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DROP THE MIKE

DROP THE MIKE is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) (2019). They are ranked #1184 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,184
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1588
peak 1601 · rated over 20 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

22
in the data

First seen

Apr 20, 2018
latest Jun 10, 2022 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#266
Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

4
7 podiums

Overall top-10s

7
32% of 22 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%
overall standings

Best overall

696.5372 / 720
Master · 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

676.18 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 678.35 (-2.17)

Walk rate

73%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400
Chicken · 1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±9.81
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.53 · weakest Pork (168.60)

Road miles

1,189
across 22 mapped stops · furthest 298 mi

Schedule strength

81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)

Purse competed for

$268K
listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

678.35 / 720
22 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 15 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 15 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

The Boys in Que has finished one call ahead of DROP THE MIKE 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 1 Grand Championship

2019 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 28%.

  • 8 contests
  • 5 overall top-10s
  • 2 category wins
  • average top 28%
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A tough matchup

13–0 behind in the head-to-head

SLAPS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

A strong matchup

14–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of S&S BBQ in 14 of their 16 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

Sons of a Brisket ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Sons of a Brisket has out-cooked them in 11 of 15 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1605 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1605 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.

  • 20 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 31% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

  • 3 May contests
  • top 40% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.2% of a perfect score
  • 22 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2021 ↗ Master #917 (120 pts) #978 (120 pts) #746 (215 pts) #960 (120 pts) #892 (140 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #284 (400 pts) #344 (360 pts) #318 (390 pts) #336 (365 pts) #242 (485 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #266 (1,099 pts) #263 (1,104 pts) #284 (1,039 pts) #265 (1,094 pts) #330 (969 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #531 (674 pts) #369 (949 pts) #512 (729 pts) #677 (544 pts) #426 (844 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DROP THE MIKE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM
#1,193 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1587
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to DROP THE MIKE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DROP THE MIKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Sep 29, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head
RICE BROTHERS BBQ
#1,179 of the rated field
1588 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1588

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Oct 20, 2017
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DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE
#1,189 of the rated field
1588 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
1
Top-10s
54%
Peak
1600

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 22 contests
  • last seen May 28, 2022
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Beachin' Good Barbecue
#1,191 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1587

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 40% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 18 contests
  • last seen Aug 15, 2025
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2 PITTS BBQ
#1,194 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
0
Top-10s
44%
Peak
1587

Level with DROP THE MIKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 18 contests
  • last seen Jul 24, 2020
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EASTERN BEAST BBQ TEAM
#1,192 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1587

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before DROP THE MIKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 15 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
S&S BBQ 16 14 2 88% ⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket 15 4 11 27% ⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 13 4 9 31% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 12 8 4 67% ⚔ compare
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 12 3 9 25% ⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ 12 2 10 17% ⚔ compare
Wabash BBQ 11 5 6 45% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 11 0 11 0% ⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 10 5 5 50% ⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ 10 1 9 10% ⚔ compare
The Boys in Que 10 1 9 10% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 22 7 2 3 179.4400 161.6916 170.53 top 39%
Pork Ribs 22 8 2 2 178.8800 150.2516 168.79 top 43%
Pork 21 5 0 1 176.5600 158.2056 168.60 top 47%
Brisket 22 10 0 1 176.0228 161.6572 170.17 top 36%

“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)131top 39%
Large (40+)90top 42%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO151top 38%
KS60top 42%
OK10top 55%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash 2 9 0 top 33% Aug 7, 2020
BBQ and Fly In on the River 2 17 0 top 31% Aug 16, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 8 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 4.4 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MO 15 of 22 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 20 2 of them more than once
First title Jul 12, 2019 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
Opponents faced 976 finished ahead 907 times, behind 1,027

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

20221 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20201 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1601) Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash
20196 milestones
  1. First overall podium 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
  2. First Grand Championship 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
  3. First state championship 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
  4. Biggest field won (35 teams) 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
  5. Career-best overall score696.5372 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
  6. 10th tracked contest Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash
20186 milestones
  1. First tracked contest 13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6800 13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
  3. First call Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q
  4. First category win (Chicken) 1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
  5. Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
  6. First overall top-10 Hog Wild West BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.32nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)Jul 12, 2019
+12.6Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)May 31, 2019
+10.1BBQ and Fly In on the River (JUDGES FULL)Aug 17, 2018
+9.2Apple Blossom Bar-B-QMay 4, 2018
+9Hog Wild West BBQ ContestSep 7, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-7American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTESTSep 16, 2021
-6.4Black Silo WineryJun 19, 2020
-4.2Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES)Jun 10, 2022
-2.740th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTESTSep 12, 2019
-2.2BBQ & Fly in on the RiverAug 14, 2020

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)
20221000 0% top 72% 94% 94%
20212000 50% top 51% 94.4% 93.3%
20205010 60% top 50% 95.6% 94.5%
20198152 88% top 28% 96.7% 94.8%
20186012 83% top 38% 94.8% 93.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 10, 2022 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO 26 / 36 (677.0172) 33 (165.0856) 14 (172.0004) 21 (168.5256) 19 (171.4056)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 230 / 467 (662.8228) 314 (161.6916) 161 (169.1084) 243 (164.5600) 166 (167.4628)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS 98 / 185 (680.0116) 165 (162.2744) 8 (178.2972) 163 (163.4172) 21 (176.0228)
Nov 13, 2020 Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS 49 / 94 (684.5260) 30 (173.7028) 80 (164.5488) — 40 (171.9772)
Aug 14, 2020 BBQ & Fly in on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO 34 / 55 (676.5260) 20 (171.9772) 29 (169.1200) 21 (172.5716) 35 (162.8572)
Aug 7, 2020 Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash 🏅 Winston, MO 11 / 30 (688.5368) 14 (173.1428) 12 (171.4284) 28 (167.9656) 9 (176)
Jun 26, 2020 Grillin and Chillin 🏅 Chillicothe, MO 8 / 34 (687.3828) 21 (169.1200) 9 (171.4400) 6 (175.4172) 9 (171.4056)
Jun 19, 2020 Black Silo Winery 🏅 Trenton, MO 24 / 31 (666.7768) 19 (169.7028) 23 (163.3828) 29 (162.2628) 9 (171.4284)
Oct 11, 2019 Anchor City Cook off 🏅 Centralia, MO 9 / 25 (679.9084) 6 (171.9656) 14 (169.1428) 16 (166.2400) 6 (172.5600)
Sep 28, 2019 West Bottoms BBQ Contest 🏅 Kansas City, MO 8 / 29 (694.7772) 1 (175.4288) 9 (174.2628) 9 (176.5600) 19 (168.5256)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 158 / 468 (670.7656) 54 (173.7144) 264 (164.5256) 193 (167.4056) 210 (165.1200)
Aug 16, 2019 BBQ and Fly In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO 22 / 68 (678.1600) 35 (168.5256) 43 (163.9544) 15 (171.9772) 10 (173.7028)
Aug 9, 2019 Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash 🏅 Winston, MO 9 / 30 (681.5996) 19 (163.3712) 7 (171.9656) 10 (170.2628) 4 (176)
Jul 12, 2019 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Cameron, MO 1 / 35 (696.5372) 6 (174.2744) 1 (178.8800) 2 (176.5600) 22 (166.8228)
May 31, 2019 Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO 6 / 56 (691.4400) 7 (174.2856) 7 (172) 14 (170.2744) 5 (174.8800)
May 3, 2019 Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character 🏅 St. Joseph, MO 19 / 39 (666.2060) 14 (167.3944) 24 (162.8688) 5 (173.1200) 27 (162.8228)
Oct 6, 2018 Rib's and Bibs Topeka, KS 13 / 37 (682.2400) 15 (169.1084) 1 (177.1772) 25 (162.8116) 7 (173.1428)
Sep 7, 2018 Hog Wild West BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS 7 / 25 (674.1596) 7 (170.8228) 6 (171.4056) 19 (158.2056) 3 (173.7256)
Aug 17, 2018 BBQ and Fly In on the River (JUDGES FULL) Excelsior Springs, MO 17 / 57 (676.4800) 19 (169.6912) 29 (163.9428) 23 (168.5716) 7 (174.2744)
Jul 13, 2018 1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO 12 / 24 (658.1828) 1 (179.4400) 23 (150.2516) 13 (162.7884) 12 (165.7028)
May 4, 2018 Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q St. Joseph, MO 12 / 37 (679.9312) 3 (176) 17 (167.9656) 11 (169.7028) 14 (166.2628)
Apr 20, 2018 13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 27 / 49 (669.6800) 20 (170.8456) 29 (165.7372) 18 (171.4400) 34 (161.6572)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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