Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Breath is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 32nd of 36 at the Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). Also listed in KCBS results as “Dragons Breath”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jun 20, 2025
latest Jun 20, 2025
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.83)
Purse competed for
$2,550
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 158.2744 | 158.27 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 154.8344 | 154.83 | top 92% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score313.1088 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.2744 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score164.5716 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2025 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 32 / 36 (313.1088) | 33 (158.2744) | 33 (154.8344) | — | — |
| — | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest unrated Kansas City, MO | 106 (164.5716) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.