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DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ

DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 8th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016). They are ranked #3523 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,523
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1493
peak 1493 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

May 17, 2013
latest Jul 21, 2017 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1624
Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

1
13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 61%
overall standings

Best overall

667.9316 / 720
Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

648.08 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 646.81 (+1.28)

Walk rate

38%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628
Pork Ribs · Bend of the River CookOut

Consistency

±14.72
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.05 · weakest Brisket (153.67)

Road miles

408
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi

Schedule strength

34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Master avg

646.81 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

667.9316 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.9316 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 22, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

NECTAR OF THE HOGS has finished one call ahead of DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 25%.

  • Brisket avg 153.67
  • Chicken avg 166.05
  • 1 call in 8 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG APPROVED BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.04% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.04% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 89.8% of a perfect score
  • 8 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #2212 (60 pts) #2043 (100 pts) #2304 (60 pts) #2199 (70 pts) #2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1624 (150 pts) #1547 (180 pts) #2167 (95 pts) #2090 (105 pts) #1595 (170 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1748 (136 pts) #1827 (136 pts) #1532 (176 pts) #1454 (201 pts) #1803 (136 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #2354 (74 pts) #2044 (79 pts) #2393 (74 pts) #2408 (74 pts) #2400 (74 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Backdraft Smokers
#3,537 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1513

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Jun 11, 2021
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DA REV & ANIMAL BBQ KREWE
#3,517 of the rated field
1493 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1510

Level with DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Jun 8, 2018
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HEAD COUNTRY II
#3,531 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1502

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Sep 15, 2017
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Sofa King/Good BBQ
#3,544 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
11%
Peak
1516

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 9 contests
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Smokey and The Bandits
#3,545 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1519

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 5, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 8 0 8 0% ⚔ compare
BIG CITY BBQ 7 4 3 57% ⚔ compare
PIG APPROVED BBQ 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
Eggspert BBQ 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
Totally Sauced 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
CASE OF RIBS 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
Hogline 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
MYASSIS SMOKIN 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
QUETOPIA 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
CITY SLICKERS BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 2 0 0 172.5600 154.7772 166.05 top 45%
Pork Ribs 8 2 0 1 174.2628 153.6688 163.26 top 46%
Pork 8 0 0 0 168.5600 151.4172 163.83 top 53%
Brisket 8 1 0 0 166.8572 137.0516 153.67 top 74%

“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
Medium (20–39)40top 59%
Large (40+)40top 63%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 8 0 top 43% Jul 22, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests
Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MN 8 of 8 contests
Contests visited 7 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 187 finished ahead 134 times, behind 212

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

20171 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20163 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  2. Career-best overall score667.9316 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  3. Peak power rating (1499) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20142 milestones
  1. First call Bend of the River CookOut
  2. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 Bend of the River CookOut
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Minnesota in May
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4274 Minnesota in May

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+11.4Sam's Club National BBQ TourJul 22, 2016
+4.3Bend of the River CookOutJun 27, 2014
+0.5Sam's Club National BBQ TourJul 24, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-8.6Minnesota in MayMay 16, 2014
-5.6King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-OffSep 12, 2014
-3.8Sam's Club National BBQ TourJul 21, 2017
-2.9Minnesota in MayMay 17, 2013
-2.7Minnesota in MayMay 12, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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)
20172000 0% top 69% 90.2% 89.4%
20161010 100% top 27% 92.8% 92.8%
20151000 100% top 60% 90.3% 90.3%
20143000 33% top 67% 92.1% 88.8%
20131000 0% top 61% 90.5% 90.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 21, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Eagan, MN 22 / 30 (649.5656) 18 (165.1200) 15 (163.9656) 12 (165.6916) 26 (154.7884)
May 12, 2017 Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN 46 / 71 (637.5088) 17 (169.1316) 31 (165.0856) 23 (166.2400) 70 (137.0516)
Jul 22, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN 8 / 30 (667.9316) 5 (172.5600) 17 (162.8344) 15 (165.6800) 6 (166.8572)
Jul 24, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN 18 / 30 (650.1028) 10 (171.4056) 9 (165.1316) 13 (166.2284) 28 (147.3372)
Sep 12, 2014 King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN 27 / 36 (635.3028) 32 (154.7772) 17 (159.4056) 12 (168.5600) 28 (152.5600)
Jun 27, 2014 Bend of the River CookOut Mankato, MN 22 / 50 (663.3148) 15 (169.1316) 2 (174.2628) 38 (161.6916) 35 (158.2288)
May 16, 2014 Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN 47 / 58 (619.3032) 32 (161.6912) 44 (153.6688) 52 (151.4172) 46 (152.5260)
May 17, 2013 Minnesota in May Faribault, MN 30 / 49 (651.4274) 24 (164.5710) 29 (161.7140) 28 (165.1428) 32 (159.9996)

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

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