The heartbreaker
Came within 1.2004 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Waters (2019-09-07).
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Came within 1.2004 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Waters (2019-09-07).
In the top 4% of every rated team in the data
A power rating of 1730 puts them #271 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 4% of the field.
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2017-06-03) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 19-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BUNCH OF SWINES.
Took the Grand Championship over a 56-team field at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Smoke and Fire Festival (2019-08-17).
A call in 50 of 56 contests
A top-10 category call in 89% of their 56 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
96.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.2856 at Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 — 96.4% of a perfect 720.
BUNCH OF SWINES has finished one call ahead of UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.23 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 43% of the time against 55%.
Ahead in 76% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BBQ Team Laurentius in 16 of their 21 shared contests.
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2022-10-14).
White Squirrel BBQ ahead 68% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, White Squirrel BBQ has out-cooked them in 27 of 40 shared chicken entries.
Runner-up for the whole thing 8 times against 4 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM has landed one call behind them 6 times.
Something about September: average finish in the top 19% across 8 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 31,142 miles across 56 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,225 miles to Cook-in Camargue.
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.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 45 contests to 56, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 62 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 79 contests, alongside a 42% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Squirrel BBQ | 40 | 17 | 23 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 36 | 10 | 26 | 28% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 34 | 5 | 29 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 33 | 9 | 24 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKENDE REGAHS | 31 | 19 | 12 | 61% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 31 | 11 | 20 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | 26 | 15 | 11 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Team Laurentius | 21 | 16 | 5 | 76% | ⚔ compare |
| DE FILOUS | 21 | 14 | 7 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| PUREBBQ | 21 | 12 | 9 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52% | ⚔ compare |
| PARKSTAD SMOKERS | 20 | 6 | 14 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Backcorner BBQ | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE AND FIRE | 19 | 11 | 8 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 56 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 177.1428 | 152.5372 | 167.05 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 56 | 40 | 4 | 17 | 177.7144 | 149.6688 | 166.47 | top 32% |
| Pork | 56 | 31 | 2 | 13 | 177.1428 | 152.0000 | 166.80 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 56 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 180.0000 🔥 | 20.0000 | 161.82 | 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 16 | 2 | top 31% |
| Medium (20–39) | 25 | 1 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 15 | 1 | top 33% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brew N Q | 3 | 10 | 0 | top 52% | 2018-05-26 |
| W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 59% | 2020-01-18 |
| Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 44% | 2018-05-12 |
| Eastern BBQ Contest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 22% | 2018-03-31 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.2 | Eastern BBQ Contest | 2017-04-15 |
| +16.3 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2017-06-03 |
| +16.1 | The Brave Fires of Scotland | 2018-05-05 |
| +13.1 | 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off | 2017-10-07 |
| +12.4 | 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2018-07-21 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.6 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 2017-01-14 |
| -12.9 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 | 2020-07-24 |
| -8.1 | Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) | 2018-05-12 |
| -6.3 | Meat The East | 2018-04-14 |
| -5.1 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | 2019-06-08 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 100% | top 29% | 96.4% | 93.9% |
| 2019 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 90% | top 26% | 95.5% | 92.6% |
| 2018 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 89% | top 33% | 94.4% | 91.6% |
| 2017 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 92% | top 35% | 95% | 90.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 79 / 83 (649.4736) | 78 (158.1824) | 80 (158.8000) | 78 (160.5256) | 26 (171.9656) |
| 2020-09-19 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg, 5020 | 4 / 19 (685.0856) | 8 (168.5256) | 3 (174.8572) | 15 (161.7028) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2020-07-25 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna, 1030 | 1 / 21 (694.2856) | 3 (172.5828) | 3 (173.1200) | 5 (173.7028) | 1 (174.8800) |
| 2020-07-24 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 Vienna, 1030 | 13 / 18 (643.3144) | 6 (166.8344) | 16 (153.0972) | 13 (161.1200) | 10 (162.2628) |
| 2020-01-18 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 5 / 28 (681.0508) | 11 (166.2856) | 4 (173.1084) | 3 (177.1428) | 12 (164.5140) |
| 2019-11-30 | Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800 | 2 / 31 (675.3712) | 19 (163.3712) | 1 (172.5944) | 3 (170.8456) | 5 (168.5600) |
| 2019-10-12 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition Rome, 00153 | 4 / 8 (653.5888) | 6 (166.2972) | 7 (152.4916) | 1 (168.5256) | 3 (166.2744) |
| 2019-09-21 | Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 7 / 36 (666.7428) | 6 (173.1428) | 2 (171.9888) | 26 (159.3828) | 16 (162.2284) |
| 2019-09-07 | Smoke on the Waters Devon, EX37 9HZ | 2 / 15 (669.0400) | 6 (165.1428) | 3 (167.3944) | 6 (159.9428) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2019-08-31 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 7 / 31 (669.6456) | 11 (169.1656) | 10 (166.2516) | 9 (167.9656) | 6 (166.2628) |
| 2019-08-17 | Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ | 1 / 16 (679.4628) | 4 (168.5828) | 1 (172.5600) | 5 (166.2972) | 1 (172.0228) |
| 2019-08-10 | Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 9 / 27 (669.6796) | 17 (166.8684) | 4 (171.4172) | 12 (166.2628) | 11 (165.1312) |
| 2019-07-13 | Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food Glenarm, Billobo, | 2 / 10 (656.5140) | 2 (167.4284) | 2 (169.1772) | 4 (160.5256) | 5 (159.3828) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 27 / 55 (650.1828) | 27 (164.5600) | 33 (159.9888) | 37 (159.9656) | 18 (165.6684) |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY | 13 / 34 (658.8112) | 18 (165.7028) | 5 (172.0000) | 9 (168.5600) | 31 (152.5484) |
| 2019-05-24 | Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire, LE672FY | 2 / 26 (677.6688) | 6 (173.1200) | 5 (168.5716) | 2 (175.4172) | 15 (160.5600) |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival Covasna County, 520008 | 2 / 17 (675.9656) | 9 (165.6800) | 4 (169.1428) | 3 (168.5828) | 3 (172.5600) |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 19 / 49 (649.6340) | 33 (160.5372) | 20 (161.1428) | 15 (167.4284) | 24 (160.5256) |
| 2019-04-26 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 Marketplate, 51545 | 2 / 24 (676.0000) | 1 (177.1428) | 5 (164.5600) | 14 (159.4172) | 2 (174.8800) |
| 2019-04-20 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove, 9600 | 10 / 29 (664.5144) | 10 (167.9656) | 14 (164.5716) | 4 (173.7144) | 18 (158.2628) |
| 2019-04-19 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 Ninove, 9600 | 6 / 25 (659.4060) | 5 (168.5600) | 3 (169.7488) | 13 (162.8228) | 14 (158.2744) |
| 2019-04-13 | Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK | 14 / 41 (656.4456) | 20 (166.2284) | 5 (173.1316) | 14 (165.7144) | 34 (151.3712) |
| 2019-04-06 | 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels, 4600 | 4 / 16 (683.9772) | 5 (173.7028) | 3 (170.2744) | 12 (165.6800) | 2 (174.3200) |
| 2019-04-05 | 3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels, 4600 | 3 / 16 (670.8912) | 6 (168.5828) | 3 (166.8684) | 10 (162.2628) | 2 (173.1772) |
| 2019-03-30 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, | 17 / 40 (648.5488) | 3 (172.0000) | 15 (162.8460) | 35 (152.0000) | 15 (161.7028) |
| 2019-02-16 | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762 | 4 / 12 (687.4516) | 5 (172.0000) | 3 (172.0344) | 2 (175.4516) | 6 (167.9656) |
| 2018-10-13 | *Bataille Sur La Sorgue L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 84800 | 4 / 16 (644.5372) | 7 (158.2856) | 7 (158.8460) | 6 (162.8572) | 2 (164.5484) |
| 2018-09-22 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop, | 20 / 73 (645.5312) | 31 (163.9312) | 29 (160.5144) | 27 (161.6800) | 32 (159.4056) |
| 2018-09-15 | Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 3 / 31 (678.2172) | 3 (173.7028) | 3 (172.0116) | 4 (169.7144) | 14 (162.7884) |
| 2018-09-01 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 3 / 44 (677.1088) | 4 (173.1428) | 2 (177.1544) | 18 (163.9772) | 11 (162.8344) |
| 2018-08-25 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague, 2266HA | 12 / 29 (656.5372) | 19 (162.2628) | 6 (167.4400) | 8 (170.2972) | 23 (156.5372) |
| 2018-08-25 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague, 2266HA | 17 / 35 (649.5772) | 29 (158.7884) | 1 (176.5944) | 25 (157.1200) | 25 (157.0744) |
| 2018-07-21 | 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415 | 2 / 48 (678.2972) | 17 (167.4056) | 7 (166.8916) | 3 (171.4400) | 1 (172.5600) |
| 2018-06-30 | PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, 31018 | 8 / 18 (671.9196) | 7 (170.2856) | 7 (169.1428) | 15 (164.5256) | 8 (167.9656) |
| 2018-05-26 | Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG | 10 / 34 (668.5372) | 14 (169.1200) | 25 (161.7144) | 8 (169.7144) | 9 (167.9884) |
| 2018-05-25 | Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG | 20 / 24 (656.4912) | 5 (172.5484) | 23 (154.2860) | 22 (158.8112) | 11 (170.8456) |
| 2018-05-19 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG | 26 / 60 (641.5772) | 32 (162.8112) | 23 (162.8228) | 19 (165.1544) | 42 (150.7888) |
| 2018-05-12 | Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt, 3800 | 34 / 51 (639.9888) | 28 (164.5828) | 44 (149.6688) | 9 (171.4744) | 33 (154.2628) |
| 2018-05-11 | Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt, 3800 | 8 / 37 (657.7256) | 1 (174.2972) | 8 (166.8800) | 7 (167.4400) | 29 (149.1084) |
| 2018-05-05 | The Brave Fires of Scotland Aberlour Scotland, AB38 9NY | 1 / 11 (679.3944) | 5 (170.8228) | 3 (167.4288) | 2 (166.8800) | 2 (174.2628) |
| 2018-04-28 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof, 51580 | 4 / 32 (676.0340) | 3 (174.9028) | 6 (165.6800) | 5 (174.3200) | 17 (161.1312) |
| 2018-04-14 | Meat The East Hengelo, 7534 HK | 22 / 34 (643.3140) | 16 (165.6684) | 27 (154.8228) | 3 (176.0000) | 33 (146.8228) |
| 2018-03-31 | Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, 9400 | 13 / 33 (657.6228) | 29 (152.5372) | 9 (164.5600) | 2 (176.5828) | 12 (163.9428) |
| 2018-03-24 | Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium , 3920 | 9 / 39 (653.7488) | 9 (165.7144) | 11 (160.5716) | 7 (166.8684) | 15 (160.5944) |
| 2017-10-07 | 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp, 6515 DE | 3 / 47 (681.6688) | 12 (170.2744) | 1 (177.1544) | 11 (168.5372) | 12 (165.7028) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 21 / 66 (651.8740) | 43 (160.5256) | 18 (165.6800) | 27 (164.0000) | 26 (161.6684) |
| 2017-09-16 | Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 7 / 31 (666.2172) | 21 (163.4056) | 4 (168.5372) | 3 (173.7372) | 13 (160.5372) |
| 2017-08-26 | Regahfest 2017 The Hague, | 8 / 28 (652.9712) | 22 (158.2284) | 9 (164.5372) | 1 (172.5716) | 21 (157.6340) |
| 2017-07-22 | 2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79418 | 16 / 40 (672.4916) | 8 (172.5600) | 26 (161.6916) | 5 (174.8572) | 24 (163.3828) |
| 2017-06-24 | Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries, 11120 | 7 / 15 (684.0232) | 8 (166.8456) | 2 (177.7144) | 11 (164.5716) | 5 (174.8916) |
| 2017-06-03 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, 2314CG | 1 / 56 (683.3940) | 15 (170.8112) | 4 (171.4628) | 17 (168.0000) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2017-05-27 | Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG | 15 / 34 (662.8340) | 26 (163.9656) | 5 (172.5600) | 21 (163.4628) | 21 (162.8456) |
| 2017-04-29 | Q Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon, TQ149TD | 3 / 12 (646.2740) | 6 (161.7256) | 7 (155.4056) | 3 (166.2972) | 3 (162.8456) |
| 2017-04-15 | Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium, g400 | 2 / 41 (678.1940) | 8 (170.2628) | 6 (170.8456) | 12 (169.6912) | 7 (167.3944) |
| 2017-04-08 | Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels, 4072 | 10 / 14 (654.7996) | 14 (154.2512) | 4 (166.8228) | 4 (166.8800) | 7 (166.8456) |
| 2017-01-14 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 30 / 30 (516.4800) | 4 (173.1200) | 21 (161.0972) | 20 (162.2628) | 30 (20.0000) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #100 (1002 pts) | #164 (727 pts) | #98 (1012 pts) | #136 (827 pts) | #99 (957 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #46 (2265 pts) | #59 (1924 pts) | #17 (2328 pts) | #64 (1938 pts) | #35 (2199 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #95 (1938 pts) | #108 (1728 pts) | #63 (1937 pts) | #61 (1991 pts) | #160 (1541 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #134 (1774 pts) | #242 (1275 pts) | #88 (1864 pts) | #140 (1640 pts) | #248 (1329 pts) |