SEA SIDE SMOKERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1106

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1594

peak 1612 · rated over 29 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-18

latest 2019-09-07

Best ToY finish

#443

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

677.7144 / 720

Master · Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.91 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 654.10 (-3.20)

Walk rate

90%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8800

Chicken · Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

Consistency

±14.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.76 · weakest Brisket (161.41)

Road miles

3,959

mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 549 mi

Schedule strength

15%

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

Master avg

654.10 / 720

31 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (16 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Against the odds

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Delft Beer & BBQ Fest (2015-06-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE BBQ GURU.

They almost always walk

90% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 90% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.7144 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.7144 at Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-05-08

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

ROKENDE REGAHS has finished one call ahead of SEA SIDE SMOKERS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

21–4 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 84% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 21 of their 25 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.34 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 48% of the time against 48%.

Brisket avg 161.41
Chicken avg 165.76
15 calls in 31 entries

The drought

21 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Delft Beer & BBQ Fest on 2015-06-27 — 21 contests and 11.2 years ago.

last GC 2015-06-27
11.2 years ago

A strong matchup

14–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LOW AND SLOW MEISTER in 14 of their 16 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees (2019-06-29).

last seen 2017-10-07
back 2019-06-29

Chicken nemesis

17 of 25 shared chicken entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 68% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 17 of 25 shared chicken entries.

Built for the big stage

Top 30% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 30% finish in large fields against top 56% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 30% (10)
Small (<20 teams): top 56% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PUREBBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 26% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 26% across 7 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

7 May contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,959 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,959 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 549 miles to Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship.

31 mapped stops
furthest 549 mi

The metronome

±2.06% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.06% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.8% of a perfect score
31 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 5th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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.

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

First Class BBQ

#1104 of the rated field

1594 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1601

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 37 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BONES BRIGADE KC

#1109 of the rated field

1594 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1597

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

⚔ Head-to-head

GONNA GET MESSY

#1102 of the rated field

1594 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1604

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2019-04-12

⚔ Head-to-head

MAXIMUM LOIN

#1113 of the rated field

1594 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1594

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

B 3 BBQ

#1105 of the rated field

1594 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1623

No shared contest yet.

Level with SEA SIDE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Chester's Twisted Que

#1114 of the rated field

1593 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1593

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ+	25	6	19	24%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	25	4	21	16%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	20	8	12	40%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	18	6	12	33%	⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	17	13	4	76%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	16	14	2	88%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare
RIDDLEQ'S	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
The Smokey Bandits	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
THE DUTCH BBQ CREW	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	15	3	5	178.8800	149.1426	165.76	top 42%
Pork Ribs	31	13	4	6	177.1430	152.5028	165.24	top 37%
Pork	31	12	0	1	174.8572	146.2856	161.69	top 50%
Brisket	31	15	0	2	173.1544	143.9428	161.41	top 45%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NL	7	top 42%
EU	3	top 47%
IT	1	top 83%
BE	1	top 8%
NE	1	top 26%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	0	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	17	1	top 38%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 30%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	4	5	top 22%	2017-06-03
Regahfest 2017	3	4	top 31%	2017-08-26
Farm Meat	2	5	top 47%	2016-09-10
Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP	2	10	top 75%	2016-07-02

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.3 yrs 2013-05-18 → 2019-09-07

Busiest season 2016 9 contests

Contests a season 5.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NL 7 of 31 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 24 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 31 entries · 3 wins · 15 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.76 · weakest Brisket (161.41)

Walk rate 90% a top-10 call in 28 of 31 contests

Overall top-10 rate 39% 12 of 31 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2015-06-27 Delft Beer & BBQ Fest

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 654.10 out of 720 · 31 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 342 697–354 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,959 31 mapped stops · furthest 549 mi

Schedule strength 1522 average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs 2017-10-07 → 2019-06-29

Power rating 1594 peak 1612 · #1106 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 18 First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 18 First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 18 First category win (Pork Ribs) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
2014
May 10 First overall top-10 Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
Oct 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5600 BBQ Society Cook-Off
2015
Jun 27 First overall podium Delft Beer & BBQ Fest
Jun 27 First Grand Championship Delft Beer & BBQ Fest
Jun 27 10th tracked contest Delft Beer & BBQ Fest
2016
May 8 Career-best overall score677.7144 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
2017
Jun 3 25th tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Oct 7 Peak power rating (1612) 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off
2019
Sep 7 Most recent contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest	2015-06-27
+12.6	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2015-05-23
+11.8	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	2016-05-08
+11.2	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship	2014-05-10
+10.9	Regahfest	2015-08-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.3	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2019-06-29
-5.3	Ruhrpott BBQ	2014-10-10
-4.4	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off	2015-10-10
-2.3	Farm Meat	2016-09-10
-1.9	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest	2017-09-02

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

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	50%	top 65%	90.7%	88.4%
2017	6	0	2	2	100%	top 30%	93.8%	91.7%
2016	9	0	2	1	100%	top 43%	94.1%	92.2%
2015	8	1	6	3	88%	top 32%	93.8%	90.7%
2014	5	0	2	0	80%	top 37%	91.7%	89.2%
2013	1	0	0	1	100%	top 41%	87.9%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-07	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC	15 / 38 (653.1084)	31 (153.7140)	17 (161.1316)	16 (165.1084)	3 (173.1544)
2019-06-29	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN	20 / 22 (619.8856)	14 (164.5484)	14 (158.8688)	20 (150.2628)	21 (146.2056)
2017-10-07	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp, 6515 DE	11 / 47 (667.4288)	20 (168.0000)	5 (170.8572)	41 (157.0972)	4 (171.4744)
2017-09-09	Farm Meat Dongen, 5106NC	8 / 38 (662.7888)	1 (174.2972)	18 (162.8232)	8 (165.6912)	19 (159.9772)
2017-09-02	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland,	15 / 32 (651.3140)	8 (171.4056)	19 (160.5144)	28 (150.2512)	5 (169.1428)
2017-08-26	Regahfest 2017 The Hague,	12 / 28 (651.3828)	4 (173.7256)	14 (161.1316)	21 (157.1084)	17 (159.4172)
2017-06-03	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, 2314CG	8 / 56 (675.3600)	4 (175.4172)	1 (174.8916)	43 (159.3484)	20 (165.7028)
2017-05-13	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt, 3800	16 / 50 (651.3600)	20 (165.6912)	16 (161.1432)	9 (168.5484)	31 (155.9772)
2016-10-08	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	14 / 46 (664.5140)	3 (176.0000)	11 (170.2972)	43 (150.8112)	10 (167.4056)
2016-09-10	Farm Meat Dongen, NL	14 / 27 (655.8852)	7 (170.2512)	25 (152.5028)	8 (168.5484)	12 (164.5828)
2016-08-27	Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL	13 / 35 (669.0972)	5 (173.7028)	13 (165.7144)	16 (164.5600)	14 (165.1200)
2016-07-02	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, Italy, IT	15 / 18 (667.3484)	12 (169.7028)	11 (167.9656)	9 (168.5600)	18 (161.1200)
2016-06-18	Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL	6 / 18 (676.4800)	4 (172.0000)	4 (168.5372)	8 (167.9772)	5 (167.9656)
2016-06-04	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) Deurne, The Netherlands, NL	12 / 24 (662.7656)	2 (174.8456)	14 (163.4172)	3 (174.8572)	22 (149.6456)
2016-05-14	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	27 / 65 (651.8968)	42 (161.1084)	4 (175.4172)	12 (171.4284)	61 (143.9428)
2016-05-08	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE	3 / 40 (677.7144)	1 (178.8800)	4 (173.1544)	11 (165.1200)	18 (160.5600)
2016-04-23	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL	17 / 34 (649.5884)	23 (158.8456)	22 (159.9428)	7 (169.1200)	17 (161.6800)
2015-10-10	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, 61515DE	24 / 42 (635.3144)	34 (154.8228)	18 (161.7144)	14 (165.0856)	27 (153.6916)
2015-09-12	Farm Meat Dongen, the Netherlands,	5 / 12 (646.7656)	1 (176.0000)	4 (162.2972)	8 (156.5484)	8 (151.9200)
2015-08-29	Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland,	4 / 30 (662.7656)	17 (164.0000)	4 (167.4056)	8 (166.8228)	10 (164.5372)
2015-07-04	Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship unrated Gaiarine Italy,	10 / 15 (650.6968)	10 (162.2628)	10 (162.2284)	10 (162.8228)	7 (163.3828)
2015-06-27	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest Delft, The Netherlands,	1 / 20 (675.3256)	12 (162.8228)	1 (176.0000)	6 (169.1200)	4 (167.3828)
2015-05-23	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands,	5 / 68 (665.6344)	6 (170.2972)	1 (171.9772)	13 (167.9772)	44 (155.3828)
2015-05-09	Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel,	13 / 38 (645.0512)	16 (162.2628)	15 (159.4172)	27 (152.5256)	4 (170.8456)
2015-04-11	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff Hoofddorp Netherlands,	10 / 33 (643.9544)	24 (154.2628)	21 (157.1544)	15 (159.9772)	2 (172.5600)
2014-10-18	BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU	5 / 22 (660.5600)	6 (167.9656)	11 (162.3088)	4 (169.7256)	8 (160.5600)
2014-10-10	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	38 / 58 (620.4916)	49 (153.6916)	25 (160.5600)	33 (155.4400)	38 (150.8000)
2014-09-20	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein, EU	11 / 21 (639.9316)	12 (161.6916)	15 (157.6916)	13 (158.2856)	9 (162.2628)
2014-06-07	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, NE	11 / 43 (647.3940)	36 (149.6800)	3 (170.2972)	21 (158.8456)	5 (168.5712)
2014-05-10	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be	5 / 29 (642.8344)	5 (167.4056)	3 (168.0000)	22 (148.5372)	8 (158.8916)
2013-05-18	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, Netherlands,	13 / 32 (632.5710)	24 (149.1426)	1 (177.1430)	29 (146.2856)	11 (159.9998)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#1655 (110 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#1790 (100 pts)	#1761 (105 pts)	#1124 (235 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#487 (770 pts)	#366 (1020 pts)	#450 (865 pts)	#743 (550 pts)	#548 (720 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#443 (893 pts)	#284 (1198 pts)	#412 (963 pts)	#369 (1033 pts)	#560 (718 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1025 (295 pts)	#1020 (325 pts)	#1176 (265 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#903 (390 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1181 (247 pts)	#1287 (237 pts)	#1471 (192 pts)	#1187 (272 pts)	#1363 (217 pts)