CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW

CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 18 at the Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival (2016). They are ranked #1519 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,519

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1563

peak 1563 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 13, 2014

latest Jun 30, 2017 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#441

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

64% of 11 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9884 / 720

Master · Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.98 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 644.20 (+16.77)

Walk rate

91%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0228

Brisket · Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off

Consistency

±48.78

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.04 · weakest Brisket (163.22)

Road miles

893

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 258 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Master avg

644.20 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 5th
average top 16%

They almost always walk

91% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 91% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

675.9884 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9884 at Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 23, 2015

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

A FINE SWINE ahead in 100% of their meetings

A FINE SWINE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 43RD PARALLEL BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival (Jun 13, 2014).

Jun 13, 2014
22-team field

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1949 (107 pts)	#2036 (102 pts)	#2085 (97 pts)	#2061 (97 pts)	#2259 (62 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#950 (348 pts)	#1536 (183 pts)	#1004 (358 pts)	#1365 (233 pts)	#1034 (333 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#441 (864 pts)	#467 (844 pts)	#434 (866 pts)	#453 (854 pts)	#454 (829 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#978 (322 pts)	#968 (362 pts)	#914 (397 pts)	#1333 (227 pts)	#1264 (237 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW, each with one reason worth a look.

51 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

CRAFT BBQ

#1,513 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1563

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2016

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Que Magic

#1,514 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1569

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 14, 2022

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Smoking Butcher

#1,516 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1563

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 75% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ

#1,512 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1563

Level with CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 17, 2018

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88 BBQ

#1,511 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1563

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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O' Town Que

#1,520 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1571

They turned up 7 years after CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jul 26, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Hill Billy BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
43RD PARALLEL BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BUCKAROO BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
5 FINGER BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Risky Brisket	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	5	1	3	176	157.6572	165.69	top 44%
Pork Ribs	10	7	1	2	174.8456	155.9544	166.04	top 31%
Pork	11	7	0	0	170.8572	155.4400	164.35	top 39%
Brisket	11	4	0	2	176.0228	149.1316	163.22	top 45%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 20%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 47%
Large (40+)	2	top 16%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
WI	9	top 32%
MI	1	top 13%
IN	1	top 100%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	2	5	0	top 16%	Oct 21, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WI 9 of 11 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 10 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 186 finished ahead 206 times, behind 99

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

20172 milestones

Jun 30 Peak power rating (1563) Grillin' in Grafton
Jun 30 Most recent contest Grillin' in Grafton

20162 milestones

Jun 17 First overall podium Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival
Oct 21 10th tracked contest Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off

20152 milestones

Oct 23 Career-best overall score675.9884 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off
Oct 23 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0228 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off

20145 milestones

Jun 13 First tracked contest Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival
Jun 13 First call Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival
Jun 13 First category win (Chicken) Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival
Jun 13 First overall top-10 Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival
Jun 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8344 Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing	Aug 28, 2015
+13.3	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off	Oct 23, 2015
+12.3	Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival	Jun 13, 2014
+11.8	Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival	Jun 17, 2016
+11.5	3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival	Jun 12, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 10, 2015
-9.5	BBQ 4 ASTOP	May 29, 2015

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 52%	86.6%	86.6%
2016	2	1	0	100%	top 19%	93.5%	92.8%
2015	6	4	1	100%	top 43%	93.9%	88.3%
2014	2	2	1	100%	top 28%	90.9%	90.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 30, 2017	Grillin' in Grafton Graffton, WI	14 / 27 (623.3372)	15 (162.8112)	16 (155.9544)	16 (155.4400)	23 (149.1316)
Oct 21, 2016	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI	11 / 51 (663.8972)	24 (162.2400)	4 (171.9772)	24 (161.7028)	14 (167.9772)
Jun 17, 2016	Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival Oconomowoc, WI	3 / 18 (673.0856)	10 (163.3944)	7 (166.2972)	5 (169.6684)	3 (173.7256)
Oct 23, 2015	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off Union Grove, WI	5 / 44 (675.9884)	28 (159.9428)	4 (170.3200)	8 (169.7028)	2 (176.0228)
Aug 28, 2015	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing Marne, MI	4 / 32 (668.5828)	3 (170.2972)	1 (174.8456)	16 (159.9772)	8 (163.4628)
Jul 10, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	28 / 28 (498.8460)	17 (162.2744)	—	7 (170.8572)	12 (165.7144)
Jun 12, 2015	3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival Oconomowoc, WI	4 / 17 (675.9544)	3 (174.2972)	7 (166.8344)	5 (166.8228)	8 (168)
May 29, 2015	BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI	19 / 23 (632.4344)	20 (157.6572)	12 (159.3828)	9 (161.7144)	21 (153.6800)
May 16, 2015	Madison Magazine BBQ Festival Madison, WI	8 / 29 (664.5140)	6 (172.5828)	13 (163.9772)	9 (168)	17 (159.9540)
Jun 20, 2014	Pig in the Park Whitewater, WI	10 / 26 (654.7656)	17 (161.1084)	2 (172)	16 (160.5028)	13 (161.1544)
Jun 13, 2014	Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival Oconomowoc, WI	4 / 22 (654.8344)	1 (176)	10 (158.8344)	9 (163.4172)	11 (156.5828)

CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW

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 (8 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

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 — 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)