High-water mark
345.7028
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 345.7028 at Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) — 96.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 6, 2024
Green Dragon BBQ
Green Dragon BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 35 at the Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #2206 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1531
peak 1531 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2024
latest Mar 21, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.40
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.78)
Road miles
183
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
339.61 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 Green Dragon BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
82 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,213 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with Green Dragon BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,208 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Green Dragon BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,217 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Green Dragon BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1531
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before Green Dragon BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Blue BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Deviant Smoke | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Say My Name BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 160.5488 | 169.12 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 160.5028 | 168.78 | top 46% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 42% | Mar 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
95
finished ahead 107 times, behind 70
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1531) Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score339.9544 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score345.7028 Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 7, 2024 |
| +9.4 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 6, 2024 |
| +6.9 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 22, 2024 |
| +3.7 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 21, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 17, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40% | top 39% | 96% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 19 / 43 (339.3828) | 31 (164.5372) | 5 (174.8456) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 8 / 27 (345.7028) | 2 (179.4400) | 19 (166.2628) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 12 (160.5488) | — | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 4 / 35 (345.1200) | 10 (173.1200) | 8 (172) | — | — |
| May 17, 2024 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 29 / 39 (327.8856) | 24 (167.3828) | 33 (160.5028) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 15 / 38 (339.9544) | 18 (169.6800) | 16 (170.2744) | — | — |