Dreamfire BBQ Team
Rating
1565
peak 1565 · rated over 10 contests
Best runs
10
straight top-10s
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2019-08-16
latest 2026-08-14
Best ToY finish
#424
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
6
15 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
685.87 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 680.58 (+5.29)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
10
and counting
Consistency
±13.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.67)
Road miles
3528
mi across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
680.58 / 720
10 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
BBQ Symphony has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Piiripealsed in 6 of their 6 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 27% of their entries (3 of 11).
😤 Pork nemesis
Even in their strongest meat, Woodquarter Smokerheads has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared pork entries.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 20% across 6 contests, versus top 36% 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 10-contest overall top-10 run.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 18 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Festival 2019 (2019-08-16).
🔁 The comeback
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa (2023-08-18).
Teams like this (closest power rating)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Symphony | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Piiripealsed | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Insomnia BBQ Team | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 178.8572 | 161.7256 | 170.05 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 178.8572 | 158.2400 | 168.67 | top 45% |
| Pork | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 164.5256 | 173.70 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 178.2972 | 160.0228 | 169.18 | top 43% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 9 | 1 | top 35% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 11% | 2025-08-15 |
| Vienna BBQ Days | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 70% | 2025-10-18 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2026 (3 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (11 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2025-08-15)
- Wins it all in 9% of contests
- Average Master overall score: 680.58 / 720
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Milestones
- 🚩 2019-08-16 — First tracked contest · BBQ Festival 2019
- 📣 2019-08-16 — First call · BBQ Festival 2019
- 🔥 2024-08-16 — First perfect 180 (Pork) · BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- ⭐ 2024-08-16 — Career-best overall score (703.3940) · BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- 🏆 2025-08-15 — First Grand Championship · BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- 📈 2026-08-14 — Peak power rating (1565) · Cars & BBQ Festival 2026
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.2 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2025-08-15 |
| +14.2 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2024-08-16 |
| +12.2 | BBQ Festival 2019 | 2019-08-16 |
| +8.9 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | 2026-08-14 |
| +8.6 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa | 2023-08-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 | 2023-10-21 |
| -1.4 | Vienna BBQ Days | 2025-10-18 |
| -0.6 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2026-07-17 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 41% | 97.1% | 95.6% |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 36% | 95.3% | 94.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 13% | 97.7% | 97.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 52% | 92.3% | 91.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 17% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 Tallinn, 15026 | 4 / 17 (698.8000) | 1 (178.8572) | 14 (167.9772) | 2 (180.0000) | 8 (171.9656) |
| 2026-07-18 | Open Barbecue Championship Wilhering, 4073 | 8 / 20 (682.7656) | 7 (171.9772) | 16 (165.7028) | 3 (177.7144) | 11 (167.3712) |
| 2026-07-17 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) Wilhering, 4073 | 10 / 17 (683.9316) | 9 (173.7028) | 6 (174.2860) | 15 (167.3828) | 8 (168.5600) |
| 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) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #424 (332 pts) | #413 (417 pts) | #685 (187 pts) | #343 (462 pts) | #537 (252 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #814 (141 pts) | #877 (151 pts) | #503 (450 pts) | #679 (236 pts) | #916 (121 pts) |