Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
2 Moon Que
2 Moon Que is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 5 at the Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD) (JUDGING FULL) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1528
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 6, 2022
latest Sep 9, 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.72
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.89)
Road miles
301
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
332.23 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #71 (661 pts) | #49 (814 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to 2 Moon Que, each with one reason worth a look.
2 Moon Que has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 70 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1528
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,279 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1528
Level with 2 Moon Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 9 years before 2 Moon Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,269 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1542
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 167.3944 | 169.12 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 170.3084 | 157.6456 | 165.89 | top 56% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 17% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
MO
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
64
finished ahead 56 times, behind 21
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20229 milestones
- First tracked contest Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs
- First call Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs
- First overall top-10 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score336.5144 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)
- First overall podium Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD) (JUDGING FULL)
- Career-best overall score338.8000 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1528) Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff | May 6, 2022 |
| +12.3 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | Jul 15, 2022 |
| +2.1 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 9, 2022 |
| +0.8 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD) (JUDGING FULL) | Aug 5, 2022 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2022 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO | 6 / 13 (338.8000) | 6 (168.5372) | 8 (170.2628) | — | — |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD) (JUDGING FULL) Warsaw, MO | 3 / 5 (324.5256) | — | 4 (163.4400) | — | — |
| Jul 16, 2022 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Ribs Cameron, MO | — | — | 25 (164.5600) | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2022 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 5 / 27 (329.0628) | 5 (171.4172) | 7 (157.6456) | — | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbia, MO | 4 / 25 (336.5144) | 6 (167.3944) | 2 (169.1200) | — | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs Columbia, MO | — | — | 9 (170.3084) | — | — |