High-water mark
670.1944
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1944 at Smokin' For Garrett — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 16, 2022
2 Crackers Smoking
2 Crackers Smoking is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 6th of 14 at the Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021). They are ranked #4261 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1505 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jul 23, 2021
latest Jun 10, 2023 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.93
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.88 · weakest Chicken (162.14)
Road miles
319
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.34 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
479.94 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1017 (118 pts) | #875 (168 pts) | #780 (243 pts) | #976 (123 pts) | #1086 (113 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #901 (152 pts) | #900 (172 pts) | #933 (177 pts) | #880 (177 pts) | #907 (157 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #200 (114 pts) | #214 (109 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1193 (70 pts) | #1225 (75 pts) | #1182 (95 pts) | #1247 (65 pts) | #1531 (55 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to 2 Crackers Smoking, each with one reason worth a look.
131 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before 2 Crackers Smoking's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,259 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1478
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before 2 Crackers Smoking's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Level with 2 Crackers Smoking on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,276 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before 2 Crackers Smoking's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,265 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before 2 Crackers Smoking's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 150.2172 | 162.14 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 154.8228 | 163.81 | top 71% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.6172 | 155.3484 | 165.88 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 158.2056 | 163.28 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
109
finished ahead 36 times, behind 154
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Hoosier BBQ Classic #2
20221 milestone
- Career-best overall score670.1944 Smokin' For Garrett
20216 milestones
- First tracked contest Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.6172 Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1505) Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8280 Big Blue Barbecue
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 23, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | CCSFEST | Apr 8, 2022 |
| -6.9 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 | Jun 9, 2023 |
| -4.9 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 | Jun 10, 2023 |
| -3.2 | Smokin' For Garrett | Sep 16, 2022 |
| -3 | Big Blue Barbecue | Aug 13, 2021 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 93% | 91.4% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 93.1% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 58% | 91.1% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2023 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 🏅 Franklin, IN | 24 / 28 (669.6000) | 14 (171.9656) | 19 (167.9888) | 23 (166.2284) | 25 (163.4172) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 34 / 38 (646.0912) | 32 (162.2400) | 27 (164.5372) | 35 (155.3484) | 26 (163.9656) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 13 (164.5256) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL | 17 / 27 (670.1944) | 13 (170.8344) | 12 (169.1428) | 22 (165.0972) | 16 (165.1200) |
| Apr 8, 2022 | CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN | 41 / 42 (644.9832) | 42 (150.2172) | 40 (156.5260) | 15 (172.5600) | 27 (165.6800) |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Big Blue Barbecue 🏅 Shelbyville, IN | 22 / 30 (655.8280) | 21 (165.0740) | 17 (169.1312) | 23 (163.4172) | 29 (158.2056) |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY) Bloomington, IN | 6 / 14 (479.9428) | 10 (152.5028) | 11 (154.8228) | 2 (172.6172) | — |