DRAGON BBQ

DRAGON BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 61 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 (2017), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 5 times. They are ranked #329 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*Dragon BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#329

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1716

peak 1717 · rated over 56 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 10, 2014

latest Oct 5, 2019 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#65

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

5 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

44 podiums

Overall top-10s

72% of 61 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9316 / 720

Master · Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

659.55 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 667.01 (-7.46)

Walk rate

85%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition

Consistency

±14.25

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.02)

Road miles

54,121

across 61 mapped stops · furthest 4,733 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

667.01 / 720

61 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (17 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

1.1996 points from the title

Came within 1.1996 points of the Grand Championship at Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) (May 11, 2018).

Among the elite

#329 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 5% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1716 puts them #329 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 5% of the field.

rating 1716
peak 1717
56 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 (Apr 8, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS.

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 (Apr 8, 2017).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

85% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 52 of 61 contests

A top-10 category call in 85% of their 61 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.9316 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9316 at Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 11, 2018

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The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

White Squirrel BBQ has finished one call ahead of DRAGON BBQ 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

26–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 96% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 26 of their 27 shared contests.

The drought

47 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 on Apr 8, 2017 — 47 contests and 9.5 years ago.

last GC Apr 8, 2017
9.5 years ago

A strong matchup

16–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 84% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PUREBBQ in 16 of their 19 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

18 of 27 shared brisket entries lost

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 18 of 27 shared brisket entries.

Always the bridesmaid

5 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 5 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
61 contests

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

White Squirrel BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A September team

Top 21% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 21% across 10 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.

10 September contests
top 31% the rest of the year

The long haul

54,121 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 54,121 miles across 61 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,733 miles to Cook-in Camargue.

61 mapped stops
furthest 4,733 mi

The metronome

±1.98% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.98% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.6% of a perfect score
61 contests

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
2019 ↗	Master	#115 (1,715 pts)	#190 (1,318 pts)	#146 (1,490 pts)	#72 (1,863 pts)	#86 (1,797 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#65 (2,116 pts)	#47 (2,046 pts)	#51 (2,004 pts)	#78 (1,877 pts)	#16 (2,364 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#122 (1,827 pts)	#221 (1,333 pts)	#168 (1,537 pts)	#167 (1,522 pts)	#125 (1,702 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#368 (1,031 pts)	#424 (926 pts)	#420 (956 pts)	#470 (871 pts)	#377 (1,031 pts)

Overall rank by season

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THE BASIC BBQ TEAM

#328 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 70
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1731

Careers of much the same size, 70 contests to 61, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 69 contests
last seen Jul 23, 2022

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Bentley Que

#327 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1716

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 44 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 44 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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PUDDLEDUCK BBQ

#331 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1716

Their rating is built on 7 Grand Championships in 39 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026
on a 7-contest top-10 run

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CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ

#330 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 91
GCs: 11
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1802

Level with DRAGON BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 89 contests
last seen Apr 9, 2021

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Bald Hawg BBQ

#332 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 157
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1803

They've been 1803 at their best, 87 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 155 contests
last seen Jul 10, 2025

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GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE

#333 of the rated field

1715 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 56
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1723

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DRAGON BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DRAGON BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 53 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
White Squirrel BBQ	37	20	17	54%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	27	13	14	48%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	27	1	26	4%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	25	6	19	24%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	24	5	19	21%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare
BROS HOG	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	21	8	13	38%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	21	5	16	24%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	20	14	6	70%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	19	16	3	84%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	19	14	5	74%	⚔ compare
VIKING BBQ	18	14	4	78%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	18	10	8	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	61	31	4	8	178.2972	145.0972	167.11	top 44%
Pork Ribs	61	27	1	11	176.5716	154.2172	165.02	top 42%
Pork	60	32	2	10	180 🔥	151.3828	167.41	top 38%
Brisket	61	41	3	15	178.8572	153.1772	167.50	top 30%

“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)	12	1	top 31%
Medium (20–39)	33	0	top 29%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	2	top 61%
KS	2	top 60%
NL	2	top 48%
BZ	1	top 50%
DE	1	top 3%
IT	1	top 50%
NR	1	top 43%
CZ	1	top 41%
CH	1	top 25%
EU	1	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Brew N Q	4	4	top 24%	May 26, 2018
EUregio Barbecue Festival	2	12	top 46%	Aug 17, 2019
Wild West Fest On Fire	2	8	top 36%	Aug 10, 2019
EUregio Barbeque Festival	2	6	top 21%	Aug 18, 2018
PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP	2	6	top 58%	Jun 30, 2018
Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	2	6	top 48%	Jun 9, 2018
Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	2	2	top 20%	May 12, 2018
Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2	5	top 38%	Apr 21, 2018
38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	116	top 60%	Sep 1, 2017
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2	29	top 50%	May 14, 2016
Smoke By the River	2	5	top 35%	Apr 30, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 22 contests

Contests a season 10.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 2 of 61 contests · 10 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 48 11 of them more than once

First title Apr 8, 2017 Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017

Opponents faced 1,000 finished ahead 1,610 times, behind 776

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20195 milestones

Mar 22 50th tracked contest Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1
Apr 13 First perfect 180 (Pork) 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
Aug 10 Peak power rating (1717) Wild West Fest On Fire
Sep 7 10th category win Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest
Oct 5 Most recent contest Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019

20181 milestone

May 11 Career-best overall score691.9316 Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1)

20174 milestones

Apr 8 First category win (Chicken) Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017
Apr 8 First Grand Championship Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017
Apr 8 First multi-meat day Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017
Sep 22 25th tracked contest 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

20163 milestones

Sep 24 First overall podium 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Sep 24 First Reserve Championship 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Sep 24 10th tracked contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016

20153 milestones

May 2 First call Smoke by the River
May 2 First overall top-10 Smoke by the River
Aug 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4912 EUregio BBQ Festival

20141 milestone

Oct 10 First tracked contest Ruhrpott BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.3	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016	Sep 24, 2016
+15.1	Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017	Apr 8, 2017
+13.1	EUregio BBQ Festival	Aug 15, 2015
+12.8	Brew N Q (OPEN)	May 27, 2017
+11.1	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1)	May 11, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2	Mar 23, 2019
-9.9	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 27, 2017
-8.9	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1)	Jun 8, 2018
-6.1	EUregio Barbecue Festival	Aug 17, 2019
-4.9	Ruhrpott BBQ	Oct 10, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2019	12	0	10	3	83%	top 30%	95.4%	92.5%
2018	22	0	19	4	100%	top 26%	96.1%	93%
2017	15	1	10	3	80%	top 32%	96.1%	93.5%
2016	8	0	3	0	75%	top 37%	95.2%	92.3%
2015	3	0	2	0	67%	top 40%	90.1%	89.2%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	top 67%	86.2%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 5, 2019	Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 Graz, Messegelande	5 / 16 (670.7776)	3 (173.7144)	7 (167.4288)	5 (167.3944)	5 (162.2400)
Sep 7, 2019	Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest Prague	3 / 13 (673.6228)	1 (175.4288)	9 (161.1200)	4 (169.7028)	4 (167.3712)
Aug 17, 2019	EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren	14 / 28 (639.2112)	24 (158.2284)	18 (155.3828)	—	11 (160.5028)
Aug 10, 2019	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	8 / 27 (669.7028)	26 (157.0856)	1 (173.1772)	2 (177.7028)	18 (161.7372)
Jul 6, 2019	BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland	8 / 36 (644.4568)	34 (150.8228)	14 (158.2512)	4 (167.9656)	7 (167.4172)
Jun 22, 2019	The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia	5 / 19 (671.8512)	12 (167.3828)	9 (165.0972)	9 (168.5600)	3 (170.8112)
Jun 8, 2019	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	8 / 55 (673.6340)	14 (169.1428)	17 (166.2628)	19 (168.5600)	11 (169.6684)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	9 / 23 (662.2172)	17 (165.0856)	15 (161.1316)	3 (172.5944)	9 (163.4056)
Apr 26, 2019	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 Marketplate	7 / 24 (662.7656)	6 (170.8456)	8 (163.9656)	5 (167.3828)	11 (160.5716)
Apr 13, 2019	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	3 / 28 (686.8000)	10 (170.8344)	13 (161.6800)	1 (180)	2 (174.2856)
Mar 23, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia	17 / 25 (658.7428)	23 (157.6684)	21 (160.5488)	11 (167.4056)	4 (173.1200)
Mar 22, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 Torreglia	4 / 20 (679.3940)	11 (167.4400)	2 (176)	14 (164.5484)	3 (171.4056)
Oct 20, 2018	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN Goldschlagiplatz	2 / 20 (681.0512)	2 (174.2628)	3 (167.9772)	8 (167.9656)	3 (170.8456)
Oct 13, 2018	Tallya BBQ Festival Tallya	9 / 38 (666.6968)	5 (172.5600)	16 (165.1200)	11 (168.5256)	24 (160.4912)
Sep 29, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018 Graz	3 / 19 (682.7544)	6 (173.1200)	4 (170.8344)	4 (172.5600)	7 (166.2400)
Sep 22, 2018	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop	7 / 73 (661.6800)	34 (162.2856)	11 (165.7144)	17 (165.1200)	6 (168.5600)
Sep 15, 2018	Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	11 / 31 (665.0972)	15 (166.2972)	18 (159.4056)	9 (166.8344)	5 (172.5600)
Sep 1, 2018	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	7 / 44 (668.4800)	7 (169.7144)	21 (161.6800)	17 (165.1200)	3 (171.9656)
Aug 25, 2018	Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague	6 / 35 (669.0284)	21 (165.1200)	17 (162.8116)	4 (171.4284)	3 (169.6684)
Aug 25, 2018	RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague	3 / 29 (678.8344)	5 (171.4516)	3 (168)	19 (162.2400)	2 (177.1428)
Aug 18, 2018	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	7 / 32 (670.7540)	8 (171.9656)	2 (170.2628)	10 (166.2628)	14 (162.2628)
Aug 11, 2018	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	9 / 21 (657.0060)	10 (164.5832)	5 (165.0856)	10 (162.8000)	6 (164.5372)
Jun 30, 2018	PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine	15 / 18 (656.4232)	15 (161.6800)	14 (162.2400)	14 (165.0972)	9 (167.4060)
Jun 9, 2018	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) Milano	6 / 20 (674.7888)	8 (169.7028)	18 (159.9888)	5 (174.2744)	4 (170.8228)
Jun 8, 2018	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1) Milano	8 / 12 (663.9316)	4 (170.2744)	10 (157.7144)	8 (167.3828)	5 (168.5600)
May 26, 2018	Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent	7 / 34 (675.3488)	6 (171.4172)	20 (164.5716)	17 (166.2284)	3 (173.1316)
May 25, 2018	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	6 / 24 (678.2632)	6 (172.0344)	13 (163.9888)	12 (167.3828)	3 (174.8572)
May 12, 2018	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt	18 / 51 (654.7772)	4 (173.7600)	41 (154.2172)	28 (161.1200)	14 (165.6800)
May 11, 2018	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt	2 / 37 (691.9316)	5 (171.9656)	2 (176.5716)	13 (164.5372)	1 (178.8572)
Apr 28, 2018	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof	10 / 32 (658.8116)	15 (164.5256)	12 (160.0116)	20 (157.0972)	1 (177.1772)
Apr 21, 2018	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	5 / 15 (670.7200)	1 (178.2972)	11 (162.8000)	10 (161.6572)	5 (167.9656)
Apr 14, 2018	Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	3 / 23 (658.7544)	2 (169.6800)	7 (162.2744)	2 (167.4172)	9 (159.3828)
Apr 7, 2018	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 Wels	4 / 17 (658.3316)	7 (164.5600)	2 (168)	1 (172.5944)	13 (153.1772)
Mar 24, 2018	The War of Barbeque Noventa di Piave	2 / 18 (687.4172)	5 (171.9772)	7 (166.8800)	2 (176.5716)	2 (171.9884)
Oct 27, 2017	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	82 / 95 (651.1996)	94 (155.9084)	91 (156.5028)	54 (168.5256)	40 (170.2628)
Oct 14, 2017	Tallya BBQ Fesztival Tallya	5 / 40 (674.8228)	6 (172)	22 (161.7372)	6 (170.2628)	4 (170.8228)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	10 / 66 (666.1940)	39 (161.1428)	12 (167.9772)	3 (173.1084)	18 (163.9656)
Sep 16, 2017	Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode	2 / 25 (680.5372)	9 (167.4172)	4 (172)	10 (168)	3 (173.1200)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	120 / 407 (674.1712)	161 (168.5600)	222 (164.5256)	77 (172.5600)	137 (168.5256)
Aug 31, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	116 / 129 (662.7544)	117 (162.8000)	45 (172.6060)	91 (168.5256)	124 (158.8228)
Aug 19, 2017	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	6 / 31 (678.8456)	10 (170.8800)	10 (169.1200)	12 (170.2628)	7 (168.5828)
Jul 1, 2017	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine	6 / 18 (683.3944)	10 (170.2972)	2 (173.7372)	4 (174.2628)	14 (165.0972)
Jun 24, 2017	Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries	3 / 15 (691.9200)	1 (178.2972)	6 (173.1316)	7 (171.9656)	8 (168.5256)
May 27, 2017	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent	4 / 34 (679.9200)	27 (163.3828)	11 (171.4288)	2 (174.8456)	3 (170.2628)
May 26, 2017	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	10 / 26 (665.6228)	20 (165.6684)	21 (154.8572)	2 (173.1200)	4 (171.9772)
May 13, 2017	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt	6 / 50 (658.7544)	28 (163.3712)	3 (171.4288)	23 (163.4172)	23 (160.5372)
Apr 22, 2017	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	12 / 28 (679.9200)	19 (168.5256)	15 (168.5828)	12 (170.8344)	6 (171.9772)
Apr 8, 2017	Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels	1 / 14 (688.5716)	1 (176)	3 (166.8344)	3 (168)	1 (177.7372)
Jan 14, 2017	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	15 / 30 (662.7660)	16 (165.6800)	6 (172)	26 (159.3944)	9 (165.6916)
Oct 28, 2016	Dickson County Smoke Fest Dickson, TN	14 / 40 (679.8860)	16 (170.8344)	22 (168.5372)	31 (165.0972)	6 (175.4172)
Oct 8, 2016	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	24 / 46 (654.7196)	14 (170.8228)	37 (155.9540)	11 (170.2856)	29 (157.6572)
Sep 24, 2016	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	2 / 67 (685.6568)	10 (170.8228)	9 (170.2628)	8 (170.8456)	4 (173.7256)
Sep 10, 2016	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, Italy	13 / 26 (665.1320)	12 (170.2744)	7 (169.1316)	18 (164.5716)	22 (161.1544)
Aug 20, 2016	EUregio Barbecue Festival Waldfeutch-Haaren/NRW, NR	12 / 28 (669.0400)	13 (167.3828)	14 (163.9772)	9 (171.9656)	11 (165.7144)
May 21, 2016	Bohemian BBQ Prague, Czech Republic	9 / 22 (653.6344)	10 (163.4172)	12 (161.7144)	9 (166.2628)	8 (162.2400)
May 14, 2016	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	29 / 65 (650.2176)	28 (165.6800)	21 (165.1432)	58 (151.3828)	12 (168.0116)
Apr 30, 2016	Smoke By the River Brugg, Switzerland	5 / 20 (658.8000)	6 (168.5600)	3 (170.8344)	12 (158.2856)	9 (161.1200)
Aug 15, 2015	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein	4 / 22 (648.4912)	3 (166.8684)	13 (158.8000)	14 (155.9656)	4 (166.8572)
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	38 / 68 (634.7428)	58 (153.6684)	27 (162.2744)	45 (157.1200)	22 (161.6800)
May 2, 2015	Smoke by the River Brugg	9 / 20 (643.4172)	15 (155.4284)	9 (161.7032)	4 (166.2856)	8 (160)
Oct 10, 2014	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	39 / 58 (620.4800)	57 (145.0972)	35 (155.3828)	26 (157.7028)	11 (162.2972)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

DRAGON BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (17 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)