DRY 2 DA BONE IA
Rating
1701
peak 1702
Contests
54
in the data
First seen
2019-01-18
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#85
Master 2025
Grand champs
4
2 reserve
Category wins
11
34 podiums
Overall top-10s
26
of 54 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
4 🔥
Current form
688.88 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 680.61 (+8.27)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.46
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.97 · weakest Brisket (169.14)
Road miles
21527
mi across 54 mapped stops · furthest 1414 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
NECTAR OF THE HOGS has finished one call ahead of DRY 2 DA BONE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Big Ten Bones has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 19 of their 27 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of UGLY BABY BBQ in 20 of their 26 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) is their spot: 3 Grand Championships in 5 visits.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD).
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2023-06-10) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 54 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.9544 | 170.97 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 54 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 176.5600 | 156.5028 | 169.57 | top 37% |
| Pork | 54 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.4172 | 170.94 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 54 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6684 | 169.14 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 18 | 0 | top 34% |
| WI | 14 | 3 | top 31% |
| AZ | 12 | 0 | top 30% |
| MN | 6 | 1 | top 26% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 21% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 37 | 3 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 17 | 1 | top 32% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IA (18 of 54 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (54 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2022-06-11)
- Wins it all in 7% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 680.61
- 4 perfect 180s 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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 695.3944 | 688.88 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 698.8000 | 687.36 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 700.5600 | 684.05 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 695.4060 | 677.45 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 705.1316 | 677.89 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 675.9544 | 670.63 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 675.4284 | 669.41 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 686.8116 | 675.86 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 7 / 20 (692.5256) | 10 (175.4400) | 5 (174.2628) | 5 (176.5600) | 15 (166.2628) |
| 2026-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 15 / 37 (685.1432) | 2 (177.7600) | 23 (167.9772) | 11 (172.0116) | 26 (167.3944) |
| 2026-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 9 / 40 (679.3832) | 14 (171.4172) | 11 (169.7144) | 8 (171.9772) | 19 (166.2744) |
| 2026-03-27 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition Lake Havasu City, AZ | 10 / 33 (691.9660) | 2 (180.0000) | 13 (173.1316) | 8 (174.3088) | 24 (164.5256) |
| 2026-01-16 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 6 / 53 (695.3944) | 2 (178.2972) | 15 (172.5600) | 10 (174.2744) | 19 (170.2628) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 19 / 90 (693.0860) | 16 (175.4172) | 45 (169.6916) | 43 (170.8228) | 5 (177.1544) |
| 2025-10-03 | La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown La Belle, MO | 29 / 39 (678.8344) | 23 (171.9656) | 32 (167.4516) | 30 (168.5600) | 16 (170.8572) |
| 2025-07-25 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 21 / 31 (669.0168) | 10 (171.4056) | 28 (162.2400) | 9 (170.8456) | 21 (164.5256) |
| 2025-06-20 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 3 / 25 (698.8000) | 10 (171.4056) | 3 (175.4172) | 7 (175.4172) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2025-06-14 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 1 / 36 (697.1088) | 5 (177.1544) | 28 (166.8344) | 3 (177.7028) | 4 (175.4172) |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 18 / 36 (673.0628) | 33 (159.9544) | 5 (173.7372) | 16 (171.9656) | 24 (167.4056) |
| 2025-05-30 | Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN | 1 / 28 (697.0856) | 18 (169.6800) | 2 (176.5600) | 7 (173.7028) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews Lake Havasu, AZ | 2 / 26 (695.3484) | 17 (170.2628) | 5 (174.2628) | 12 (170.8228) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-02-21 | Best in the Southwest Yuma, AZ | 9 / 29 (681.6460) | 2 (177.7144) | 10 (170.8460) | 26 (162.8228) | 13 (170.2628) |
| 2025-01-17 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 6 / 48 (689.6456) | 19 (170.2628) | 4 (174.2628) | 4 (174.8572) | 16 (170.2628) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 15 / 74 (687.9428) | 32 (170.2628) | 20 (172.0000) | 3 (177.7028) | 41 (167.9772) |
| 2024-07-26 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 16 / 28 (675.3716) | 26 (163.3944) | 12 (169.1428) | 14 (169.6800) | 8 (173.1544) |
| 2024-06-14 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 5 / 25 (690.2860) | 2 (176.0116) | 10 (171.9772) | 1 (176.0116) | 17 (166.2856) |
| 2024-06-08 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 3 / 37 (695.3716) | 7 (177.7028) | 11 (173.7144) | 2 (177.7144) | 27 (166.2400) |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 25 / 41 (665.5428) | 25 (167.3944) | 27 (163.9428) | 28 (163.3828) | 15 (170.8228) |
| 2024-05-31 | Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN | 13 / 32 (678.2168) | 13 (172.0000) | 22 (165.1428) | 14 (169.6684) | 16 (171.4056) |
| 2024-05-17 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 10 / 36 (685.0740) | 8 (174.2628) | 26 (166.2740) | 23 (167.9772) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2024-04-12 | BBQ Boots & Brew Perris, CA | 5 / 39 (700.5600) | 10 (173.7028) | 13 (173.1200) | 11 (173.7372) | 2 (180.0000) |
| 2024-02-23 | Best in the Southwest Yuma, AZ | 11 / 25 (681.6000) | 9 (170.8228) | 25 (156.5028) | 2 (175.4172) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2024-01-12 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 22 / 58 (680.5484) | 4 (177.7028) | 14 (173.7372) | 23 (171.4056) | 45 (157.7028) |
| 2023-10-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 5 / 21 (687.3024) | 17 (166.2284) | 1 (172.5600) | 1 (180.0000) | 10 (168.5140) |
| 2023-07-28 | 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 4 / 32 (689.6916) | 13 (170.8344) | 6 (173.7144) | 2 (176.0000) | 17 (169.1428) |
| 2023-06-16 | Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 11 / 27 (675.9548) | 21 (164.5372) | 12 (166.2744) | 7 (175.4288) | 11 (169.7144) |
| 2023-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 1 / 40 (695.4060) | 17 (171.9772) | 16 (170.2744) | 2 (177.1544) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 29 / 43 (655.8856) | 28 (164.5372) | 14 (169.7028) | 31 (163.9772) | 32 (157.6684) |
| 2023-06-02 | Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN | 6 / 29 (674.2284) | 10 (171.9884) | 1 (174.2744) | 19 (163.4056) | 14 (164.5600) |
| 2023-05-19 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 33 / 45 (665.0056) | 28 (168.5256) | 24 (168.5256) | 32 (165.6800) | 36 (162.2744) |
| 2023-03-10 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest Yuma, AZ | 18 / 32 (677.6344) | 16 (170.8228) | 11 (170.8460) | 17 (168.0000) | 20 (167.9656) |
| 2023-01-13 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 15 / 45 (675.8972) | 2 (176.5600) | 2 (175.4172) | 33 (162.8116) | 30 (161.1084) |
| 2022-10-14 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 4 / 36 (686.2400) | 31 (165.6800) | 8 (170.8572) | 6 (174.2628) | 1 (175.4400) |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 16 / 25 (661.0512) | 23 (159.9772) | 11 (169.1428) | 15 (164.5256) | 14 (167.4056) |
| 2022-06-17 | Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest State Center, IA | 14 / 32 (674.8112) | 21 (167.9656) | 11 (169.7028) | 14 (168.5600) | 10 (168.5828) |
| 2022-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 1 / 37 (705.1316) | 6 (176.5600) | 4 (174.8688) | 6 (174.8456) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2022-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 19 / 39 (668.4572) | 5 (171.9772) | 35 (157.1316) | 16 (170.8228) | 14 (168.5256) |
| 2022-06-03 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) Owatonna, MN | 12 / 33 (678.8344) | 1 (177.1428) | 22 (165.6800) | 7 (173.7144) | 21 (162.2972) |
| 2022-01-14 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 27 / 59 (670.7312) | 40 (164.5484) | 31 (166.8228) | 13 (171.9772) | 17 (167.3828) |
| 2021-08-20 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 18 / 35 (673.5656) | 12 (170.8228) | 15 (166.8344) | 11 (170.8228) | 18 (165.0856) |
| 2021-06-18 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 5 / 32 (675.9544) | 1 (176.5828) | 11 (168.5372) | 14 (167.4172) | 17 (163.4172) |
| 2021-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI | 24 / 45 (661.0740) | 27 (166.8456) | 13 (169.1200) | 23 (163.4284) | 31 (161.6800) |
| 2021-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI | 15 / 52 (671.9200) | 26 (166.8344) | 17 (167.4056) | 12 (172.5600) | 23 (165.1200) |
| 2020-07-17 | Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off MARION, IA | 10 / 36 (663.3828) | 8 (171.4400) | 12 (164.5372) | 19 (161.1428) | 9 (166.2628) |
| 2020-01-17 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 13 / 59 (675.4284) | 31 (167.4172) | 1 (175.4400) | 14 (169.1428) | 24 (163.4284) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 6 / 34 (682.2284) | 18 (166.8228) | 10 (168.5600) | 2 (179.4400) | 15 (167.4056) |
| 2019-08-23 | Big Island BBQ Alberta Lea, MN | 2 / 50 (686.8116) | 23 (167.4056) | 7 (171.9772) | 2 (178.2972) | 9 (169.1316) |
| 2019-08-09 | 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 14 / 38 (665.0860) | 25 (164.5372) | 8 (166.8344) | 35 (155.4172) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2019-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 11 / 33 (676.5260) | 10 (173.1200) | 5 (171.9772) | 21 (165.7144) | 15 (165.7144) |
| 2019-06-21 | Bring'n Home the Bacon West Salem, WI | 7 / 37 (666.1828) | 11 (168.5372) | 17 (161.6800) | 13 (165.6800) | 6 (170.2856) |
| 2019-06-14 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 6 / 31 (681.6688) | 18 (166.8344) | 2 (173.7372) | 10 (170.2628) | 9 (170.8344) |
| 2019-01-18 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 18 / 63 (672.5488) | 6 (173.7256) | 41 (159.9888) | 16 (170.8572) | 22 (167.9772) |
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 | #123 (803 pts) | #65 (1118 pts) | #193 (658 pts) | #116 (803 pts) | #187 (583 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #85 (1694 pts) | #195 (1154 pts) | #138 (1439 pts) | #112 (1469 pts) | #118 (1464 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #204 (1025 pts) | #210 (1030 pts) | #343 (725 pts) | #187 (1060 pts) | #142 (1250 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #135 (1276 pts) | #209 (986 pts) | #98 (1511 pts) | #129 (1306 pts) | #214 (971 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #492 (417 pts) | #839 (197 pts) | #576 (402 pts) | #540 (387 pts) | #441 (522 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #655 (120 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #425 (285 pts) | #757 (115 pts) | #869 (65 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #259 (1108 pts) | #455 (753 pts) | #279 (1053 pts) | #308 (1013 pts) | #300 (1038 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #511 (703 pts) | #616 (603 pts) | #554 (683 pts) | #268 (1148 pts) | #696 (518 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #176 (1608 pts) | #170 (1523 pts) | #317 (1123 pts) | #180 (1468 pts) | #162 (1553 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #565 (696 pts) | #564 (716 pts) | #431 (936 pts) | #539 (761 pts) | #601 (671 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #116 (1937 pts) | #195 (1462 pts) | #69 (1962 pts) | #192 (1422 pts) | #193 (1507 pts) |