BBQguru.nl

BBQguru.nl is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the UKBBQA Q on the Canal (2013). They are ranked #2796 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,796

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1511

peak 1549 · rated over 15 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 18, 2013

latest Nov 30, 2019 · 6.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#585

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

31% of 16 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

677.7146 / 720

Master · UKBBQA Q on the Canal

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.36 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 638.90 (-5.54)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Brisket · Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship

Consistency

±18.85

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.98)

Road miles

18,609

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 4,561 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Master avg

638.90 / 720

16 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship (May 10, 2014).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

High-water mark

677.7146 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.7146 at UKBBQA Q on the Canal — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 25, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

LETZQ has finished one call ahead of BBQguru.nl 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

10–2 behind in the head-to-head

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead in 83% of their meetings

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.47 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 38%.

Pork Ribs avg 154.98
Pork avg 162.45
2 calls in 16 entries

The drought

14 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at UKBBQA Q on the Canal on May 25, 2013 — 14 contests and 13.4 years ago.

last GC May 25, 2013
13.4 years ago

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

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The comeback

2.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) (May 11, 2018).

last seen Sep 11, 2015
back May 11, 2018

Pork nemesis

9 of 12 shared pork entries lost

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has out-cooked them in 9 of 12 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BUNCH OF SWINES has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

18,609 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 18,609 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,561 miles to 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational.

16 mapped stops
furthest 4,561 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
2020 ↗	Master	#1093 (56 pts)	#895 (61 pts)	#870 (76 pts)	#1106 (56 pts)	#866 (66 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1440 (126 pts)	#1585 (121 pts)	#1237 (196 pts)	#1573 (121 pts)	#1512 (126 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1661 (123 pts)	#2735 (58 pts)	#2197 (63 pts)	#1233 (258 pts)	#1263 (233 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#585 (637 pts)	#723 (522 pts)	#563 (682 pts)	#525 (732 pts)	#569 (647 pts)

Overall rank by season

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

BIGED'S BBQ

#2,790 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1517

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BBQguru.nl)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQguru.nl has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen May 18, 2018

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Osdorp Grillers (NL)

#2,806 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1531

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BBQguru.nl)

50 contests to 16: their number has had years to settle where BBQguru.nl's is still finding its level.

rated over 48 contests
last seen May 23, 2026

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SHADETREECOOKS

#2,800 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1525

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before BBQguru.nl's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 16 contests

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Animal House BBQ

#2,797 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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RIB RUNNERS

#2,782 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1531

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2017

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THE RIB DOCTOR LLC

#2,793 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1533

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 20 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Serial Grillaz	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
The Smokey Bandits	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	3	1	1	168.5716	144.5484	160.01	top 57%
Pork Ribs	16	2	0	2	167.4286	128.5714	154.98	top 62%
Pork	16	6	1	5	173.1772	151.3600	162.45	top 46%
Brisket	16	7	2	6	177.7144	135.9316	161.46	top 41%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	1	top 30%
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 58%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
EU	3	0	top 30%
UK	2	1	top 30%
TN	1	0	top 87%
NE	1	0	top 44%
MO	1	0	top 94%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	2	33	0	top 80%	May 12, 2018
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2	19	0	top 36%	May 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in EU 3 of 16 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 14 2 of them more than once

First title May 25, 2013 UKBBQA Q on the Canal

Opponents faced 438 finished ahead 273 times, behind 412

Longest layoff 2.7 yrs Sep 11, 2015 → May 11, 2018

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

20191 milestone

Nov 30 Most recent contest Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition

20152 milestones

Apr 11 10th tracked contest Baseball & BBQ Cookoff
May 23 Peak power rating (1549) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20141 milestone

May 10 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship

20139 milestones

May 18 First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 18 First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 25 First category win (Chicken) UKBBQA Q on the Canal
May 25 First overall top-10 UKBBQA Q on the Canal
May 25 First overall podium UKBBQA Q on the Canal
May 25 First Grand Championship UKBBQA Q on the Canal
May 25 First multi-meat day UKBBQA Q on the Canal
May 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7146 UKBBQA Q on the Canal
May 25 Career-best overall score677.7146 UKBBQA Q on the Canal

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.6	UKBBQA Q on the Canal	May 25, 2013
+12.3	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship	May 10, 2014
+9.1	EUregio BBQ Festival	Sep 20, 2014
+6.1	Ruhrpott BBQ	Oct 10, 2014
+5.7	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 23, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 11, 2015
-11.6	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1)	May 11, 2018
-10.8	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 18, 2013
-10.5	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition	Nov 30, 2019
-5.8	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	May 12, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	0	0	0%	top 69%	89.4%	87.2%
2018	2	0	0	0	50%	top 80%	88.6%	87%
2015	3	0	0	0	33%	top 50%	91.5%	90.1%
2014	6	0	4	2	67%	top 33%	91.3%	89.3%
2013	3	1	1	2	67%	top 63%	94.1%	88.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 30, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven	28 / 31 (611.3028)	24 (156.5484)	21 (150.2744)	30 (151.3600)	23 (153.1200)
May 11, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark, Hasselt	23 / 49 (643.8400)	29 (162.2628)	13 (162.8460)	24 (163.3828)	34 (155.3484)
May 12, 2018	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt	36 / 51 (638.2516)	40 (157.1200)	39 (154.2972)	42 (153.0856)	2 (173.7488)
May 11, 2018	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt	33 / 37 (614.7088)	12 (167.9656)	22 (157.7144)	31 (153.0972)	35 (135.9316)
Sep 11, 2015	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	27 / 31 (658.6744)	28 (160.5144)	28 (162.8000)	21 (166.2400)	21 (169.1200)
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	19 / 68 (650.2284)	43 (159.9772)	15 (164.5828)	38 (159.9884)	12 (165.6800)
Apr 11, 2015	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff Hoofddorp Netherlands	12 / 33 (638.2856)	32 (144.5484)	24 (155.9772)	2 (168.6056)	3 (169.1544)
Oct 18, 2014	BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU	8 / 22 (657.6572)	14 (163.4172)	13 (162.2628)	13 (161.0856)	2 (170.8916)
Oct 10, 2014	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	17 / 58 (643.3944)	23 (164)	26 (159.9888)	18 (163.4056)	24 (156)
Sep 20, 2014	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein, EU	5 / 21 (657.1660)	4 (166.2744)	16 (157.6800)	9 (163.4400)	3 (169.7716)
Jun 7, 2014	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, NE	19 / 43 (633.7028)	14 (165.1200)	31 (152)	11 (164.5828)	28 (152)
May 24, 2014	Q on the Canal 2 Snarestone Leicestershire, United Kingdom	6 / 12 (619.9428)	9 (146.8000)	3 (157.6800)	2 (165.1428)	7 (150.3200)
May 10, 2014	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be	4 / 29 (644.4004)	11 (162.2628)	29 (131.2460)	1 (173.1772)	1 (177.7144)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	163 / 174 (625.6228)	121 (162.8572)	156 (154.2516)	160 (153.7028)	149 (154.8112)
May 25, 2013	UKBBQA Q on the Canal Snarestone Leicestershire, United Kingdom	1 / 10 (677.7146)	1 (168.5716)	2 (167.4286)	2 (172.0002)	1 (169.7142)
May 18, 2013	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, Netherlands	27 / 32 (607.4282)	23 (152)	31 (128.5714)	3 (166.8570)	12 (159.9998)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BBQguru.nl

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 (11 found in their record)

Multi-meat days

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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 — 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)