High-water mark
687.3256
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3256 at Grizzly BBQ Brawl — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 6, 2024
Engine 2 BBQ
Engine 2 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 30 at the Grizzly BBQ Brawl (2024). They finished #759 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 6, 2024
latest Jun 26, 2026 · 1.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.28
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.41 · weakest Brisket (167.11)
Road miles
605
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 307 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
679.90 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #963 (80 pts) | #971 (105 pts) | #907 (135 pts) | #994 (85 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #759 (171 pts) | #899 (141 pts) | #617 (310 pts) | #708 (221 pts) | #685 (221 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #834 (140 pts) | #919 (140 pts) | #760 (230 pts) | #1123 (85 pts) | #1046 (100 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Engine 2 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Engine 2 BBQ 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 98 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,647 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with Engine 2 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,663 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Engine 2 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before Engine 2 BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 167.3828 | 170.41 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 150.7772 | 168.31 | top 43% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 166.2284 | 169.69 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 161.1084 | 167.11 | top 55% |
“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 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly BBQ Brawl | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 50% | Jun 26, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 69 times, behind 64
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1514) Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Most recent contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- First call Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- First overall top-10 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.3256 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Career-best overall score687.3256 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.1 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 6, 2024 |
| +4.4 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 5, 2025 |
| +1.5 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Jun 26, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.7 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | Jun 21, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 59% | 94.7% | 94.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH | 21 / 39 (673.6228) | 16 (171.9772) | 10 (173.1200) | 20 (167.4172) | 31 (161.1084) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH | 19 / 42 (682.1712) | 32 (167.3828) | 7 (173.1200) | 17 (171.9656) | 13 (169.7028) |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 19 / 26 (676.4916) | 19 (168.5716) | 20 (166.8228) | 11 (173.1316) | 15 (167.9656) |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington, DC | — | — | 21 (150.7772) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH | 9 / 30 (687.3256) | 9 (173.7144) | 3 (177.7144) | 19 (166.2284) | 16 (169.6684) |