2 GUYS AND A CHICK

2 GUYS AND A CHICK is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 18th of 19 at the Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland (2021). They are ranked #6407 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,407

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1387

peak 1387 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 14, 2016

latest Sep 24, 2021 · 4.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#716

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 89%

overall standings

Best overall

649.5772 / 720

Master · Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.14 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 625.99 (+12.15)

Walk rate

17%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Pork · Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic

Consistency

±16.17

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.10)

Road miles

924

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)

Purse competed for

$75K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

625.99 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

JL CUSTOM SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of 2 GUYS AND A CHICK 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings

HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.90 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Pork Ribs avg 152.10
Pork avg 160.00
0 calls in 18 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

14 of 16 shared pork entries lost

HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has out-cooked them in 14 of 16 shared pork entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1604 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

18 rated contests

The metronome

±2.25% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.9% of a perfect score
18 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
2021 ↗	Master	#882 (131 pts)	#785 (191 pts)	#950 (141 pts)	#848 (156 pts)	#699 (231 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#716 (119 pts)	#588 (174 pts)	#744 (119 pts)	#696 (124 pts)	#677 (124 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#914 (300 pts)	#861 (360 pts)	#979 (300 pts)	#753 (430 pts)	#917 (325 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1086 (240 pts)	#1174 (235 pts)	#1205 (235 pts)	#1028 (295 pts)	#1154 (240 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1202 (240 pts)	#1287 (240 pts)	#1290 (240 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#1076 (315 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1739 (125 pts)	#1822 (130 pts)	#1818 (130 pts)	#1536 (185 pts)	#1595 (170 pts)

Overall rank by season

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
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#6,406 of the rated field

1387 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1387

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#6,404 of the rated field

1387 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1387

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 18 contests
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#6,412 of the rated field

1386 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1386

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2021

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RUB ME TENDER

#6,403 of the rated field

1388 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1388

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jul 23, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
House of Smoke NC	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKING STUDS BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
TWISTED PAIR BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	0	170.8344	139.9200	156.84	top 83%
Pork Ribs	18	0	163.9888	142.7660	152.10	top 90%
Pork	18	2	172.5600	149.1200	160.00	top 71%
Brisket	18	1	172	140.4684	157.04	top 72%

“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)	1	top 95%
Medium (20–39)	5	top 86%
Large (40+)	12	top 90%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	17	0	top 90%
VA	1	0	top 80%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Pigs & Pedals	3	36	top 95%	Aug 2, 2019
Jiggy With The Piggy	3	53	top 89%	May 3, 2019
Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge	2	23	top 94%	Sep 24, 2021
Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)	2	43	top 92%	Nov 8, 2019
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2	43	top 87%	Sep 20, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 17 of 18 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 11 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 248 finished ahead 86 times, behind 705

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

20211 milestone

Sep 24 Most recent contest Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge

20191 milestone

Sep 20 Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic

20181 milestone

Nov 9 10th tracked contest Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)

20172 milestones

Oct 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5772 Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
Oct 20 Career-best overall score649.5772 Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival

20163 milestones

Oct 14 First tracked contest Smoking in the Foothills
Oct 14 First call Smoking in the Foothills
Oct 14 Peak power rating (1491) Smoking in the Foothills

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Jiggy With the Piggy	May 5, 2017
-10.3	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	Sep 15, 2017
-9.9	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 4, 2017
-9.5	Smoking in the Foothills	Oct 14, 2016
-8.9	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 3, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	2	50%	top 94%	88.8%	88.7%
2020	1	0%	top 96%	89.4%	89.4%
2019	5	20%	top 86%	89.3%	87.2%
2018	4	0%	top 89%	88.9%	86.3%
2017	4	0%	top 90%	90.2%	85.5%
2016	2	50%	top 90%	88.1%	87.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 24, 2021	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	25 / 27 (638.1260)	13 (169.1200)	27 (142.7660)	27 (154.2400)	7 (172)
Jul 16, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland 🏅 Asheboro, NC	18 / 19 (639.2916)	18 (163.9544)	16 (162.8572)	13 (165.6800)	19 (146.8000)
Sep 11, 2020	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Connelly Springs, NC	23 / 24 (643.8748)	12 (167.3828)	23 (158.2632)	22 (162.8344)	22 (155.3944)
Nov 8, 2019	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) 🏅 Concord, NC	43 / 47 (626.6860)	44 (155.9772)	38 (160.5488)	41 (161.6800)	44 (148.4800)
Sep 20, 2019	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic 🏅 Salisbury, NC	43 / 56 (642.7316)	50 (156.5372)	54 (149.0744)	7 (172.5600)	33 (164.5600)
Aug 2, 2019	Pigs & Pedals 🏅 Asheboro, NC	36 / 40 (616.9600)	35 (155.9656)	36 (148.4800)	36 (154.2744)	36 (158.2400)
May 3, 2019	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	53 / 60 (632.3652)	57 (153.6228)	58 (144.5140)	20 (166.8228)	20 (167.4056)
Apr 26, 2019	BBQ Capital Cook Off 🏅 Lexington, NC	35 / 43 (622.1484)	13 (170.8344)	38 (149.0744)	35 (153.6912)	39 (148.5484)
Nov 9, 2018	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC	52 / 56 (619.8288)	52 (150.2628)	50 (155.9660)	54 (151.3372)	43 (162.2628)
Oct 12, 2018	Pigs in the Pit Alton, VA	24 / 30 (623.1888)	25 (149.6572)	26 (152.4800)	13 (163.9428)	24 (157.1088)
Aug 3, 2018	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	47 / 48 (603.2688)	45 (153.0856)	47 (142.7772)	41 (157.1316)	45 (150.2744)
May 4, 2018	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	59 / 70 (640.4000)	60 (157.6572)	59 (154.8000)	36 (163.4056)	42 (164.5372)
Oct 20, 2017	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC	29 / 39 (649.5772)	35 (159.9544)	26 (163.9888)	34 (156.4912)	12 (169.1428)
Sep 15, 2017	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	61 / 63 (619.8172)	63 (142.1944)	55 (155.9544)	54 (157.6912)	23 (163.9772)
Aug 4, 2017	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	44 / 46 (580.9144)	46 (139.9200)	44 (145.0744)	42 (149.1200)	41 (146.8000)
May 5, 2017	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	71 / 75 (613.4856)	61 (157.6456)	74 (147.3712)	40 (162.8344)	68 (145.6344)
Nov 11, 2016	Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC	22 / 25 (634.1712)	21 (158.8572)	21 (154.2284)	25 (155.9656)	13 (165.1200)
Oct 14, 2016	Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC	38 / 41 (620.9600)	36 (160.5488)	40 (149.6572)	10 (170.2856)	41 (140.4684)

2 GUYS AND A CHICK

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

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)

📉 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)