#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Drake Bro's BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headDrake Bro's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2026-08-28
latest 2026-08-28
Best ToY finish
#334
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.38)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
310.20 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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.
Drake Bro's BBQ has 2 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 141 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.
#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Drake Bro's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2020, 6 years before Drake Bro's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Drake Bro's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4114 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Drake Bro's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 161.6688 | 162.82 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 141.6572 | 147.38 | top 100% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 92% | 2026-08-28 |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2026-08-28 → 2026-08-28
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.38)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Backyard average
310.20
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
24
4–43 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$5,400
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2026
- First tracked contest Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1)
- Career-best overall score314.7660 Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9772 Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1)
- Most recent contest Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.4% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) Cherry Valley, IL | 22 / 25 (314.7660) | 19 (161.6688) | 25 (153.0972) | — | — |
| 2026-08-28 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1) Cherry Valley, IL | 23 / 24 (305.6344) | 15 (163.9772) | 24 (141.6572) | — | — |
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 ↗ | Backyard | #334 (59 pts) | #271 (99 pts) | #350 (54 pts) | — | — |