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DRIFTERS Q KS

Power ranking

#1725
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1494
peak 1505

Contests

9
in the data

First seen

2019-05-31
latest 2025-06-13

Best ToY finish

#618
Master 2024

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 60%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

677.83 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 668.85 (+8.98)

Walk rate

67%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±15.53
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.29 · weakest Brisket (160.47)

Road miles

2012
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 490 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BrewsCue in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 51% across 3 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 3 1 2 177.7144 165.6912 171.29 top 40%
Pork Ribs 9 2 0 0 175.4172 158.8460 168.04 top 54%
Pork 9 1 0 0 180.0000 🔥 156.5144 169.05 top 53%
Brisket 9 1 0 0 173.1428 140.5372 160.47 top 70%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS50top 59%
NE20top 57%
IA10top 44%
SD10top 88%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)60top 64%
Large (40+)30top 53%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025100 655.8512 655.85
2024200 697.6684 689.91
2023100 673.6112 673.61
2022200 679.8628 668.15
2021100 671.3828 671.38
2020101 645.1204 645.12
2019100 657.5544 657.55

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-06-13 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS 30 / 36 (655.8512) 25 (166.2856) 30 (159.9428) 28 (165.0856) 30 (164.5372)
2024-07-19 Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ Shenandoah, IA 16 / 36 (682.1600) 14 (171.9772) 6 (175.4172) 16 (171.9656) 27 (162.8000)
2024-06-07 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS 7 / 43 (697.6684) 13 (174.2744) 22 (170.2512) 4 (180.0000) 10 (173.1428)
2023-06-02 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 15 / 28 (673.6112) 3 (176.0000) 20 (164.5372) 17 (168.5140) 18 (164.5600)
2022-07-30 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2) Dodge City, KS 17 / 25 (679.8628) 4 (177.7144) 15 (170.8228) 16 (171.9656) 20 (159.3600)
2022-07-29 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 1) Dodge City, KS 19 / 26 (656.4456) 18 (165.6916) 13 (170.8228) 13 (168.5372) 23 (151.3940)
2021-05-28 9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE 25 / 46 (671.3828) 31 (165.6912) 7 (174.2972) 16 (170.2972) 35 (161.0972)
2020-08-21 Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD 38 / 43 (645.1204) 1 (177.1772) 39 (158.8460) 20 (168.5600) 42 (140.5372)
2019-05-31 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE 23 / 39 (657.5544) 20 (166.8344) 18 (167.3828) 34 (156.5144) 17 (166.8228)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #1221 (60 pts) #1293 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #618 (270 pts) #724 (235 pts) #726 (250 pts) #591 (315 pts) #773 (195 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1093 (103 pts) #733 (228 pts) #1358 (78 pts) #1168 (93 pts) #1185 (88 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #848 (171 pts) #668 (286 pts) #841 (211 pts) #799 (206 pts) #964 (136 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1236 (60 pts) #1286 (60 pts) #877 (165 pts) #1091 (105 pts) #1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #856 (60 pts) #406 (285 pts) #913 (60 pts) #838 (85 pts) #883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1889 (70 pts) #1886 (85 pts) #1822 (95 pts) #2032 (60 pts) #1748 (100 pts)

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