They almost always walk
89%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 89% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BBQwithDREW
BBQwithDREW is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 19 at the Jack 9 Memorial (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2574 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BBQ With Drew”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1529 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Aug 5, 2017
latest Aug 2, 2024 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
22% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.58 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 656.71 (-1.13)
Walk rate
89%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.78
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.13 · weakest Brisket (161.61)
Road miles
2,169
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 612 mi
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.71 / 720
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1006 (101 pts) | #1082 (106 pts) | #993 (126 pts) | #1085 (96 pts) | #1043 (101 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #367 (554 pts) | #390 (584 pts) | #433 (559 pts) | #346 (609 pts) | #379 (549 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #747 (223 pts) | #560 (383 pts) | #568 (408 pts) | #664 (288 pts) | #944 (143 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BBQwithDREW, each with one reason worth a look.
81 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,575 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1517
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1517
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before BBQwithDREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1520
Level with BBQwithDREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1525
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,581 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1529
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before BBQwithDREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt's Backyard BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CycloneBBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| ELJEFE SMOKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 175.4172 | 149.6456 | 165.27 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 171.4172 | 151.4060 | 163.79 | top 46% |
| Pork | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 157.1200 | 166.13 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 148.4800 | 161.61 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Classique BBQ Labonte | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 44% | Aug 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
QC
2 of 9 contests · 5 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
144
finished ahead 118 times, behind 89
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
Aug 5, 2017 → Jun 25, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest La Classique BBQ Labonte
20236 milestones
- First overall top-10 Jack 9 Memorial
- First overall podium Jack 9 Memorial
- First Reserve Championship Jack 9 Memorial
- Career-best overall score678.2288 Jack 9 Memorial
- Peak power rating (1529) Jack 9 Memorial
- First category win (Chicken) La Classique BBQ Labonte
20222 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5028 Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest Capital BBQ Festival
- First call Capital BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.6 | Jack 9 Memorial | May 27, 2023 |
| +9.5 | Capital BBQ Festival | Aug 5, 2017 |
| +7.1 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 4, 2023 |
| +4.7 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Oct 1, 2022 |
| +0.6 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff | Jun 25, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff | Jun 24, 2023 |
| -6.7 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Sep 1, 2023 |
| -2.5 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 2, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75% | top 53% | 94.2% | 90.9% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2024 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 15 / 26 (658.8452) | 14 (165.1428) | 10 (166.2856) | 16 (166.2740) | 15 (161.1428) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 15 / 18 (646.7088) | 14 (163.9544) | 17 (151.4060) | 14 (163.3828) | 7 (167.9656) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 10 / 33 (657.0972) | 1 (171.4744) | 7 (164.5828) | 4 (172.5600) | 29 (148.4800) |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff Schenectady, NY | 17 / 19 (637.0056) | 19 (149.6456) | 15 (162.8456) | 17 (158.8344) | 14 (165.6800) |
| May 27, 2023 | Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON | 2 / 19 (678.2288) | 9 (165.1200) | 3 (169.6916) | 3 (170.8572) | 2 (172.5600) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Southwick, MA | 13 / 33 (667.8972) | 2 (175.4172) | 6 (171.4172) | 12 (166.2744) | 25 (154.7884) |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Skowhegan, ME | 14 / 25 (668.5028) | 10 (169.1084) | 15 (165.1316) | 6 (173.7028) | 18 (160.5600) |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Skowhegan, ME | — | — | 8 (164.5372) | — | — |
| Aug 5, 2017 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 11 / 42 (639.3944) | 15 (162.3088) | 15 (158.2400) | 22 (157.1200) | 10 (161.7256) |