High-water mark
693.6916
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.6916 at Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 16, 2023
DrumBo
DrumBo is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) (2023). They finished #730 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1526
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2023
latest May 24, 2025 · 1.7 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Best overall
693.6916 / 720
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
176.5944
Consistency
±17.29
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 175.24 · weakest Pork (167.98)
Road miles
23
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
681.46 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #994 (104 pts) | #1436 (59 pts) | #1071 (119 pts) | #1158 (69 pts) | #841 (154 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #743 (185 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #890 (165 pts) | #920 (125 pts) | #786 (185 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #730 (204 pts) | #682 (254 pts) | #1261 (104 pts) | #894 (149 pts) | #776 (204 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 159.9772 | 168.94 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 165.0972 | 169.30 | top 36% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 159.3828 | 167.98 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 172.5600 | 175.24 | top 17% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 30% | May 24, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
64
finished ahead 76 times, behind 28
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1527) Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- First call Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- First overall top-10 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score693.6916 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- Career-best overall score693.6916 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5944 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 16 / 34 (657.0172) | 26 (159.9772) | 13 (165.0972) | 23 (159.3828) | 8 (172.5600) |
| May 25, 2024 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 5 / 39 (693.6800) | 13 (170.8456) | 7 (174.2628) | 12 (172) | 5 (176.5716) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB | 4 / 29 (693.6916) | 2 (176) | 15 (168.5372) | 8 (172.5600) | 4 (176.5944) |