Two Brews BBQ

Two Brews BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 30 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th at the Cambridge Rib Fest (GRILLING SERIES) (). They are ranked #5904 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,904

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1439

peak 1506 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 20, 2016

latest Sep 5, 2025 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#741

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

3% of 30 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

664.5260 / 720

Master · Puckaway Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.26 (+2.92)

Walk rate

47%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Pork Ribs · Harbor-Que

Consistency

±17.45

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.84 · weakest Brisket (153.46)

Road miles

2,349

across 29 mapped stops · furthest 202 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)

Purse competed for

$62K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

635.26 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

664.5260 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.5260 at Puckaway Pigfest — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 10, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WE WILL ROCK QUE has finished one call ahead of Two Brews BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 60%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 60%

A tough matchup

25–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG "E" BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG "E" BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 25 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.38 points below their pork, and turns into a call 3% of the time against 21%.

Brisket avg 153.46
Pork avg 161.84
1 call in 29 entries

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOOSE'S BARBECUE in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

2.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at Brighton Barbeque Bash (Aug 22, 2025).

last seen Oct 14, 2022
back Aug 22, 2025

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Pork nemesis

18 of 25 shared pork entries lost

BIG "E" BBQ ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG "E" BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 25 shared pork entries.

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 at their very first tracked contest, Cambridge Rib Fest (GRILLING SERIES) ().

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

D.F.G.'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 62% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 62% across 4 contests, versus top 70% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 70% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.49% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.49% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.1% of a perfect score
30 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
2018 ↗	Master	#809 (403 pts)	#837 (403 pts)	#752 (478 pts)	#752 (468 pts)	#902 (358 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1261 (218 pts)	#1206 (268 pts)	#1410 (208 pts)	#1088 (323 pts)	#1255 (243 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#741 (508 pts)	#770 (513 pts)	#682 (593 pts)	#658 (613 pts)	#887 (408 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Two Brews BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

JURASSIC PORK BBQ TEAM

#5,899 of the rated field

1439 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1439

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Two Brews BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Two Brews BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE

#5,903 of the rated field

1439 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1439

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Aug 4, 2023

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SMOKIN BONES

#5,912 of the rated field

1439 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1569

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Two Brews BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 55 contests

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Blue Smoke BBQ

#5,892 of the rated field

1440 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1440

Fewer contests behind them than Two Brews BBQ has cooked, 15 to 30, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA

#5,905 of the rated field

1439 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1439

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2018

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FULLY INVOLVED N' SMOKIN

#5,907 of the rated field

1439 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1439

Level with Two Brews BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 12, 2016

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG "E" BBQ	25	0	25	0%	⚔ compare
Second Hand Smoke SLV	22	3	19	14%	⚔ compare
WICKED SMOKE BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
TOPPGATOR BBQ	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
Littles BBQ Co	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
QUE U	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Smokin Highwaymen	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
43RD PARALLEL BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
A BOY NAMED QUE	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
PLASTERED PORK BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
CRASH TEST SMOKERS	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
T-MAC SMOKIN	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	3	0	169.1544	141.0856	160.06	top 67%
Pork Ribs	30	8	1	174.8800	137.0628	159.42	top 57%
Pork	29	6	1	173.1428	131.9544	161.84	top 50%
Brisket	29	1	0	166.3200	135.3828	153.46	top 75%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	15	top 65%
Large (40+)	13	top 73%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
WI	28	0	top 70%
IL	2	0	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	3	17	top 53%	Oct 19, 2018
Puckaway Pigfest	2	17	top 66%	Sep 5, 2025
Best of the Midwest BBQ	2	26	top 70%	Oct 14, 2022
Grill Games	2	11	top 54%	Aug 24, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 8 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WI 28 of 30 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 25 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 30 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Opponents faced 360 finished ahead 331 times, behind 787

Longest layoff 2.9 yrs Oct 14, 2022 → Aug 22, 2025

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

20251 milestone

Sep 5 Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest

20212 milestones

Sep 10 25th tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 10 Career-best overall score664.5260 Puckaway Pigfest

20172 milestones

May 5 10th tracked contest The Masters In May (also Big Green Egg challenge)
Oct 6 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8800 Harbor-Que

20162 milestones

May 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9772 BBQ 4 ASTOP
May 20 Peak power rating (1506) BBQ 4 ASTOP

—3 milestones

First tracked contest Cambridge Rib Fest (GRILLING SERIES)
First call Cambridge Rib Fest (GRILLING SERIES)
First overall top-10 Cambridge Rib Fest (GRILLING SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.7	Grill Games	Aug 26, 2016
+7.4	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	Oct 19, 2018
+6.6	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	Oct 21, 2016
+5.8	Puckaway Pigfest	Sep 6, 2019
+5.7	BBQ 4 ASTOP	May 20, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.8	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat	Jul 8, 2016
-9.9	Brighton Barbeque Bash	Aug 22, 2025
-8.5	The Masters In May (also Big Green Egg challenge)	May 5, 2017
-8.2	Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest	May 31, 2019
-7.2	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1	Jul 14, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
—	1	1	100%	—	84.3%	84.3%
2025	2	0	0%	top 93%	88%	86.2%
2022	2	0	50%	top 74%	90.5%	90%
2021	2	0	50%	top 56%	92.3%	91.5%
2019	3	0	100%	top 69%	89.6%	88.2%
2018	5	0	20%	top 60%	91.8%	89.5%
2017	8	0	38%	top 79%	88.4%	86.3%
2016	7	0	57%	top 61%	90.7%	88.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 5, 2025	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	31 / 35 (633.5656)	29 (162.8228)	29 (160.5256)	30 (159.4172)	34 (150.8000)
Aug 22, 2025	Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI	28 / 29 (607.1544)	27 (153.6456)	26 (155.9544)	28 (149.0516)	26 (148.5028)
Oct 14, 2022	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	26 / 36 (651.9432)	22 (167.4284)	19 (165.1316)	5 (173.1428)	32 (146.2404)
Apr 29, 2022	Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI	33 / 43 (644.5372)	19 (168.5600)	30 (161.6684)	23 (165.1428)	38 (149.1660)
Oct 22, 2021	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	30 / 44 (653.7032)	39 (155.3828)	27 (162.8916)	11 (171.4172)	24 (164.0116)
Sep 10, 2021	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	13 / 30 (664.5260)	22 (161.6684)	4 (171.4632)	3 (172.5600)	19 (158.8344)
Oct 18, 2019	Best of the Midwest 🏅 Union Grove, WI	39 / 52 (633.1088)	29 (162.8456)	9 (167.4632)	14 (167.4172)	51 (135.3828)
Sep 6, 2019	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	17 / 39 (645.1088)	11 (165.7144)	7 (165.7144)	19 (161.1200)	32 (152.5600)
May 31, 2019	Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest 🏅 Rice Lake, WI	17 / 19 (627.2804)	8 (169.1084)	10 (163.3944)	19 (131.9544)	10 (162.8232)
Oct 19, 2018	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI	17 / 42 (653.1888)	16 (166.2744)	19 (160.0344)	22 (164.5600)	19 (162.3200)
Aug 24, 2018	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	33 / 42 (622.2288)	38 (153.1544)	22 (161.7144)	28 (157.7028)	36 (149.6572)
Jun 22, 2018	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL	27 / 51 (661.0856)	39 (162.8344)	17 (167.9656)	19 (165.1428)	26 (165.1428)
May 18, 2018	BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI	18 / 27 (641.0976)	17 (161.1200)	12 (161.7488)	12 (163.4172)	23 (154.8116)
Apr 27, 2018	The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Contest Manawa, WI	16 / 26 (643.3948)	18 (161.7372)	16 (157.6688)	10 (164.5256)	18 (159.4632)
Oct 20, 2017	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI	43 / 52 (611.8744)	38 (155.9656)	26 (159.9888)	37 (154.8456)	46 (141.0744)
Oct 6, 2017	Harbor-Que Winthrop Harbor, IL	14 / 23 (636.5260)	15 (156.5600)	2 (174.8800)	15 (157.6800)	18 (147.4060)
Jul 15, 2017	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI	43 / 49 (629.0628)	44 (153.1200)	44 (156.5944)	20 (166.8456)	43 (152.5028)
Jul 14, 2017	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 Green Bay, WI	51 / 58 (605.5312)	52 (146.2284)	57 (137.0628)	15 (165.7028)	43 (156.5372)
Jun 30, 2017	Grillin' in Grafton Graffton, WI	20 / 27 (617.6344)	12 (163.4400)	19 (152.5372)	11 (158.8456)	26 (142.8116)
May 19, 2017	ASTOPâ€™s BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI	20 / 30 (630.8116)	9 (166.8916)	26 (151.3600)	12 (158.8572)	18 (153.7028)
May 5, 2017	The Masters In May (also Big Green Egg challenge) Appleton, WI	51 / 56 (623.4056)	53 (158.8684)	48 (154.8228)	46 (157.7028)	50 (152.0116)
Apr 28, 2017	The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Competition Manawa, WI	19 / 23 (615.3944)	21 (149.0972)	16 (155.9772)	8 (157.7600)	16 (152.5600)
Oct 21, 2016	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI	19 / 51 (653.1312)	34 (158.8684)	25 (160.0228)	4 (171.4056)	29 (162.8344)
Sep 17, 2016	Mazomanie BBQ Fest Mazomanie, WI	15 / 21 (646.9144)	14 (165.7144)	20 (153.7144)	14 (161.1656)	13 (166.3200)
Aug 26, 2016	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	11 / 37 (652.5944)	7 (169.1544)	6 (167.4628)	13 (164.5600)	25 (151.4172)
Aug 5, 2016	Badger Brew & Que I (Day 1) Manitowoc, WI	21 / 27 (618.2400)	26 (153.6916)	6 (165.7028)	23 (155.9772)	23 (142.8684)
Jul 9, 2016	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat Green Bay, WI	40 / 55 (647.4628)	22 (169.1544)	47 (155.3828)	29 (164.6172)	42 (158.3084)
Jul 8, 2016	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat Green Bay, WI	64 / 66 (599.9656)	65 (141.0856)	63 (146.3200)	44 (161.1544)	54 (151.4056)
May 20, 2016	BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI	12 / 28 (651.9772)	23 (161.7028)	13 (161.7028)	7 (169.6800)	18 (158.8916)
—	Cambridge Rib Fest (GRILLING SERIES) Cambridge, WI	4 (303.3600)	—	5 (145.6572)	—	—

Two Brews BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (12 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)