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SEA SIDE SMOKERS

SEA SIDE SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Delft Beer & BBQ Fest (2015). They are ranked #1178 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*Sea Side Smokers”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,178
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1588
peak 1606 · rated over 30 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

32
in the data

First seen

May 18, 2013
latest Sep 7, 2019 · 6.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#443
Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

7
14 podiums

Overall top-10s

12
38% of 32 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%
overall standings

Best overall

677.7144 / 720
Master · Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

650.91 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 654.10 (-3.20)

Walk rate

88%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800
Chicken · Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

Consistency

±14.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 165.59 · weakest Brisket (161.58)

Road miles

12,677
across 32 mapped stops · furthest 4,392 mi

Schedule strength

18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Master avg

654.10 / 720
32 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Delft Beer & BBQ Fest (Jun 27, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE BBQ GURU.

They almost always walk

88% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 32 contests

A top-10 category call in 88% of their 32 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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

−4.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.01 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 47% of the time against 47%.

  • Brisket avg 161.58
  • Chicken avg 165.59
  • 15 calls in 32 entries

The drought

22 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Delft Beer & BBQ Fest on Jun 27, 2015 — 22 contests and 11.3 years ago.

  • last GC Jun 27, 2015
  • 11.3 years ago
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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.

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 35% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 35% finish in large fields against top 56% in small ones.

  • Large (40+): top 35% (11)
  • 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 39% the rest of the year.

  • 7 May contests
  • top 39% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.03% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.03% 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
  • 32 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

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #1655 (110 pts) #2049 (60 pts) #1790 (100 pts) #1761 (105 pts) #1124 (235 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #487 (770 pts) #366 (1,020 pts) #450 (865 pts) #743 (550 pts) #548 (720 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #443 (893 pts) #284 (1,198 pts) #412 (963 pts) #369 (1,033 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SEA SIDE SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE
#1,173 of the rated field
1589 power rating
Contests
30
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1589

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 28 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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RICE BROTHERS BBQ
#1,181 of the rated field
1588 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1588

Fewer contests behind them than SEA SIDE SMOKERS has cooked, 21 to 32, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Oct 20, 2017
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The King and His Q
#1,176 of the rated field
1588 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
4
Top-10s
70%
Peak
1597

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 20 contests, alongside a 70% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen May 24, 2026
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NEVER EASY BBQ
#1,180 of the rated field
1588 power rating
Contests
56
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1610

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

  • rated over 54 contests
  • last seen Oct 16, 2026
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East Bow Que
#1,183 of the rated field
1588 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
2
Top-10s
53%
Peak
1588

They turned up 10 years after SEA SIDE SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2023.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
  • on a 5-contest top-10 run
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SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ
#1,175 of the rated field
1589 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
2
Top-10s
60%
Peak
1594

Fewer contests behind them than SEA SIDE SMOKERS has cooked, 15 to 32, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen Jun 20, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BBQ+ 25 6 19 24% ⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS 25 4 21 16% ⚔ compare
PUREBBQ 24 12 12 50% ⚔ compare
DE FILOUS 21 8 13 38% ⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES 19 1 18 5% ⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS 18 7 11 39% ⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 18 6 12 33% ⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 18 4 14 22% ⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM 17 13 4 76% ⚔ 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

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 32 15 3 5 178.8800 149.1426 165.59 top 43%
Pork Ribs 32 13 4 6 177.1430 152.5028 165.29 top 38%
Pork 32 12 0 1 174.8572 146.2856 161.64 top 51%
Brisket 32 15 0 2 173.1544 143.9428 161.58 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)40top 56%
Medium (20–39)171top 38%
Large (40+)110top 35%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NL70top 42%
EU30top 47%
TN10top 81%
IT10top 83%
BE10top 8%
NE10top 26%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition 4 5 0 top 22% Jun 3, 2017
Regahfest 2017 3 4 0 top 31% Aug 26, 2017
Farm Meat 2 5 0 top 47% Sep 10, 2016
Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2 10 0 top 75% Jul 2, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests
Contests a season 5.3 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NL 7 of 32 contests · 6 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 25 4 of them more than once
First title Jun 27, 2015 Delft Beer & BBQ Fest
Opponents faced 420 finished ahead 715 times, behind 431
Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Oct 7, 2017 → Jun 29, 2019

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

20191 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
20172 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Beer,Fries & BBQ IV
  2. Peak power rating (1606) 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off
20162 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score677.7144 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
  2. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
20153 milestones
  1. First overall podium Delft Beer & BBQ Fest
  2. First Grand Championship Delft Beer & BBQ Fest
  3. 10th tracked contest Delft Beer & BBQ Fest
20142 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5600 BBQ Society Cook-Off
20133 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  2. First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  3. First category win (Pork Ribs) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.8Delft Beer & BBQ FestJun 27, 2015
+12.6Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ CompetitionMay 23, 2015
+11.8Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQMay 8, 2016
+11.2Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ ChampionshipMay 10, 2014
+10.9RegahfestAug 29, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-16.1KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en VleesJun 29, 2019
-7.1Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)Oct 21, 2016
-5.3Ruhrpott BBQOct 10, 2014
-4.43rd Annual BBQ Society Cook OffOct 10, 2015
-2.3Farm MeatSep 10, 2016

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20192000 50% top 65% 90.7% 88.4%
20176022 100% top 30% 93.8% 91.7%
201610021 90% top 47% 94.1% 92.1%
20158163 88% top 32% 93.8% 90.7%
20145020 80% top 37% 91.7% 89.2%
20131001 100% top 41% 87.9% 87.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 7, 2019 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 15 / 38 (653.1084) 31 (153.7140) 17 (161.1316) 16 (165.1084) 3 (173.1544)
Jun 29, 2019 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 20 / 22 (619.8856) 14 (164.5484) 14 (158.8688) 20 (150.2628) 21 (146.2056)
Oct 7, 2017 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp 11 / 47 (667.4288) 20 (168) 5 (170.8572) 41 (157.0972) 4 (171.4744)
Sep 9, 2017 Farm Meat Dongen 8 / 38 (662.7888) 1 (174.2972) 18 (162.8232) 8 (165.6912) 19 (159.9772)
Sep 2, 2017 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland 15 / 32 (651.3140) 8 (171.4056) 19 (160.5144) 28 (150.2512) 5 (169.1428)
Aug 26, 2017 Regahfest 2017 The Hague 12 / 28 (651.3828) 4 (173.7256) 14 (161.1316) 21 (157.1084) 17 (159.4172)
Jun 3, 2017 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands 8 / 56 (675.3600) 4 (175.4172) 1 (174.8916) 43 (159.3484) 20 (165.7028)
May 13, 2017 Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt 16 / 50 (651.3600) 20 (165.6912) 16 (161.1432) 9 (168.5484) 31 (155.9772)
Oct 21, 2016 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 78 / 96 (654.1368) 82 (160.5028) 64 (166.8228) 84 (159.9884) 58 (166.8228)
Oct 8, 2016 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL 14 / 46 (664.5140) 3 (176) 11 (170.2972) 43 (150.8112) 10 (167.4056)
Sep 10, 2016 Farm Meat Dongen, NL 14 / 27 (655.8852) 7 (170.2512) 25 (152.5028) 8 (168.5484) 12 (164.5828)
Aug 27, 2016 Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL 13 / 35 (669.0972) 5 (173.7028) 13 (165.7144) 16 (164.5600) 14 (165.1200)
Jul 2, 2016 Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, Italy 15 / 18 (667.3484) 12 (169.7028) 11 (167.9656) 9 (168.5600) 18 (161.1200)
Jun 18, 2016 Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL 6 / 18 (676.4800) 4 (172) 4 (168.5372) 8 (167.9772) 5 (167.9656)
Jun 4, 2016 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)
May 14, 2016 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)
May 8, 2016 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium 3 / 40 (677.7144) 1 (178.8800) 4 (173.1544) 11 (165.1200) 18 (160.5600)
Apr 23, 2016 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL 17 / 34 (649.5884) 23 (158.8456) 22 (159.9428) 7 (169.1200) 17 (161.6800)
Oct 10, 2015 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands 24 / 42 (635.3144) 34 (154.8228) 18 (161.7144) 14 (165.0856) 27 (153.6916)
Sep 12, 2015 Farm Meat Dongen, the Netherlands 5 / 12 (646.7656) 1 (176) 4 (162.2972) 8 (156.5484) 8 (151.9200)
Aug 29, 2015 Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland 4 / 30 (662.7656) 17 (164) 4 (167.4056) 8 (166.8228) 10 (164.5372)
Jul 4, 2015 Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship unrated Gaiarine Italy 10 / 15 (650.6968) 10 (162.2628) 10 (162.2284) 10 (162.8228) 7 (163.3828)
Jun 27, 2015 Delft Beer & BBQ Fest Delft, The Netherlands 1 / 20 (675.3256) 12 (162.8228) 1 (176) 6 (169.1200) 4 (167.3828)
May 23, 2015 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands 5 / 68 (665.6344) 6 (170.2972) 1 (171.9772) 13 (167.9772) 44 (155.3828)
May 9, 2015 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)
Apr 11, 2015 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff Hoofddorp Netherlands 10 / 33 (643.9544) 24 (154.2628) 21 (157.1544) 15 (159.9772) 2 (172.5600)
Oct 18, 2014 BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU 5 / 22 (660.5600) 6 (167.9656) 11 (162.3088) 4 (169.7256) 8 (160.5600)
Oct 10, 2014 Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU 38 / 58 (620.4916) 49 (153.6916) 25 (160.5600) 33 (155.4400) 38 (150.8000)
Sep 20, 2014 EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein, EU 11 / 21 (639.9316) 12 (161.6916) 15 (157.6916) 13 (158.2856) 9 (162.2628)
Jun 7, 2014 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, NE 11 / 43 (647.3940) 36 (149.6800) 3 (170.2972) 21 (158.8456) 5 (168.5712)
May 10, 2014 Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be 5 / 29 (642.8344) 5 (167.4056) 3 (168) 22 (148.5372) 8 (158.8916)
May 18, 2013 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, Netherlands 13 / 32 (632.5710) 24 (149.1426) 1 (177.1430) 29 (146.2856) 11 (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.

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

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