Two Drummer's Q-Crew

Two Drummer's Q-Crew is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #5026 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “TWO DRUMMERS Q CREW”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,026

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1462

peak 1462 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 23, 2019

latest Jan 13, 2023 · 3.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#378

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

697.0744 / 720

Master · Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

629.60 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 634.29 (-4.69)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Brisket · Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest

Consistency

±49.55

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.38 · weakest Brisket (161.24)

Road miles

1,277

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 652 mi

Schedule strength

88%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1621)

Purse competed for

$60K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

634.29 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.2740 points from the title

Came within 2.2740 points of the Grand Championship at Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest (Jan 13, 2023).

High-water mark

697.0744 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.0744 at Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jan 13, 2023

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

2.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest (Jan 13, 2023).

last seen Aug 8, 2020
back Jan 13, 2023

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1621 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 88% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1621 power rating — a tougher draw than 88% of every rated contest in the data.

10 rated 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
2020 ↗	Master	#378 (289 pts)	#369 (324 pts)	#287 (444 pts)	#379 (309 pts)	#486 (239 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#756 (397 pts)	#818 (397 pts)	#680 (497 pts)	#672 (497 pts)	#683 (492 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Two Drummer's Q-Crew, each with one reason worth a look.

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

FIRECHEF BBQ

#5,028 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2015

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Pharr Moore BBQ

#5,003 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2023

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RIVER RATS

#5,010 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1500

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Two Drummer's Q-Crew's first contest.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2024

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BEARDED BBQ

#5,014 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1462

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 11% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 14, 2022

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CHERRY RED ROASTERS

#5,034 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

Level with Two Drummer's Q-Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen May 1, 2021

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Half Ass BBQ

#5,020 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Two Drummer's Q-Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Still Workin' On It	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
270 SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	176.5716	144.5028	162.37	top 75%
Pork Ribs	10	2	0	173.1200	156.5372	164.38	top 59%
Pork	10	3	0	172	145.6684	162.42	top 70%
Brisket	9	2	1	177.7028	150.1944	161.24	top 67%

“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 92%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 70%
Large (40+)	2	top 93%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
VA	7	top 84%
NC	2	top 97%
FL	1	top 8%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)	2	31	0	top 97%	Nov 9, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 7 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 218 finished ahead 71 times, behind 302

Longest layoff 2.4 yrs Aug 8, 2020 → Jan 13, 2023

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

20237 milestones

Jan 13 First overall top-10 Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 13 First overall podium Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 13 First Reserve Championship Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 13 10th tracked contest Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 13 Career-best overall score697.0744 Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 13 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 13 Most recent contest Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest

20194 milestones

Mar 23 First tracked contest BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2)
Mar 23 Peak power rating (1494) BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2)
Apr 26 First call Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
Oct 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4572 Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+20.8	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest	Jan 13, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.7	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)	Nov 8, 2019
-9	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 2	Aug 8, 2020
-9	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1	Aug 7, 2020
-5.8	BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2)	Mar 23, 2019
-5.7	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades	Jul 19, 2019

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	1	100%	top 8%	96.8%	96.8%
2020	2	0	50%	top 92%	91.6%	90.5%
2019	7	0	29%	top 85%	91.7%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 13, 2023	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL	2 / 26 (697.0744)	4 (176.5716)	5 (173.1200)	10 (169.6800)	2 (177.7028)
Aug 8, 2020	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 2 🏅 Wythe, VA	16 / 17 (643.8628)	13 (166.2856)	14 (157.6688)	15 (160.4912)	14 (159.4172)
Aug 7, 2020	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 🏅 Wythe, VA	17 / 19 (659.3488)	13 (166.2628)	9 (169.7144)	14 (166.2516)	17 (157.1200)
Nov 9, 2019	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) 🏅 Concord, NC	31 / 33 (650.6632)	27 (165.1088)	17 (170.2744)	32 (161.6572)	32 (153.6228)
Nov 8, 2019	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) 🏅 Concord, NC	47 / 47 (497.0516)	41 (161.1200)	13 (171.9772)	34 (163.9544)	—
Oct 25, 2019	Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) 🏅 Wytheville, VA	13 / 20 (660.4572)	16 (161.6800)	18 (156.5372)	10 (166.2400)	4 (176)
Jul 19, 2019	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	25 / 27 (637.5316)	24 (159.9772)	15 (166.2400)	20 (161.1200)	27 (150.1944)
Jun 21, 2019	8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival 🏅 Covington, VA	25 / 32 (626.7656)	22 (161.6800)	22 (158.8572)	31 (145.6684)	19 (160.5600)
Apr 26, 2019	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 🏅 Lanexa, VA	26 / 32 (639.3144)	31 (144.5028)	23 (158.8572)	9 (172)	18 (163.9544)
Mar 23, 2019	BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	45 / 52 (630.7888)	44 (160.5372)	39 (160.5716)	43 (157.1084)	45 (152.5716)

Two Drummer's Q-Crew

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 (6 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

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)