High-water mark
670.2744
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2744 at BBQ'Loo & Blues Too — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-07-15
DRAGON WAGON BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1508 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-17
latest 2016-07-29
Best ToY finish
#2260
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.08
last 3 Master vs avg 657.08 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.76
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.28 · weakest Pork (161.88)
Road miles
145
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Master avg
657.08 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
LUCKY'S Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LUCKY'S Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
DRAGON WAGON BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 105 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with DRAGON WAGON BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3150 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3149 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 155.3828 | 164.75 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 159.4172 | 164.17 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 149.6456 | 161.88 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 162.8000 | 166.28 | top 49% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2016-06-17 → 2016-07-29
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Cooks most in
IA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.28 · weakest Pork (161.88)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
657.08
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
70
37–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
145
3 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
1579
average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests
Power rating
1501
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1428 State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)
- First call BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- First overall top-10 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Career-best overall score670.2744 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5828 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Peak power rating (1508) BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.7 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2016-07-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-07-29 |
| -3.9 | State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full) | 2016-06-17 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 60% | 93.1% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 23 / 28 (639.8284) | 27 (155.3828) | 7 (172.0000) | 28 (149.6456) | 15 (162.8000) |
| 2016-07-15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too Waterloo, IA | 8 / 32 (670.2744) | 10 (169.7372) | 19 (161.0972) | 13 (166.8572) | 5 (172.5828) |
| 2016-06-17 | State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full) State Center, IA | 23 / 31 (661.1428) | 16 (169.1312) | 25 (159.4172) | 13 (169.1316) | 24 (163.4628) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2260 (63 pts) | #2957 (53 pts) | #1683 (158 pts) | #2963 (53 pts) | #2105 (103 pts) |