 (164.5372) | 5 (171.9772) |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 15 / 23 (662.2056) | 11 (169.1312) | 11 (164.5372) | 10 (166.8572) | 14 (161.6800) |
| 2024-06-01 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 Boom, 2850 | 12 / 16 (659.8972) | 5 (170.8456) | 2 (173.7260) | 12 (163.4172) | 15 (151.9084) |
| 2024-04-20 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen, 4538AP | 19 / 23 (634.6976) | 15 (165.6800) | 19 (155.4060) | 15 (161.1088) | 22 (152.5028) |
| 2024-03-23 | Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland, R523 PW | 12 / 22 (650.1024) | 14 (165.6684) | 12 (163.9656) | 9 (166.8228) | 13 (153.6456) |
| 2023-09-23 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5752 5C | 9 / 13 (638.2400) | 6 (162.2512) | 5 (158.8688) | 8 (161.7144) | 8 (155.4056) |
| 2023-09-16 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 9 / 14 (646.8456) | 9 (161.1084) | 8 (164.5600) | 7 (162.8688) | 7 (158.3084) |
| 2023-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 7 / 23 (663.3944) | 1 (177.7028) | 10 (158.8344) | 15 (162.8572) | 7 (164.0000) |
| 2023-06-24 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 18 / 26 (648.4116) | 20 (163.3712) | 24 (149.0976) | 5 (170.8228) | 10 (165.1200) |
| 2023-05-06 | 3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest Terneuzen, 4538AP | 7 / 15 (654.0912) | 8 (167.3712) | 5 (162.8344) | 2 (167.9656) | 12 (155.9200) |
| 2023-04-29 | Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter, 9880 | 14 / 20 (646.1828) | 2 (173.1200) | 6 (164.0116) | 14 (163.4056) | 18 (145.6456) |
| 2023-04-08 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 12 / 13 (625.6684) | 13 (156.5484) | 7 (166.8572) | 13 (157.1544) | 12 (145.1084) |
| 2023-03-25 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel, 3920 | 16 / 18 (636.3652) | 7 (169.7028) | 15 (154.2284) | 16 (154.2400) | 11 (158.1940) |
| 2022-09-17 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 16 / 25 (638.6856) | 21 (160.5140) | 14 (160.5372) | 17 (158.2400) | 12 (159.3944) |
| 2022-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 11 / 28 (654.1940) | 6 (172.5828) | 4 (167.9656) | 20 (158.2400) | 16 (155.4056) |
| 2022-06-25 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 15 / 22 (647.8280) | 4 (174.8456) | 20 (156.4912) | 11 (165.1200) | 17 (151.3712) |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2134CG | 21 / 38 (639.8624) | 31 (160.5368) | 20 (158.2172) | 32 (154.8456) | 9 (166.2628) |
| 2022-05-14 | Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter, 9880 | 6 / 19 (662.1944) | 5 (170.2856) | 11 (161.1088) | 3 (168.0000) | 8 (162.8000) |
| 2022-04-16 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 18 / 24 (649.6684) | 22 (161.6912) | 21 (152.5716) | 4 (171.4400) | 14 (163.9656) |
| 2022-03-26 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel, 3920 | 13 / 31 (647.3828) | 8 (169.7256) | 12 (158.8344) | 27 (150.2628) | 6 (168.5600) |
| 2021-10-23 | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | 6 / 30 (674.2288) | 5 (171.9656) | 8 (167.4288) | 8 (172.0344) | 16 (162.8000) |
| 2021-09-25 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen, 4538AP | 14 / 21 (642.1600) | 20 (159.3712) | 9 (163.4172) | 19 (155.9544) | 8 (163.4172) |
| 2021-09-11 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 19 / 29 (630.1828) | 14 (162.2856) | 25 (150.8344) | 22 (151.9772) | 13 (165.0856) |
| 2021-08-14 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 8 / 26 (659.9196) | 18 (162.2396) | 17 (157.6800) | 6 (170.2744) | 5 (169.7256) |
| 2020-09-12 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen, 5106NC | 15 / 31 (651.9772) | 22 (159.4284) | 10 (167.4288) | 16 (161.7028) | 11 (163.4172) |
| 2019-09-21 | Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 30 / 36 (621.1200) | 34 (153.1200) | 31 (150.8228) | 17 (163.4744) | 23 (153.7028) |
| 2019-09-07 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 33 / 38 (623.9200) | 21 (162.2972) | 28 (156.0116) | 35 (144.5028) | 18 (161.1084) |
| 2019-08-31 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 15 / 31 (642.7656) | 9 (170.8572) | 21 (152.5484) | 20 (156.5372) | 13 (162.8228) |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 19 / 22 (623.3488) | 22 (150.2172) | 19 (151.9772) | 17 (154.2744) | 6 (166.8800) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 19 / 55 (663.3712) | 28 (164.5600) | 31 (161.1428) | 12 (170.2628) | 16 (167.4056) |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY | 27 / 34 (640.5256) | 8 (171.9884) | 30 (152.5600) | 14 (165.7488) | 33 (150.2284) |
| 2019-05-24 | Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire, LE672FY | 19 / 26 (646.8460) | 7 (172.5828) | 23 (150.2860) | 22 (159.4172) | 6 (164.5600) |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 22 / 49 (644.5024) | 25 (164.5712) | 30 (155.4056) | 23 (163.4056) | 21 (161.1200) |
| 2019-04-13 | Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK | 16 / 41 (654.1940) | 6 (170.8456) | 29 (156.5372) | 13 (167.4056) | 24 (159.4056) |
| 2018-09-22 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop, | 23 / 73 (643.4056) | 27 (164.5600) | 67 (145.6800) | 6 (169.7256) | 17 (163.4400) |
| 2018-09-08 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 13 / 40 (654.8112) | 7 (169.7256) | 29 (157.0972) | 12 (168.0228) | 17 (159.9656) |
| 2018-09-01 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 11 / 44 (661.7140) | 22 (164.5828) | 3 (175.4628) | 37 (153.0856) | 6 (168.5828) |
| 2018-08-25 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague, 2266HA | 27 / 29 (610.8112) | 20 (161.1428) | 29 (147.3828) | 26 (153.1312) | 27 (149.1544) |
| 2018-08-25 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague, 2266HA | 30 / 35 (623.2796) | 27 (159.3828) | 35 (149.6800) | 7 (169.7028) | 32 (144.5140) |
| 2018-05-19 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG | 42 / 60 (626.2284) | 33 (162.2512) | 56 (146.2744) | 16 (166.2856) | 41 (151.4172) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #432 (346 pts) | #473 (366 pts) | #474 (381 pts) | #381 (436 pts) | #504 (301 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #273 (798 pts) | #293 (768 pts) | #286 (878 pts) | #283 (818 pts) | #328 (718 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #296 (748 pts) | #312 (753 pts) | #275 (903 pts) | #317 (703 pts) | #289 (798 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #228 (922 pts) | #137 (1252 pts) | #224 (1037 pts) | #180 (1077 pts) | #219 (957 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #306 (754 pts) | #265 (879 pts) | #336 (769 pts) | #297 (819 pts) | #267 (859 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #384 (501 pts) | #441 (446 pts) | #480 (426 pts) | #410 (461 pts) | #381 (531 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #746 (106 pts) | #873 (71 pts) | #675 (131 pts) | #796 (101 pts) | #666 (126 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #522 (632 pts) | #425 (792 pts) | #664 (512 pts) | #459 (757 pts) | #447 (752 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #754 (434 pts) | #781 (439 pts) | #763 (469 pts) | #644 (579 pts) | #732 (489 pts) |