The heartbreaker
Came within 1.2004 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Waters (Sep 7, 2019).
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q is a competition barbecue team with 56 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. They have won 4 Grand Championships, most recently at the Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 (2020), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 8 times. They are ranked #279 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #100 (1,002 pts) | #164 (727 pts) | #98 (1,012 pts) | #136 (827 pts) | #99 (957 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #46 (2,265 pts) | #59 (1,924 pts) | #17 (2,328 pts) | #64 (1,938 pts) | #35 (2,199 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #95 (1,938 pts) | #108 (1,728 pts) | #63 (1,937 pts) | #61 (1,991 pts) | #160 (1,541 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #134 (1,774 pts) | #242 (1,275 pts) | #88 (1,864 pts) | #140 (1,640 pts) | #248 (1,329 pts) |
The teams rated closest to UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q, each with one reason worth a look.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 52 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersCareers of much the same size, 69 contests to 56, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersTheir rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 37 contests, alongside a 76% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers2 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-headLevel with UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 47 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers| 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 | 166.80 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 56 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 180 🔥 | 20 | 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.
| 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% |
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brew N Q | 3 | 10 | 0 | top 52% | May 26, 2018 |
| W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 59% | Jan 18, 2020 |
| Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 44% | May 12, 2018 |
| Eastern BBQ Contest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 22% | Mar 31, 2018 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.1 | Eastern BBQ Contest | Apr 15, 2017 |
| +16.3 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | Jun 3, 2017 |
| +16.1 | The Brave Fires of Scotland | May 5, 2018 |
| +13.1 | 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off | Oct 7, 2017 |
| +12.4 | 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | Jul 21, 2018 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.7 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | Jan 14, 2017 |
| -12.8 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 | Jul 24, 2020 |
| -8.2 | Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) | May 12, 2018 |
| -6.3 | Meat The East | Apr 14, 2018 |
| -5.1 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Jun 8, 2019 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2022 | 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) |
| Sep 19, 2020 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg | 4 / 19 (685.0856) | 8 (168.5256) | 3 (174.8572) | 15 (161.7028) | 1 (180) |
| Jul 25, 2020 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna | 1 / 21 (694.2856) | 3 (172.5828) | 3 (173.1200) | 5 (173.7028) | 1 (174.8800) |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 Vienna | 13 / 18 (643.3144) | 6 (166.8344) | 16 (153.0972) | 13 (161.1200) | 10 (162.2628) |
| Jan 18, 2020 | 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) |
| Nov 30, 2019 | Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven | 2 / 31 (675.3712) | 19 (163.3712) | 1 (172.5944) | 3 (170.8456) | 5 (168.5600) |
| Oct 12, 2019 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition Rome | 4 / 8 (653.5888) | 6 (166.2972) | 7 (152.4916) | 1 (168.5256) | 3 (166.2744) |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas | 7 / 36 (666.7428) | 6 (173.1428) | 2 (171.9888) | 26 (159.3828) | 16 (162.2284) |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Waters Devon | 2 / 15 (669.0400) | 6 (165.1428) | 3 (167.3944) | 6 (159.9428) | 1 (176.5600) |
| Aug 31, 2019 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland | 7 / 31 (669.6456) | 11 (169.1656) | 10 (166.2516) | 9 (167.9656) | 6 (166.2628) |
| Aug 17, 2019 | Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex | 1 / 16 (679.4628) | 4 (168.5828) | 1 (172.5600) | 5 (166.2972) | 1 (172.0228) |
| Aug 10, 2019 | Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode | 9 / 27 (669.6796) | 17 (166.8684) | 4 (171.4172) | 12 (166.2628) | 11 (165.1312) |
| Jul 13, 2019 | 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) |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp | 27 / 55 (650.1828) | 27 (164.5600) | 33 (159.9888) | 37 (159.9656) | 18 (165.6684) |
| May 25, 2019 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire | 13 / 34 (658.8112) | 18 (165.7028) | 5 (172) | 9 (168.5600) | 31 (152.5484) |
| May 24, 2019 | Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire | 2 / 26 (677.6688) | 6 (173.1200) | 5 (168.5716) | 2 (175.4172) | 15 (160.5600) |
| May 18, 2019 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival Covasna County | 2 / 17 (675.9656) | 9 (165.6800) | 4 (169.1428) | 3 (168.5828) | 3 (172.5600) |
| May 11, 2019 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark, Hasselt | 19 / 49 (649.6340) | 33 (160.5372) | 20 (161.1428) | 15 (167.4284) | 24 (160.5256) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 Marketplate | 2 / 24 (676) | 1 (177.1428) | 5 (164.5600) | 14 (159.4172) | 2 (174.8800) |
| Apr 20, 2019 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove | 10 / 29 (664.5144) | 10 (167.9656) | 14 (164.5716) | 4 (173.7144) | 18 (158.2628) |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 Ninove | 6 / 25 (659.4060) | 5 (168.5600) | 3 (169.7488) | 13 (162.8228) | 14 (158.2744) |
| Apr 13, 2019 | Meat the East Hengelo | 14 / 41 (656.4456) | 20 (166.2284) | 5 (173.1316) | 14 (165.7144) | 34 (151.3712) |
| Apr 6, 2019 | 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels | 4 / 16 (683.9772) | 5 (173.7028) | 3 (170.2744) | 12 (165.6800) | 2 (174.3200) |
| Apr 5, 2019 | 3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels | 3 / 16 (670.8912) | 6 (168.5828) | 3 (166.8684) | 10 (162.2628) | 2 (173.1772) |
| Mar 30, 2019 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel | 17 / 40 (648.5488) | 3 (172) | 15 (162.8460) | 35 (152) | 15 (161.7028) |
| Feb 16, 2019 | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee | 4 / 12 (687.4516) | 5 (172) | 3 (172.0344) | 2 (175.4516) | 6 (167.9656) |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Bataille Sur La Sorgue L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue | 4 / 16 (644.5372) | 7 (158.2856) | 7 (158.8460) | 6 (162.8572) | 2 (164.5484) |
| Sep 22, 2018 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop | 20 / 73 (645.5312) | 31 (163.9312) | 29 (160.5144) | 27 (161.6800) | 32 (159.4056) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas | 3 / 31 (678.2172) | 3 (173.7028) | 3 (172.0116) | 4 (169.7144) | 14 (162.7884) |
| Sep 1, 2018 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland | 3 / 44 (677.1088) | 4 (173.1428) | 2 (177.1544) | 18 (163.9772) | 11 (162.8344) |
| Aug 25, 2018 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague | 17 / 35 (649.5772) | 29 (158.7884) | 1 (176.5944) | 25 (157.1200) | 25 (157.0744) |
| Aug 25, 2018 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague | 12 / 29 (656.5372) | 19 (162.2628) | 6 (167.4400) | 8 (170.2972) | 23 (156.5372) |
| Jul 21, 2018 | 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen | 2 / 48 (678.2972) | 17 (167.4056) | 7 (166.8916) | 3 (171.4400) | 1 (172.5600) |
| Jun 30, 2018 | PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine | 8 / 18 (671.9196) | 7 (170.2856) | 7 (169.1428) | 15 (164.5256) | 8 (167.9656) |
| May 26, 2018 | Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent | 10 / 34 (668.5372) | 14 (169.1200) | 25 (161.7144) | 8 (169.7144) | 9 (167.9884) |
| May 25, 2018 | Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent | 20 / 24 (656.4912) | 5 (172.5484) | 23 (154.2860) | 22 (158.8112) | 11 (170.8456) |
| May 19, 2018 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp | 26 / 60 (641.5772) | 32 (162.8112) | 23 (162.8228) | 19 (165.1544) | 42 (150.7888) |
| May 12, 2018 | Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt | 34 / 51 (639.9888) | 28 (164.5828) | 44 (149.6688) | 9 (171.4744) | 33 (154.2628) |
| May 11, 2018 | Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt | 8 / 37 (657.7256) | 1 (174.2972) | 8 (166.8800) | 7 (167.4400) | 29 (149.1084) |
| May 5, 2018 | The Brave Fires of Scotland Aberlour Scotland | 1 / 11 (679.3944) | 5 (170.8228) | 3 (167.4288) | 2 (166.8800) | 2 (174.2628) |
| Apr 28, 2018 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof | 4 / 32 (676.0340) | 3 (174.9028) | 6 (165.6800) | 5 (174.3200) | 17 (161.1312) |
| Apr 14, 2018 | Meat The East Hengelo | 22 / 34 (643.3140) | 16 (165.6684) | 27 (154.8228) | 3 (176) | 33 (146.8228) |
| Mar 31, 2018 | Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove | 13 / 33 (657.6228) | 29 (152.5372) | 9 (164.5600) | 2 (176.5828) | 12 (163.9428) |
| Mar 24, 2018 | Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium | 9 / 39 (653.7488) | 9 (165.7144) | 11 (160.5716) | 7 (166.8684) | 15 (160.5944) |
| Oct 7, 2017 | 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp | 3 / 47 (681.6688) | 12 (170.2744) | 1 (177.1544) | 11 (168.5372) | 12 (165.7028) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany | 21 / 66 (651.8740) | 43 (160.5256) | 18 (165.6800) | 27 (164) | 26 (161.6684) |
| Sep 16, 2017 | Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas | 7 / 31 (666.2172) | 21 (163.4056) | 4 (168.5372) | 3 (173.7372) | 13 (160.5372) |
| Aug 26, 2017 | Regahfest 2017 The Hague | 8 / 28 (652.9712) | 22 (158.2284) | 9 (164.5372) | 1 (172.5716) | 21 (157.6340) |
| Jul 22, 2017 | 2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen | 16 / 40 (672.4916) | 8 (172.5600) | 26 (161.6916) | 5 (174.8572) | 24 (163.3828) |
| Jun 24, 2017 | Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries | 7 / 15 (684.0232) | 8 (166.8456) | 2 (177.7144) | 11 (164.5716) | 5 (174.8916) |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands | 1 / 56 (683.3940) | 15 (170.8112) | 4 (171.4628) | 17 (168) | 5 (173.1200) |
| May 27, 2017 | Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent | 15 / 34 (662.8340) | 26 (163.9656) | 5 (172.5600) | 21 (163.4628) | 21 (162.8456) |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Q Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon | 3 / 12 (646.2740) | 6 (161.7256) | 7 (155.4056) | 3 (166.2972) | 3 (162.8456) |
| Apr 15, 2017 | Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium | 2 / 41 (678.1940) | 8 (170.2628) | 6 (170.8456) | 12 (169.6912) | 7 (167.3944) |
| Apr 8, 2017 | Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels | 10 / 14 (654.7996) | 14 (154.2512) | 4 (166.8228) | 4 (166.8800) | 7 (166.8456) |
| Jan 14, 2017 | 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) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.