TWO CRACKERS Q-ING

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1066

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1597

peak 1607 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-05-19

latest 2021-09-24

Best ToY finish

#322

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2168 / 720

Master · *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.50 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 665.79 (+2.71)

Walk rate

94%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Bordertown BBQ Brawl

Consistency

±13.17

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.03)

Road miles

2,362

mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 214 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$65K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.79 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

They almost always walk

94% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 17 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 94% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.2168 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.2168 at *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-09-14

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

KEVLAR BBQ has finished one call ahead of TWO CRACKERS Q-ING 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 26%.

6 contests
5 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

15–2 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 88% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

A strong matchup

12–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of S & G BBQ in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

13 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 13 of 17 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

40 CALIBER BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.83% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.83% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.5% of a perfect score
18 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

BURNIN BELLIES

#1068 of the rated field

1597 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1597

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2020-01-17

⚔ Head-to-head

RJs Smokehouse

#1065 of the rated field

1597 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1602

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 31 contests to 18.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ NC

#1064 of the rated field

1597 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1597

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Hickory Pit Stop

#1067 of the rated field

1597 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1612

No shared contest yet.

33 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2025-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ TEAM NAIT

#1062 of the rated field

1598 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1600

No shared contest yet.

Level with TWO CRACKERS Q-ING on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2025-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Walk The Swine

#1077 of the rated field

1596 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1596

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2025-10-24
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BAD HABIT BBQ	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	16	9	7	56%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
S & G BBQ	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
QUEFELLAS BBQ	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
Q-JITSU	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
40 CALIBER BBQ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	8	2	3	178.8572	162.2744	168.49	top 40%
Pork Ribs	18	7	0	1	172.0000	154.7884	165.03	top 47%
Pork	18	10	1	3	175.4400	153.6684	166.76	top 36%
Brisket	18	5	0	4	174.8572	142.2284	165.51	top 44%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	15	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 25%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	3	4	top 27%	2020-07-17
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	4	top 38%	2020-09-25
*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	2	10	top 39%	2018-10-12

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.4 yrs 2017-05-19 → 2021-09-24

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 18 of 18 contests

Contests visited 14 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 2 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.03)

Walk rate 94% a top-10 call in 17 of 18 contests

Overall top-10 rate 56% 10 of 18 contests

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests

Master average 665.79 out of 720 · 18 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 192 379–214 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,362 18 mapped stops · furthest 214 mi

Schedule strength 1579 average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests

Purse competed for $65,000 listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 9 state-championship entries

Power rating 1597 peak 1607 · #1066 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
May 19 First tracked contest *BBQ Throw Down
May 19 First call *BBQ Throw Down
Oct 13 First overall top-10 *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
Oct 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5024 *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
2018
Sep 14 First category win (Chicken) *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 14 Career-best overall score686.2168 *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
2019
Jun 21 10th tracked contest 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Bordertown BBQ Brawl
2020
Aug 7 Peak power rating (1607) All American BBQ Throwdown
2021
Sep 24 Most recent contest Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2018-09-21
+14.7	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2019-09-20
+13.8	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2018-09-14
+13	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2019-07-19
+11.5	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown	2018-08-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.6	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2021-09-24
-5.8	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival	2019-09-13
-2.8	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	2017-06-23
-2.5	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown	2019-08-02
-2.3	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2020-09-25

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	90.9%	90.9%
2020	3	1	0	100%	top 40%	93.3%	92.8%
2019	5	3	2	100%	top 30%	95.1%	93.3%
2018	6	5	1	100%	top 26%	95.3%	93.3%
2017	3	1	0	100%	top 52%	92.3%	89.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-09-24	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	21 / 28 (654.1252)	21 (163.9656)	25 (161.0856)	14 (167.3712)	23 (161.7028)
2020-09-25	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	17 / 28 (665.6456)	5 (173.1316)	25 (161.6800)	15 (165.1084)	14 (165.7256)
2020-08-07	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	11 / 42 (671.9884)	19 (165.1428)	6 (171.4400)	14 (167.4056)	16 (168.0000)
2020-07-17	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	10 / 31 (666.2168)	15 (168.0000)	3 (171.4056)	25 (157.6684)	8 (169.1428)
2019-09-20	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	4 / 28 (684.5140)	6 (172.0000)	4 (172.0000)	1 (175.4056)	21 (165.1084)
2019-09-13	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI	17 / 35 (662.6968)	10 (170.2628)	28 (158.2400)	3 (169.6800)	17 (164.5140)
2019-08-02	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	16 / 40 (665.6228)	29 (163.4172)	28 (162.8228)	4 (173.1200)	14 (166.2628)
2019-07-19	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	4 / 28 (678.8000)	1 (178.8572)	22 (159.9772)	4 (173.7028)	15 (166.2628)
2019-06-21	11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Auburn Hills, MI	10 / 30 (666.2056)	5 (170.2628)	15 (165.6800)	23 (155.9428)	2 (174.3200)
2018-10-12	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	18 / 38 (657.5884)	23 (163.4172)	16 (162.8228)	6 (169.6684)	21 (161.6800)
2018-09-21	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	5 / 28 (672.4800)	18 (166.2628)	9 (170.2628)	18 (163.3944)	2 (172.5600)
2018-09-14	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	4 / 48 (686.2168)	1 (177.7028)	10 (170.8800)	9 (171.9656)	16 (165.6684)
2018-08-17	*Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	8 / 24 (677.1312)	16 (164.5828)	7 (170.2744)	3 (175.4400)	16 (166.8340)
2018-08-03	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	8 / 39 (673.0512)	18 (166.8112)	21 (162.8344)	10 (169.1200)	3 (174.2856)
2018-06-22	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	8 / 30 (664.0000)	17 (162.2856)	6 (168.0116)	21 (158.8456)	2 (174.8572)
2017-10-13	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	10 / 32 (664.5024)	5 (169.6684)	12 (166.2744)	10 (164.5484)	11 (164.0112)
2017-06-23	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	22 / 32 (634.1600)	22 (162.2744)	17 (159.9772)	5 (169.6800)	32 (142.2284)
2017-05-19	*BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI	12 / 22 (639.2912)	2 (174.8572)	13 (154.7884)	15 (153.6684)	15 (155.9772)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021 ↗	Master	#1185 (73 pts)	#1243 (73 pts)	#1600 (53 pts)	#1079 (108 pts)	#1233 (63 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#322 (354 pts)	#334 (374 pts)	#276 (459 pts)	#423 (274 pts)	#331 (364 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#440 (741 pts)	#400 (821 pts)	#682 (496 pts)	#313 (991 pts)	#518 (646 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#363 (932 pts)	#502 (727 pts)	#476 (782 pts)	#428 (842 pts)	#321 (1022 pts)