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R2-BQ

R2-BQ is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues (2015). They are ranked #901 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “R2BQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#901
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1616
peak 1616 · rated over 15 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

19
in the data

First seen

Jul 13, 2013
latest Jun 3, 2017 · 3.9 years on the trail

Grand champs

2
0 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

6
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

11
58% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 27%
overall standings

Best overall

686.8456 / 720
Master · Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

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Current form

659.05 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 655.81 (+3.23)

Walk rate

74%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028
Pork Ribs · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Consistency

±15.12
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 164.80 · weakest Brisket (160.89)

Road miles

9,150
across 18 mapped stops · furthest 1,627 mi

Schedule strength

31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

655.81 / 720
15 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues (Jun 27, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Rogue Hog BBQ.

Happy hunting ground

Top 8% average finish here

New Holland Summer Fest is their spot: an average finish in the top 8% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 5th
  • average top 8%

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at 8th Annual Smokin at the Maples (Aug 1, 2015).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

74% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 74% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.8456 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.8456 at Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Feb 21, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has finished one call ahead of R2-BQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

Q HAVEN BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

Q HAVEN BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues on Jun 27, 2015 — 8 contests and 11.3 years ago.

  • last GC Jun 27, 2015
  • 11.3 years ago

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

An August team

Top 8% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 8% across 3 contests, versus top 27% the rest of the year.

  • 3 August contests
  • top 27% the rest of the year

The long haul

9,150 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,150 miles across 18 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,627 miles to Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition.

  • 18 mapped stops
  • furthest 1,627 mi

The metronome

±2.41% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.41% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 90.7% of a perfect score
  • 19 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to R2-BQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Accutech BBQ
#903 of the rated field
1616 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
2
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1616
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to R2-BQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team R2-BQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 44 contests
  • last seen Apr 25, 2026
  • on a 4-contest top-10 run
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HOUSE OF Q
#904 of the rated field
1616 power rating
Contests
65
GCs
3
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1681
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to R2-BQ)

They've been 1681 at their best, 65 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 64 contests
  • last seen May 19, 2017
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Smoqued California BBQ
#902 of the rated field
1616 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1616

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen May 8, 2015
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TOPEKA BBQ SHOP
#900 of the rated field
1616 power rating
Contests
32
GCs
1
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1626

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 32 contests, alongside a 28% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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FALLOUT BBQ
#905 of the rated field
1616 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
1
Top-10s
34%
Peak
1668

They turned up 6 years after R2-BQ did, first appearing in 2019.

  • rated over 34 contests
  • last seen May 15, 2026
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CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER
#897 of the rated field
1616 power rating
Contests
40
GCs
0
Top-10s
18%
Peak
1626

Level with R2-BQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 40 contests
  • last seen Mar 3, 2018
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Rogue Hog BBQ 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 7 6 1 86% ⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ 7 4 3 57% ⚔ compare
Q HAVEN BBQ 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
ACK-QUE 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 17 8 2 3 172.0228 149.2000 163.92 top 36%
Pork Ribs 19 7 1 2 173.7028 134.2856 161.80 top 35%
Pork 15 8 1 3 172.6172 153.1428 164.80 top 29%
Brisket 15 6 2 4 173.1084 134.7772 160.89 top 35%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 50%
Medium (20–39)82top 27%
Large (40+)70top 24%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CT40top 42%
NY41top 13%
PA20top 8%
TN10top 58%
NH10top 19%
DE10top 14%
GA10top 56%
PR11top 3%
IL10top 50%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
New Holland Summer Fest 2 5 0 top 8% Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 6 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 2.7 across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IL 4 of 19 contests · 9 states in all
Contests visited 15 1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 19 entries · 1 win · 7 calls
First title Feb 21, 2014 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
Opponents faced 526 finished ahead 565 times, behind 167

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
20171 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1616) Sun BBQ Fest
20152 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
  2. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20144 milestones
  1. First overall podium Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
  2. First Grand Championship Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
  3. Biggest field won (38 teams) Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
  4. Career-best overall score686.8456 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
20133 milestones
  1. First category win (Chicken) Pork In The Park BBQ
  2. First multi-meat day Pork In The Park BBQ
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2628 New Holland Summer Fest
—3 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
  2. First call Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
  3. First overall top-10 Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.3Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ CompetitionFeb 21, 2014
+14.71st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & BluesJun 27, 2015
+14.3New Holland Summer FestAug 23, 2013
+12.5New Holland Summer FestAug 22, 2014
+11.6Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the FairApr 11, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-5.4Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ FestivalMay 2, 2015
-1.2Pork in the ParkJul 12, 2014
-0.9Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)Mar 14, 2014
-0.5Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)Oct 23, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
—1010 100% top 50% 85.7% 85.7%
20181000 100% — — —
20172010 100% top 8% 94.5% 94.5%
20162011 50% top 17% 91.1% 91.1%
20155133 60% top 32% 92.8% 90.4%
20146130 67% top 26% 95.4% 91.3%
20132022 100% top 23% 91.4% 90.2%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 22, 2018 Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Blue Island, IL — 9 (151.9540) 15 (134.2856) — —
Sep 23, 2017 Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Blue Island, IL — — 4 (158.8572) — —
Jun 3, 2017 Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT 6 / 73 (680.6056) 10 (172.0228) 13 (170.8572) 19 (167.4628) 19 (170.2628)
Sep 24, 2016 Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITORS SERIES) Blue Island, IL — — 13 (155.4516) — —
Apr 8, 2016 NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY 6 / 35 (656) 3 (170.2972) 19 (155.4172) 1 (171.4400) 11 (158.8456)
Oct 23, 2015 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 54 / 93 (668.4680) 43 (169.1084) 13 (173.7028) 80 (159.4284) 53 (166.2284)
Aug 1, 2015 8th Annual Smokin at the Maples Manorville, NY 3 / 32 (650.2744) 1 (168.0228) 1 (170.2972) 8 (159.9888) 9 (151.9656)
Jul 3, 2015 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY 6 / 31 (639.8972) 14 (157.6800) 24 (151.3828) 5 (162.8344) 3 (168)
Jun 27, 2015 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues Peconic, NY 1 / 21 (665.6684) 4 (167.9884) 9 (162.8572) 4 (165.1200) 1 (169.7028)
May 2, 2015 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT 20 / 30 (630.7544) 20 (161.7028) 15 (162.8116) 20 (158.2972) 25 (147.9428)
Aug 22, 2014 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 6 / 70 (657.1656) 12 (167.9656) 12 (166.2972) 17 (164.0228) 21 (158.8800)
Jul 12, 2014 Pork in the Park Stamford, CT 11 / 20 (635.9888) 6 (166.8800) 8 (161.7144) 2 (172.6172) 18 (134.7772)
May 31, 2014 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH 9 / 48 (655.4740) 30 (161.1656) 4 (171.4628) 16 (164.5484) 18 (158.2972)
Apr 11, 2014 Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE 15 / 109 (649.6800) 38 (159.9884) 17 (164.5600) 19 (165.7144) 31 (159.4172)
Mar 14, 2014 Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA 24 / 43 (661.0172) 32 (160.5372) 11 (170.2628) 7 (170.8228) 28 (159.3944)
Feb 21, 2014 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR 1 / 38 (686.8456) 10 (169.1544) 2 (173.7028) 3 (170.8800) 3 (173.1084)
Aug 23, 2013 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 5 / 71 (658.2628) 30 (161.6456) 11 (165.7488) 7 (165.7484) 10 (165.1200)
Jul 13, 2013 Pork In The Park BBQ Stamford, CT 8 / 21 (641.1200) 1 (171.4056) 16 (145.1316) 16 (153.1428) 1 (171.4400)
— Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated BlueIsland, IL 8 / 16 (308.5712) 11 (149.2000) 5 (159.3712) — —

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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