High-water mark
666.2512
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2512 at Twin Smoke — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-09-11
POLISH BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2016-05-21
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#603
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.86 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 609.14 (-2.28)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.80 · weakest Brisket (149.98)
Road miles
751
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 591 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
609.14 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.82 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 17%.
- Brisket avg 149.98
- Chicken avg 155.80
- 2 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
4.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.2 years, then back at Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 (2020-07-24).
- last seen 2016-05-21
- back 2020-07-24
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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5401 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before POLISH BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after POLISH BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#5402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with POLISH BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 50 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before POLISH BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 146.2856 | 155.80 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 141.6916 | 153.11 | top 80% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6912 | 127.3712 | 150.25 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8572 | 120.4800 | 149.98 | top 71% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 3 | 0 | top 72% |
| CZ | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 95% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 72% | 2026-05-15 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10 yrs
2016-05-21 → 2026-05-15
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
LT
3 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.80 · weakest Brisket (149.98)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
609.14
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
75
15–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
751
6 mapped stops · furthest 591 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
2016-05-21 → 2020-07-24
Power rating
1453
peak 1453 · #5398 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Bohemian BBQ
- Peak power rating (1487) Bohemian BBQ
- 2021
- First call Twin Smoke
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2512 Twin Smoke
- Career-best overall score666.2512 Twin Smoke
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8572 Twin Smoke
- 2026
- Most recent contest Twin Smoke
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.9 | Twin Smoke | 2021-09-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Bohemian BBQ | 2016-05-21 |
| -12.1 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 | 2020-07-24 |
| -11.8 | Twin Smoke | 2026-05-15 |
| -11.5 | Twin Smoke | 2024-05-18 |
| -10.6 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 | 2020-07-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 94% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 84.3% | 81.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 22 / 23 (608.4344) | 22 (152.0000) | 19 (150.2400) | 22 (150.2172) | 19 (155.9772) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 17 / 18 (588.4000) | 11 (160.5600) | 12 (150.2516) | 18 (127.3712) | 10 (150.2172) |
| 2021-09-11 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 4 / 15 (666.2512) | 4 (166.8572) | 6 (166.8456) | 8 (161.6912) | 3 (170.8572) |
| 2020-07-25 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna, 1030 | 20 / 21 (606.7772) | 20 (146.2856) | 21 (152.5144) | 19 (152.5256) | 15 (155.4516) |
| 2020-07-24 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 Vienna, 1030 | 18 / 18 (564.4228) | 15 (152.0228) | 18 (141.6916) | 17 (150.2284) | 18 (120.4800) |
| 2016-05-21 | Bohemian BBQ Prague, CZ | 21 / 22 (620.5256) | 20 (157.0856) | 20 (157.1084) | 17 (159.4400) | 21 (146.8916) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #919 (63 pts) | #1005 (63 pts) | #1008 (78 pts) | #963 (63 pts) | #914 (78 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1089 (83 pts) | #1051 (113 pts) | #1136 (108 pts) | #1162 (78 pts) | #976 (118 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #603 (149 pts) | #608 (164 pts) | #652 (144 pts) | #611 (159 pts) | #590 (174 pts) |