A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CAN - 2 BBQ
CAN - 2 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 25th of 26 at the Smoke in the Valley (2015). They finished #1654 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “CAN 2 BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 9, 2013
latest Aug 28, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.40 · weakest Brisket (153.94)
Road miles
396
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 209 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
647.40 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1654 (132 pts) | #1720 (132 pts) | #1668 (142 pts) | #1548 (152 pts) | #1427 (172 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 154.2056 | 163.25 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 161.6912 | 165.40 | top 61% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 159.3600 | 164.81 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 146.2172 | 153.94 | top 83% |
“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 87% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
1 of 4 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
141
finished ahead 32 times, behind 135
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Dec 6, 2013 → Aug 28, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Valley
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- First call Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Peak power rating (1490) Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5768 Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score653.5768 Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Smoke in the Valley | Aug 28, 2015 |
| -9.9 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show | Aug 9, 2013 |
| -5.8 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge | Oct 11, 2013 |
| -4.4 | Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) | Dec 6, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 79% | 90.8% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2015 | Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | 25 / 26 (639.2228) | 17 (170.8228) | 19 (162.8228) | 20 (159.3600) | 26 (146.2172) |
| Dec 6, 2013 | Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA | 48 / 65 (653.0056) | 38 (169.6800) | 51 (161.6912) | 35 (166.8228) | 56 (154.8116) |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL | 25 / 32 (653.5768) | 30 (158.2856) | 23 (164.5256) | 21 (163.3828) | 17 (167.3828) |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | 42 / 49 (643.7940) | 47 (154.2056) | 10 (172.5600) | 12 (169.6800) | 45 (147.3484) |