Dreamfire BBQ Team
Rating
Contests
First seen
Best ToY finish
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Top-10 streak
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Storylines
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Piiripealsed in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.0004 points of the Grand Championship at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2024-08-16).
🍖 Signature meat
When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 38% of their entries (3 of 8).
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 19% across 5 contests, versus top 34% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2025-08-15) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BBQ+.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 7-contest overall top-10 run.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 18 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Festival 2019 (2019-08-16).
Teams like this (closest power rating)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 161.7256 | 168.00 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 178.8572 | 158.2400 | 168.42 | top 38% |
| Pork | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 164.5256 | 173.13 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 178.2972 | 160.0228 | 169.13 | top 40% |
“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
- Busiest season: 2025 (3 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (8 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2025-08-15)
- Wins it all in 13% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 677.19
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 686.2512 | 681.93 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 703.3940 | 703.39 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 664.4344 | 661.69 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 671.9884 | 671.99 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 677.7028 | 677.70 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 7 / 11 (677.6116) | 6 (170.2744) | 4 (168.5372) | 2 (176.0000) | 9 (162.8000) |
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 1 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue, 76505 | 1 / 11 (686.2512) | 2 (173.1428) | 5 (167.9884) | 4 (172.5600) | 2 (172.5600) |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish, 76505 | 2 / 16 (703.3940) | 13 (169.1084) | 1 (176.5828) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 Vienna, 1110 | 10 / 13 (664.4344) | 12 (162.2516) | 1 (174.8572) | 12 (164.5256) | 10 (162.8000) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish, 76505 | 4 / 15 (658.9372) | 5 (168.6172) | 10 (159.4400) | 4 (170.8572) | 8 (160.0228) |
| 2020-08-21 | BBQ Festival 2020 Saue Parish, | 4 / 13 (671.9884) | 4 (170.8456) | 7 (162.8800) | 3 (168.5600) | 3 (169.7028) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ Festival 2019 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish, 75501 | 3 / 18 (677.7028) | 14 (161.7256) | 14 (158.2400) | 1 (179.4400) | 2 (178.2972) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #814 (141 pts) | #877 (151 pts) | #503 (450 pts) | #679 (236 pts) | #916 (121 pts) |