High-water mark
666.8000
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.8000 at Smoke & Ale Fall Festival — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 13, 2017
DRAGONBAIT BBQ
DRAGONBAIT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 8th of 32 at the Smoke & Ale Fall Festival (2017). They finished #1354 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 13, 2017
latest Aug 2, 2019 · 1.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.63
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.12 · weakest Brisket (160.83)
Road miles
94
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$6,500
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
654.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 155.9200 | 168.12 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7144 | 149.6916 | 163.41 | top 45% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4400 | 154.2284 | 162.54 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 147.9428 | 160.83 | top 50% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 34% | Oct 12, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 71 times, behind 85
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
20181 milestone
- Peak power rating (1512) Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
20175 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- First call Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- First overall top-10 Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8000 Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- Career-best overall score666.8000 Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | Oct 13, 2017 |
| +4.8 | Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | Oct 12, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.2 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 2, 2019 |
| -4.1 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 3, 2018 |
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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 68% | 90% | 90% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 91.6% | 90.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2019 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 27 / 40 (647.8628) | 34 (155.9200) | 9 (168.5600) | 1 (175.4400) | 38 (147.9428) |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI | 16 / 38 (659.3716) | 3 (174.8572) | 19 (161.6916) | 22 (159.3828) | 15 (163.4400) |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 27 / 39 (645.6000) | 6 (173.1428) | 38 (149.6916) | 30 (154.2284) | 11 (168.5372) |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI | 8 / 32 (666.8000) | 7 (168.5484) | 3 (173.7144) | 14 (161.1200) | 12 (163.4172) |