KP2 BBQ
KP2 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 9th of 36 at the Best of the Midwest BBQ (2022). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Walk rate
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
State championships
Master avg
Backyard avg
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 145.6572 | 150.24 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 143.3600 | 153.12 | top 70% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 158.2516 | 158.25 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3944 | 147.3944 | 147.39 | top 95% |
“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 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best of the Midwest BBQ | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 59% | Oct 14, 2022 |
More numbers
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- First call Best of the Midwest BBQ
- First overall top-10 Best of the Midwest BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1200 Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Best of the Midwest BBQ
- Career-best overall score602.6512 Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 25% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.7% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2022 | Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS) Yorkville, IL | — | — | 15 (169.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 9 / 36 (298.1944) | 7 (154.8344) | 11 (143.3600) | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 17 / 18 (602.6512) | 17 (150.2284) | 16 (151.3944) | — | — |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 41 / 44 (599.8976) | 43 (145.6572) | 40 (148.5944) | 38 (158.2516) | 42 (147.3944) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.