A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
M2BBQ Team
M2BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 33rd of 37 at the Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (2023). They finished #984 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1454
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 16, 2021
latest May 19, 2023 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±71.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.12)
Road miles
108
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
578.47 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #984 (119 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1076 (119 pts) | #891 (144 pts) | #1018 (119 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 145.1544 | 156.57 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1316 | 142.2516 | 152.12 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 147.9428 | 155.69 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 146.8000 | 153.24 | top 82% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 89% | May 19, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
148
finished ahead 10 times, behind 234
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Apr 17, 2021 → May 13, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score630.1832 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4400 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- Peak power rating (1487) Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | Apr 16, 2021 |
| -12.2 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 | Apr 17, 2021 |
| -10.7 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 13, 2022 |
| -10.1 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 19, 2023 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 83.2% | 73.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2023 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 33 / 37 (627.8972) | 30 (157.1200) | 28 (156.5372) | 29 (160) | 30 (154.2400) |
| May 13, 2022 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 35 / 39 (630.1832) | 26 (167.4400) | 35 (152.5488) | 38 (147.9428) | 25 (162.2516) |
| Apr 17, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 34 / 34 (457.0516) | — | 34 (142.2516) | 20 (165.1428) | 31 (149.6572) |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 45 / 47 (598.7544) | 45 (145.1544) | 40 (157.1316) | 42 (149.6684) | 44 (146.8000) |