CROSSCUT BBQ2

CROSSCUT BBQ2 is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at the Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition (2025). They are ranked #1451 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,451

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1568

peak 1568 · rated over 14 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 3, 2022

latest May 1, 2026 · 3.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#376

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

21% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5376 / 720

Master · Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

682.23 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 675.03 (+7.20)

Walk rate

47%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Pork · ND BBQ Championship

Consistency

±15.82

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.91)

Road miles

3,046

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 375 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)

Purse competed for

$235K

listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

675.03 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

On the rise

+44 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 44 points across 6 contests since May 9, 2025 — from 1525 up to 1568.

6 contests since May 9, 2025
now 1568

High-water mark

696.5376 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5376 at Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 20, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Chasing Grand has finished one call ahead of CROSSCUT BBQ2 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 30%

A tough matchup

10–2 behind in the head-to-head

RUM N' SMOKE BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

RUM N' SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Sheyenne BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 10 shared pork entries lost

OWENS BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OWENS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 27% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 27% across 3 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,046 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,046 miles across 19 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 375 miles to Smoke in the Spring.

19 mapped stops
furthest 375 mi

The metronome

±2.20% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.20% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.8% of a perfect score
19 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
2026 ↗	Master	#766 (135 pts)	#1093 (60 pts)	#833 (165 pts)	#735 (165 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#376 (565 pts)	#378 (610 pts)	#402 (619 pts)	#287 (805 pts)	#405 (540 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#633 (259 pts)	#727 (234 pts)	#498 (473 pts)	#776 (194 pts)	#585 (319 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1048 (113 pts)	#1006 (123 pts)	#908 (183 pts)	#1094 (113 pts)	#1086 (113 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1093 (113 pts)	#1146 (113 pts)	#901 (182 pts)	#775 (218 pts)	#626 (313 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CROSSCUT BBQ2, each with one reason worth a look.

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

PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS

#1,459 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1588

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CROSSCUT BBQ2)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CROSSCUT BBQ2 has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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Big Horn Cookers

#1,458 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1568

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CROSSCUT BBQ2)

Fewer contests behind them than CROSSCUT BBQ2 has cooked, 10 to 19, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Natural Born Grillers

#1,449 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1604

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CROSSCUT BBQ2)

They've been 1604 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 50 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

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The Art of Que

#1,454 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1568

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 19 contests, alongside a 37% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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CHARCOAL MONKEY

#1,446 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1588

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before CROSSCUT BBQ2's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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SMOKIN YANKEES

#1,453 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1572

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before CROSSCUT BBQ2's first contest.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 29, 2016

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
RUB MY RACK	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
MadChad's BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
OWENS BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
Mr. Dudes BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Sheyenne BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
Sugar Shack	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
BURNT TREES BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Dirty Little Pigs BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
BnB BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	2	1	177.1428	151.3944	168.02	top 54%
Pork Ribs	18	3	2	176.5716	160.5484	167.91	top 51%
Pork	14	5	2	177.1428	160.5372	170.56	top 37%
Brisket	14	5	1	176.0116	153.6800	168.11	top 42%

“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)	4	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 37%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
SD	6	top 56%
ND	3	top 33%
MN	2	top 34%
KS	2	top 48%
IA	1	top 20%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
ND BBQ Championship	3	9	top 33%	May 1, 2026
Original SD BBQ Championships	2	14	top 36%	Jun 6, 2025
Minnesota in May	2	20	top 34%	May 9, 2025
Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll	2	26	top 95%	Sep 8, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 6 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SD 8 of 19 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 9 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 18 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 754 finished ahead 675 times, behind 524

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

20263 milestones

May 1 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 ND BBQ Championship
May 1 Peak power rating (1568) ND BBQ Championship
May 1 Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship

20251 milestone

Jun 20 Career-best overall score696.5376 Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition

20242 milestones

Jun 7 10th tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships
Sep 27 First overall top-10 ND BBQ Championship

20223 milestones

Jun 2 First tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs)
Jun 3 First call Original SD BBQ Championship
Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4744 Original SD BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition	Jun 20, 2025
+13.2	ND BBQ Championship	May 1, 2026
+13	ND BBQ Championship	Sep 27, 2024
+12	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway	Aug 29, 2025
+8.5	Original SD BBQ Championships	Jun 6, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll	Sep 9, 2022
-7.4	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll	Sep 8, 2023
-3.5	ND BBQ Championship	Oct 3, 2025

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)
2026	2	1	50%	top 14%	95.5%	95.5%
2025	6	2	50%	top 35%	96.7%	94.7%
2024	3	1	100%	top 30%	94.7%	94.7%
2023	5	0	0%	top 56%	94.3%	93.3%
2022	3	0	67%	top 75%	92.7%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 1, 2026	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	10 / 71 (687.9312)	30 (170.2628)	16 (172.5600)	7 (177.1428)	30 (167.9656)
May 1, 2026	ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND	—	—	26 (161.6916)	—	—
Oct 3, 2025	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	30 / 46 (654.2284)	31 (166.2628)	35 (161.6684)	11 (172.0116)	40 (154.2856)
Oct 3, 2025	ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND	—	—	12 (168.5716)	—	—
Aug 29, 2025	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway 🏅 Brandon, SD	10 / 44 (686.8000)	30 (167.9772)	22 (169.7144)	3 (176)	9 (173.1084)
Jun 20, 2025	Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	5 / 25 (696.5376)	14 (169.6800)	2 (176.5716)	8 (174.2744)	5 (176.0116)
Jun 6, 2025	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	15 / 48 (685.6340)	2 (177.1428)	25 (167.9656)	3 (176.5600)	28 (163.9656)
May 9, 2025	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	20 / 58 (685.6344)	12 (175.4172)	40 (166.8344)	27 (171.4172)	17 (171.9656)
Sep 27, 2024	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	9 / 47 (682.1828)	21 (167.3828)	5 (172.0116)	12 (169.6800)	9 (173.1084)
Jun 7, 2024	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	14 / 34 (681.0628)	8 (176)	23 (167.3828)	23 (164.5600)	6 (173.1200)
Jun 7, 2024	Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD	—	—	3 (173.7028)	—	—
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	225 / 487 (674.7544)	193 (170.2628)	220 (169.6916)	182 (170.2744)	305 (164.5256)
Sep 8, 2023	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	26 / 28 (653.5544)	23 (163.9428)	11 (169.6800)	27 (160.5372)	25 (159.3944)
May 12, 2023	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	20 / 59 (678.7428)	34 (169.6684)	28 (167.9888)	29 (168.5256)	11 (172.5600)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	52 / 103 (678.7772)	83 (162.8228)	62 (167.3944)	18 (173.7028)	20 (174.8572)
Sep 9, 2022	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	27 / 28 (637.0400)	28 (151.3944)	27 (160.5484)	7 (171.4172)	28 (153.6800)
Jun 3, 2022	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	25 / 46 (667.4744)	33 (164)	25 (166.8228)	36 (161.7144)	2 (174.9372)
Jun 2, 2022	Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	22 (161.6456)	—	—

CROSSCUT BBQ2

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (11 found in their record)

On the rise

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

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)