Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 43%
Drewbie-Que
Drewbie-Que is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 25 at the Fire in the Foothills (2025). They are ranked #3775 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jul 21, 2022
latest Aug 7, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
313.55 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 310.89 (+2.65)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.47
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.68 · weakest Chicken (153.19)
Road miles
410
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 109 mi
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Purse competed for
$70K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.89 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
310.89 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Drewbie-Que, each with one reason worth a look.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,786 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Drewbie-Que)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Drewbie-Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1488
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Drewbie-Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,773 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1501
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Drewbie-Que's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1488
Level with Drewbie-Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Optimus Swine | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Bowmans Butt & BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| POOR BOYS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Que N Cue | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HalaQyah BBQ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN SKULLIES | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| JL Smokers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T & S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Char-Cole Grillers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 129.6572 | 153.19 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 146.8572 | 157.68 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 155.4172 | 156.92 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 147.3716 | 154.54 | top 94% |
“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) | 6 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Mountain | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 58% | Jul 25, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
212
finished ahead 117 times, behind 254
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jul 21, 2022 → Jul 21, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score638.8344 Battle of the Blue Ridge
- Most recent contest Battle of the Blue Ridge
20253 milestones
- First overall top-10 Fire in the Foothills
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.4916 Fire in the Foothills
- Peak power rating (1500) Fire in the Foothills
20241 milestone
- First call Smoke on the Mountain
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.9772 Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.1 | Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 25, 2025 |
| +5.2 | Fire in the Foothills | Sep 26, 2025 |
| +2.9 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2024 |
| +2.8 | Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 26, 2024 |
| +1.9 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | May 3, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Battle of the Blue Ridge | Aug 7, 2026 |
| -10.9 | Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 21, 2023 |
| -9.2 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | Jul 21, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 90.1% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 43% | 86.5% | 85.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84% | 84% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Battle of the Blue Ridge 🏅 Swannanoa, NC | 40 / 41 (638.8344) | 39 (159.4400) | 37 (162.2628) | 40 (155.4172) | 37 (161.7144) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Fire in the Foothills 🏅 King, NC | 9 / 25 (324.4916) | 5 (166.2628) | 10 (158.2288) | 8 (157.6688) | — |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 12 / 37 (321.0400) | 10 (165.6800) | 14 (155.3600) | — | — |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival 🏅 King, NC | 12 / 28 (311.4172) | 13 (153.7372) | 11 (157.6800) | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 13 / 32 (307.9544) | 14 (145.6916) | 9 (162.2628) | — | — |
| May 3, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 21 / 45 (302.8228) | 19 (155.9656) | 23 (146.8572) | — | — |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 38 / 38 (604.9368) | 36 (149.1084) | 36 (150.7768) | 35 (157.6800) | 37 (147.3716) |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA | 21 / 25 (297.6344) | 22 (129.6572) | 12 (167.9772) | — | — |