TWO CRACKERS Q-ING

TWO CRACKERS Q-ING is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 4th of 28 at the Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com (2019). They are ranked #936 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “TWO CRACKERS Q'ING”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#936

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1612

peak 1623 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 19, 2017

latest Sep 24, 2021 · 4.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#322

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

60% of 20 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 34%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2168 / 720

Master · Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.50 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.61 (+1.89)

Walk rate

95%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Bordertown BBQ Brawl

Consistency

±12.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.61)

Road miles

2,658

across 20 mapped stops · furthest 213 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 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.61 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 15% average finish here

Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 15%

They almost always walk

95% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 20 contests

A top-10 category call in 95% of their 20 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
Sep 14, 2018

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.

A tough matchup

15–4 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 79% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 15 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.35 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 35% of the time against 50%.

Pork Ribs avg 164.61
Chicken avg 168.96
7 calls in 20 entries

A strong matchup

14–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of S & G BBQ in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

13 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 68% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 13 of 19 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

iBQ'n has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 19% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 34% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 34% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.77% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.77% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.6% of a perfect score
20 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	#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 (1,022 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TWO CRACKERS Q-ING, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BLACK CAT BBQ

#942 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1612

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2016

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Eggspert BBQ Minnesota

#934 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1613

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2024

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LITTLE LUKE'S BBQ

#935 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1615

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before TWO CRACKERS Q-ING's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

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THAT'S OUR QUE

#941 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1614

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 27 contests, alongside a 44% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2019

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County Line Que

#940 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1620

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

rated over 30 contests
last seen Sep 4, 2015

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YAZOO'S DELTA Q

#937 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1612

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BAD HABIT BBQ	20	10	10	50%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	19	8	11	42%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	19	4	15	21%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	18	10	8	56%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
S & G BBQ	15	14	1	93%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
QUEFELLAS BBQ	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
Q-JITSU	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
40 CALIBER BBQ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	10	2	4	178.8572	162.2744	168.96	top 37%
Pork Ribs	20	7	0	1	172	154.7884	164.61	top 48%
Pork	20	12	1	4	175.4400	153.6684	167.11	top 35%
Brisket	20	7	0	4	174.8572	142.2284	165.93	top 42%

“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)	17	0	top 36%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 25%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	3	4	top 27%	Jul 17, 2020
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	4	top 38%	Sep 25, 2020
Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	2	10	top 39%	Oct 12, 2018
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	4	top 15%	Sep 14, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 20 of 20 contests

Contests visited 15 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 201 finished ahead 434 times, behind 222

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

20211 milestone

Sep 24 Most recent contest Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com

20201 milestone

Aug 7 Peak power rating (1623) All American BBQ Throwdown

20191 milestone

Jul 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Bordertown BBQ Brawl

20183 milestones

Sep 14 First category win (Chicken) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 14 Career-best overall score686.2168 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 21 10th tracked contest The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com

20174 milestones

May 19 First tracked contest BBQ Throw Down
May 19 First call BBQ Throw Down
Jul 21 First overall top-10 BBQ & BREWS
Jul 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.6800 BBQ & BREWS

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	BBQ & BREWS	Jul 21, 2017
+14	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Sep 20, 2019
+13.9	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Sep 21, 2018
+13	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Sep 8, 2017
+12.8	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Sep 14, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.2	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Sep 24, 2021
-6.5	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival	Sep 13, 2019
-3.3	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown	Aug 2, 2019
-2.9	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Sep 25, 2020
-2.8	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	Jun 23, 2017

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)
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	5	3	0	100%	top 37%	93.7%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 24, 2021	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)
Sep 25, 2020	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)
Aug 7, 2020	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	11 / 42 (671.9884)	19 (165.1428)	6 (171.4400)	14 (167.4056)	16 (168)
Jul 17, 2020	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	10 / 31 (666.2168)	15 (168)	3 (171.4056)	25 (157.6684)	8 (169.1428)
Sep 20, 2019	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	4 / 28 (684.5140)	6 (172)	4 (172)	1 (175.4056)	21 (165.1084)
Sep 13, 2019	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)
Aug 2, 2019	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)
Jul 19, 2019	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	4 / 28 (678.8000)	1 (178.8572)	22 (159.9772)	4 (173.7028)	15 (166.2628)
Jun 21, 2019	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)
Oct 12, 2018	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	18 / 38 (657.5884)	23 (163.4172)	16 (162.8228)	6 (169.6684)	21 (161.6800)
Sep 21, 2018	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)
Sep 14, 2018	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	4 / 48 (686.2168)	1 (177.7028)	10 (170.8800)	9 (171.9656)	16 (165.6684)
Aug 17, 2018	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	8 / 24 (677.1312)	16 (164.5828)	7 (170.2744)	3 (175.4400)	16 (166.8340)
Aug 3, 2018	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)
Jun 22, 2018	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	8 / 30 (664)	17 (162.2856)	6 (168.0116)	21 (158.8456)	2 (174.8572)
Oct 13, 2017	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	10 / 32 (664.5024)	5 (169.6684)	12 (166.2744)	10 (164.5484)	11 (164.0112)
Sep 8, 2017	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	6 / 28 (674.2972)	2 (173.1772)	19 (160.5600)	9 (169.1200)	9 (171.4400)
Jul 21, 2017	BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	4 / 37 (673.6800)	4 (173.1544)	16 (161.1200)	3 (171.4056)	6 (168)
Jun 23, 2017	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)
May 19, 2017	BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI	12 / 22 (639.2912)	2 (174.8572)	13 (154.7884)	15 (153.6684)	15 (155.9772)

TWO CRACKERS Q-ING

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

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

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)