High-water mark
686.8348
career-best overall
95.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.8348 at West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest — 95.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 26, 2020
Drop the Mike BBQ
Drop the Mike BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 5th of 54 at The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake (2019). They finished #626 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1534
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 12, 2019
latest Sep 26, 2020 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 174.44 · weakest Brisket (167.71)
Road miles
32
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1607)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.97 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #626 (130 pts) | #601 (165 pts) | #490 (235 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #744 (115 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 165.1428 | 169.99 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 176.5716 | 172.5944 | 174.44 | top 19% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 164.5488 | 169.83 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 165.7372 | 167.71 | top 48% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 52% | Jul 18, 2020 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
106
finished ahead 110 times, behind 51
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Apr 12, 2019 → Jul 17, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20204 milestones
- Career-best overall score686.8348 West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5716 West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1534) West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest
20194 milestones
- First tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- First call The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- First overall top-10 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.0972 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.6 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Apr 12, 2019 |
| +9.8 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest | Sep 26, 2020 |
| +5.2 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) | Jul 18, 2020 |
| +2.4 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | Jul 17, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 45% | 95.4% | 94.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2020 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest 🏅 Cameron, MO | 11 / 36 (686.8348) | 7 (176) | 3 (176.5716) | 27 (164.5488) | 14 (169.7144) |
| Jul 18, 2020 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 16 / 32 (677.6684) | 28 (165.1428) | 10 (172.5944) | 14 (171.9656) | 19 (167.9656) |
| Jul 17, 2020 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 23 / 42 (678.2856) | 23 (168.5484) | 13 (174.2972) | 26 (169.7028) | 25 (165.7372) |
| Apr 12, 2019 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO | 5 / 54 (685.0972) | 15 (170.2744) | 3 (174.2856) | 11 (173.1200) | 19 (167.4172) |