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VIKING BBQ BZ

Power ranking

#1185
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1523
peak 1541

Contests

12
in the data

First seen

2019-01-19
latest 2022-09-17

Best ToY finish

#147
Master 2018

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
5 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 45%
overall standings

Best overall

665.0744

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

640.35 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 648.67 (-8.32)

Walk rate

75%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7144

Consistency

±13.68
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 163.16 · weakest Pork (160.88)

Road miles

3004
mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 483 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BOHEMIAN BBQ has finished one call ahead of VIKING BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of PUREBBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, BZ first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 12 2 0 1 174.8800 147.9084 162.03 top 59%
Pork Ribs 12 4 0 1 171.4400 146.7776 162.60 top 46%
Pork 12 4 0 0 170.2856 154.2400 160.88 top 59%
Brisket 12 7 1 3 177.7144 146.7888 163.16 top 37%

“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 contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 43%
Medium (20–39)70top 50%
Large (40+)30top 37%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2022100 623.2800 623.28
2021200 655.8284 637.26
2020100 649.1548 649.15
2019801 665.0744 654.64

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2022-09-17 Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas, 9100 22 / 25 (623.2800) 20 (162.2512) 16 (159.9772) 21 (154.2628) 22 (146.7888)
2021-10-02 Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle Bremen, 28199 5 / 16 (655.8284) 16 (147.9084) 3 (170.8344) 5 (167.9656) 2 (169.1200)
2021-09-25 De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen, 4538AP 20 / 21 (618.6864) 18 (161.1316) 19 (146.7776) 20 (154.2628) 14 (156.5144)
2020-01-18 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ 12 / 28 (649.1548) 7 (168.6172) 19 (158.8572) 13 (165.1316) 17 (156.5488)
2019-09-07 Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest Prague, 17000 7 / 13 (654.8000) 11 (156.5828) 4 (169.1316) 8 (161.1200) 3 (167.9656)
2019-08-31 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM 8 / 31 (659.3484) 15 (163.9656) 5 (171.4400) 8 (170.2856) 21 (153.6572)
2019-08-17 EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren, 52525 12 / 28 (643.3144) 11 (166.2628) 14 (162.2516) 17 (158.8228) 16 (155.9772)
2019-07-20 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415 20 / 44 (648.4000) 26 (162.2284) 31 (158.8116) 28 (160.5144) 9 (166.8456)
2019-07-06 BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland, 27624 4 / 36 (655.3600) 15 (163.4056) 10 (159.9888) 9 (163.4172) 4 (168.5484)
2019-04-13 Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK 10 / 41 (665.0744) 3 (174.8800) 11 (166.8344) 35 (154.2400) 8 (169.1200)
2019-03-30 Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, 16 / 40 (649.6460) 33 (155.4284) 20 (160.5488) 32 (155.9544) 1 (177.7144)
2019-01-19 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest 13 / 30 (661.1656) 18 (161.7372) 12 (165.7256) 15 (164.5600) 5 (169.1428)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #658 (498 pts) #698 (493 pts) #656 (523 pts) #874 (358 pts) #402 (833 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #147 (1650 pts) #254 (1214 pts) #117 (1640 pts) #166 (1465 pts) #193 (1425 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #461 (818 pts) #562 (708 pts) #484 (813 pts) #487 (808 pts) #537 (733 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #768 (486 pts) #1051 (331 pts) #940 (401 pts) #898 (431 pts) #1099 (301 pts)

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