diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/call.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/call.c
index e4080cb0c..1a204cfe4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/call.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/call.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "distributed/adaptive_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/remote_commands.h"
 #include "distributed/shard_pruning.h"
+#include "distributed/tuple_destination.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_manager.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_log_messages.h"
@@ -193,8 +194,8 @@ CallFuncExprRemotely(CallStmt *callStmt, DistObjectCacheEntry *procedure,
 			ROW_MODIFY_NONE, list_make1(task), MaxAdaptiveExecutorPoolSize,
 			localExecutionSupported
 			);
-		executionParams->tupleStore = tupleStore;
-		executionParams->tupleDescriptor = tupleDesc;
+		executionParams->tupleDestination = CreateTupleStoreTupleDest(tupleStore,
+																	  tupleDesc);
 		executionParams->expectResults = expectResults;
 		executionParams->xactProperties = xactProperties;
 		ExecuteTaskListExtended(executionParams);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
index daaa75548..bc46b5364 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ ExecuteTaskList(RowModifyLevel modLevel, List *taskList,
 		);
 	executionParams->xactProperties = DecideTransactionPropertiesForTaskList(
 		modLevel, taskList, false);
+
 	return ExecuteTaskListExtended(executionParams);
 }
 
@@ -939,9 +940,9 @@ ExecuteTaskList(RowModifyLevel modLevel, List *taskList,
  * for some of the arguments.
  */
 uint64
-ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(RowModifyLevel modLevel, List *taskList,
-							  TupleDesc tupleDescriptor, Tuplestorestate *tupleStore,
-							  bool expectResults)
+ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleDest(RowModifyLevel modLevel, List *taskList,
+							 TupleDestination *tupleDest,
+							 bool expectResults)
 {
 	int targetPoolSize = MaxAdaptiveExecutorPoolSize;
 	bool localExecutionSupported = true;
@@ -952,8 +953,7 @@ ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(RowModifyLevel modLevel, List *taskList,
 	executionParams->xactProperties = DecideTransactionPropertiesForTaskList(
 		modLevel, taskList, false);
 	executionParams->expectResults = expectResults;
-	executionParams->tupleStore = tupleStore;
-	executionParams->tupleDescriptor = tupleDescriptor;
+	executionParams->tupleDestination = tupleDest;
 
 	return ExecuteTaskListExtended(executionParams);
 }
@@ -971,16 +971,7 @@ ExecuteTaskListExtended(ExecutionParams *executionParams)
 	List *localTaskList = NIL;
 	List *remoteTaskList = NIL;
 
-	TupleDestination *defaultTupleDest = NULL;
-	if (executionParams->tupleDescriptor != NULL)
-	{
-		defaultTupleDest = CreateTupleStoreTupleDest(executionParams->tupleStore,
-													 executionParams->tupleDescriptor);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		defaultTupleDest = CreateTupleDestNone();
-	}
+	TupleDestination *defaultTupleDest = executionParams->tupleDestination;
 
 	if (executionParams->localExecutionSupported && ShouldExecuteTasksLocally(
 			executionParams->taskList))
@@ -1052,8 +1043,7 @@ CreateBasicExecutionParams(RowModifyLevel modLevel,
 	executionParams->targetPoolSize = targetPoolSize;
 	executionParams->localExecutionSupported = localExecutionSupported;
 
-	executionParams->tupleStore = NULL;
-	executionParams->tupleDescriptor = NULL;
+	executionParams->tupleDestination = CreateTupleDestNone();
 	executionParams->expectResults = false;
 	executionParams->isUtilityCommand = false;
 	executionParams->jobIdList = NIL;
@@ -3495,9 +3485,7 @@ StartPlacementExecutionOnSession(TaskPlacementExecution *placementExecution,
 	List *placementAccessList = PlacementAccessListForTask(task, taskPlacement);
 	int querySent = 0;
 
-	char *queryString = TaskQueryStringForPlacement(task,
-													placementExecution->
-													placementExecutionIndex);
+	char *queryString = TaskQueryString(task);
 
 	if (execution->transactionProperties->useRemoteTransactionBlocks !=
 		TRANSACTION_BLOCKS_DISALLOWED)
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/distributed_intermediate_results.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/distributed_intermediate_results.c
index c4cc3e3c4..f28f82862 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/distributed_intermediate_results.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/distributed_intermediate_results.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "port.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/tupdesc.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "distributed/deparse_shard_query.h"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "distributed/multi_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_physical_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/transaction_management.h"
+#include "distributed/tuple_destination.h"
 #include "distributed/tuplestore.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_protocol.h"
 #include "tcop/pquery.h"
@@ -36,6 +38,24 @@
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 
 
+/*
+ * PartitioningTupleDest is internal representation of a TupleDestination
+ * which consumes queries constructed in WrapTasksForPartitioning.
+ */
+typedef struct PartitioningTupleDest
+{
+	TupleDestination pub;
+
+	CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation;
+
+	/* list of DistributedResultFragment pointer */
+	List *fragmentList;
+
+	/* what do tuples look like */
+	TupleDesc tupleDesc;
+} PartitioningTupleDest;
+
+
 /*
  * NodePair contains the source and destination node in a NodeToNodeFragmentsTransfer.
  * It is a separate struct to use it as a key in a hash table.
@@ -59,23 +79,34 @@ typedef struct NodeToNodeFragmentsTransfer
 
 
 /* forward declarations of local functions */
-static void WrapTasksForPartitioning(const char *resultIdPrefix, List *selectTaskList,
-									 int partitionColumnIndex,
-									 CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation,
-									 bool binaryFormat);
+static List * WrapTasksForPartitioning(const char *resultIdPrefix,
+									   List *selectTaskList,
+									   int partitionColumnIndex,
+									   CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation,
+									   bool binaryFormat);
 static List * ExecutePartitionTaskList(List *partitionTaskList,
 									   CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation);
+static PartitioningTupleDest * CreatePartitioningTupleDest(
+	CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation);
+static void PartitioningTupleDestPutTuple(TupleDestination *self, Task *task,
+										  int placementIndex, int queryNumber,
+										  HeapTuple heapTuple, uint64 tupleLibpqSize);
+static TupleDesc PartitioningTupleDestTupleDescForQuery(TupleDestination *self, int
+														queryNumber);
 static ArrayType * CreateArrayFromDatums(Datum *datumArray, bool *nullsArray, int
 										 datumCount, Oid typeId);
 static void ShardMinMaxValueArrays(ShardInterval **shardIntervalArray, int shardCount,
 								   Oid intervalTypeId, ArrayType **minValueArray,
 								   ArrayType **maxValueArray);
 static char * SourceShardPrefix(const char *resultPrefix, uint64 shardId);
-static DistributedResultFragment * TupleToDistributedResultFragment(
-	TupleTableSlot *tupleSlot, CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation);
-static Tuplestorestate * ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleStore(List *taskList,
-														  TupleDesc resultDescriptor,
-														  bool errorOnAnyFailure);
+static DistributedResultFragment * TupleToDistributedResultFragment(HeapTuple heapTuple,
+																	TupleDesc tupleDesc,
+																	CitusTableCacheEntry *
+																	targetRelation,
+																	uint32 sourceNodeId);
+static void ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleDest(List *taskList,
+											TupleDestination *tupleDestination,
+											bool errorOnAnyFailure);
 static List ** ColocateFragmentsWithRelation(List *fragmentList,
 											 CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation);
 static List * ColocationTransfers(List *fragmentList,
@@ -157,9 +188,9 @@ PartitionTasklistResults(const char *resultIdPrefix, List *selectTaskList,
 	 */
 	UseCoordinatedTransaction();
 
-	WrapTasksForPartitioning(resultIdPrefix, selectTaskList,
-							 partitionColumnIndex, targetRelation,
-							 binaryFormat);
+	selectTaskList = WrapTasksForPartitioning(resultIdPrefix, selectTaskList,
+											  partitionColumnIndex, targetRelation,
+											  binaryFormat);
 	return ExecutePartitionTaskList(selectTaskList, targetRelation);
 }
 
@@ -169,12 +200,13 @@ PartitionTasklistResults(const char *resultIdPrefix, List *selectTaskList,
  * to worker_partition_query_result(). Target list of the wrapped query should
  * match the tuple descriptor in ExecutePartitionTaskList().
  */
-static void
+static List *
 WrapTasksForPartitioning(const char *resultIdPrefix, List *selectTaskList,
 						 int partitionColumnIndex,
 						 CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation,
 						 bool binaryFormat)
 {
+	List *wrappedTaskList = NIL;
 	ShardInterval **shardIntervalArray = targetRelation->sortedShardIntervalArray;
 	int shardCount = targetRelation->shardIntervalArrayLength;
 
@@ -200,41 +232,105 @@ WrapTasksForPartitioning(const char *resultIdPrefix, List *selectTaskList,
 	Task *selectTask = NULL;
 	foreach_ptr(selectTask, selectTaskList)
 	{
-		List *shardPlacementList = selectTask->taskPlacementList;
 		char *taskPrefix = SourceShardPrefix(resultIdPrefix, selectTask->anchorShardId);
 		char *partitionMethodString = targetRelation->partitionMethod == 'h' ?
 									  "hash" : "range";
 		const char *binaryFormatString = binaryFormat ? "true" : "false";
 		List *perPlacementQueries = NIL;
 
-		/*
-		 * We need to know which placement could successfully execute the query,
-		 * so we form a different query per placement, each of which returning
-		 * the node id of the placement.
-		 */
-		ShardPlacement *shardPlacement = NULL;
-		foreach_ptr(shardPlacement, shardPlacementList)
-		{
-			StringInfo wrappedQuery = makeStringInfo();
-			appendStringInfo(wrappedQuery,
-							 "SELECT %u::int, partition_index"
-							 ", %s || '_' || partition_index::text "
-							 ", rows_written "
-							 "FROM worker_partition_query_result"
-							 "(%s,%s,%d,%s,%s,%s,%s) WHERE rows_written > 0",
-							 shardPlacement->nodeId,
-							 quote_literal_cstr(taskPrefix),
-							 quote_literal_cstr(taskPrefix),
-							 quote_literal_cstr(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
-													selectTask)),
-							 partitionColumnIndex,
-							 quote_literal_cstr(partitionMethodString),
-							 minValuesString->data, maxValuesString->data,
-							 binaryFormatString);
-			perPlacementQueries = lappend(perPlacementQueries, wrappedQuery->data);
-		}
-		SetTaskPerPlacementQueryStrings(selectTask, perPlacementQueries);
+		Task *wrappedSelectTask = copyObject(selectTask);
+
+		StringInfo wrappedQuery = makeStringInfo();
+		appendStringInfo(wrappedQuery,
+						 "SELECT partition_index"
+						 ", %s || '_' || partition_index::text "
+						 ", rows_written "
+						 "FROM worker_partition_query_result"
+						 "(%s,%s,%d,%s,%s,%s,%s) WHERE rows_written > 0",
+						 quote_literal_cstr(taskPrefix),
+						 quote_literal_cstr(taskPrefix),
+						 quote_literal_cstr(TaskQueryString(selectTask)),
+						 partitionColumnIndex,
+						 quote_literal_cstr(partitionMethodString),
+						 minValuesString->data, maxValuesString->data,
+						 binaryFormatString);
+		perPlacementQueries = lappend(perPlacementQueries, wrappedQuery->data);
+
+		SetTaskQueryString(wrappedSelectTask, wrappedQuery->data);
+		wrappedTaskList = lappend(wrappedTaskList, wrappedSelectTask);
 	}
+
+	return wrappedTaskList;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * CreatePartitioningTupleDest creates a TupleDestination which consumes results of
+ * tasks constructed in WrapTasksForPartitioning.
+ */
+static PartitioningTupleDest *
+CreatePartitioningTupleDest(CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation)
+{
+	TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = NULL;
+	int resultColumnCount = 3;
+
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_12
+	tupleDescriptor = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(resultColumnCount);
+#else
+	tupleDescriptor = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(resultColumnCount, false);
+#endif
+
+	TupleDescInitEntry(tupleDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 1, "partition_index",
+					   INT4OID, -1, 0);
+	TupleDescInitEntry(tupleDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 2, "result_id",
+					   TEXTOID, -1, 0);
+	TupleDescInitEntry(tupleDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 3, "rows_written",
+					   INT8OID, -1, 0);
+
+
+	PartitioningTupleDest *tupleDest = palloc0(sizeof(PartitioningTupleDest));
+	tupleDest->targetRelation = targetRelation;
+	tupleDest->tupleDesc = tupleDescriptor;
+	tupleDest->pub.putTuple = PartitioningTupleDestPutTuple;
+	tupleDest->pub.tupleDescForQuery =
+		PartitioningTupleDestTupleDescForQuery;
+
+	return tupleDest;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * PartitioningTupleDestTupleDescForQuery implements TupleDestination->putTuple for
+ * PartitioningTupleDest.
+ */
+static void
+PartitioningTupleDestPutTuple(TupleDestination *self, Task *task,
+							  int placementIndex, int queryNumber,
+							  HeapTuple heapTuple, uint64 tupleLibpqSize)
+{
+	PartitioningTupleDest *tupleDest = (PartitioningTupleDest *) self;
+	ShardPlacement *placement = list_nth(task->taskPlacementList, placementIndex);
+
+	DistributedResultFragment *fragment =
+		TupleToDistributedResultFragment(heapTuple, tupleDest->tupleDesc,
+										 tupleDest->targetRelation,
+										 placement->nodeId);
+	tupleDest->fragmentList = lappend(tupleDest->fragmentList, fragment);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * PartitioningTupleDestTupleDescForQuery implements TupleDestination->TupleDescForQuery
+ * for PartitioningTupleDest.
+ */
+static TupleDesc
+PartitioningTupleDestTupleDescForQuery(TupleDestination *self, int queryNumber)
+{
+	Assert(queryNumber == 0);
+
+	PartitioningTupleDest *tupleDest = (PartitioningTupleDest *) self;
+
+	return tupleDest->tupleDesc;
 }
 
 
@@ -323,43 +419,13 @@ CreateArrayFromDatums(Datum *datumArray, bool *nullsArray, int datumCount, Oid t
 static List *
 ExecutePartitionTaskList(List *taskList, CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation)
 {
-	TupleDesc resultDescriptor = NULL;
-	Tuplestorestate *resultStore = NULL;
-	int resultColumnCount = 4;
-
-#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_12
-	resultDescriptor = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(resultColumnCount);
-#else
-	resultDescriptor = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(resultColumnCount, false);
-#endif
-
-	TupleDescInitEntry(resultDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 1, "node_id",
-					   INT4OID, -1, 0);
-	TupleDescInitEntry(resultDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 2, "partition_index",
-					   INT4OID, -1, 0);
-	TupleDescInitEntry(resultDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 3, "result_id",
-					   TEXTOID, -1, 0);
-	TupleDescInitEntry(resultDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 4, "rows_written",
-					   INT8OID, -1, 0);
+	PartitioningTupleDest *tupleDest = CreatePartitioningTupleDest(targetRelation);
 
 	bool errorOnAnyFailure = false;
-	resultStore = ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleStore(taskList, resultDescriptor,
-												   errorOnAnyFailure);
+	ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleDest(taskList, (TupleDestination *) tupleDest,
+									errorOnAnyFailure);
 
-	List *fragmentList = NIL;
-	TupleTableSlot *slot = MakeSingleTupleTableSlotCompat(resultDescriptor,
-														  &TTSOpsMinimalTuple);
-	while (tuplestore_gettupleslot(resultStore, true, false, slot))
-	{
-		DistributedResultFragment *distributedResultFragment =
-			TupleToDistributedResultFragment(slot, targetRelation);
-
-		fragmentList = lappend(fragmentList, distributedResultFragment);
-
-		ExecClearTuple(slot);
-	}
-
-	return fragmentList;
+	return tupleDest->fragmentList;
 }
 
 
@@ -368,14 +434,15 @@ ExecutePartitionTaskList(List *taskList, CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation)
  * WrapTasksForPartitioning() to a DistributedResultFragment.
  */
 static DistributedResultFragment *
-TupleToDistributedResultFragment(TupleTableSlot *tupleSlot,
-								 CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation)
+TupleToDistributedResultFragment(HeapTuple tuple,
+								 TupleDesc tupleDesc,
+								 CitusTableCacheEntry *targetRelation,
+								 uint32 sourceNodeId)
 {
 	bool isNull = false;
-	uint32 sourceNodeId = DatumGetUInt32(slot_getattr(tupleSlot, 1, &isNull));
-	uint32 targetShardIndex = DatumGetUInt32(slot_getattr(tupleSlot, 2, &isNull));
-	text *resultId = DatumGetTextP(slot_getattr(tupleSlot, 3, &isNull));
-	int64 rowCount = DatumGetInt64(slot_getattr(tupleSlot, 4, &isNull));
+	uint32 targetShardIndex = DatumGetUInt32(heap_getattr(tuple, 1, tupleDesc, &isNull));
+	text *resultId = DatumGetTextP(heap_getattr(tuple, 2, tupleDesc, &isNull));
+	int64 rowCount = DatumGetInt64(heap_getattr(tuple, 3, tupleDesc, &isNull));
 
 	Assert(targetShardIndex < targetRelation->shardIntervalArrayLength);
 	ShardInterval *shardInterval =
@@ -395,26 +462,21 @@ TupleToDistributedResultFragment(TupleTableSlot *tupleSlot,
 
 
 /*
- * ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleStore executes the given tasks and returns a tuple
- * store containing its results.
+ * ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleDest executes the given tasks and forwards its result
+ * to the given destination.
  */
-static Tuplestorestate *
-ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleStore(List *taskList, TupleDesc resultDescriptor,
-								 bool errorOnAnyFailure)
+static void
+ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleDest(List *taskList, TupleDestination *tupleDestination,
+								bool errorOnAnyFailure)
 {
 	bool expectResults = true;
 	int targetPoolSize = MaxAdaptiveExecutorPoolSize;
-	bool randomAccess = true;
-	bool interTransactions = false;
 	TransactionProperties xactProperties = {
 		.errorOnAnyFailure = errorOnAnyFailure,
 		.useRemoteTransactionBlocks = TRANSACTION_BLOCKS_REQUIRED,
 		.requires2PC = false
 	};
 
-	Tuplestorestate *resultStore = tuplestore_begin_heap(randomAccess, interTransactions,
-														 work_mem);
-
 	/*
 	 * Local execution is not supported because here we use perPlacementQueryStrings.
 	 * Local execution does not know how to handle it. One solution is to extract and set
@@ -425,14 +487,11 @@ ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleStore(List *taskList, TupleDesc resultDescriptor,
 	ExecutionParams *executionParams = CreateBasicExecutionParams(
 		ROW_MODIFY_READONLY, taskList, targetPoolSize, localExecutionSupported
 		);
-	executionParams->tupleDescriptor = resultDescriptor;
-	executionParams->tupleStore = resultStore;
+	executionParams->tupleDestination = tupleDestination;
 	executionParams->xactProperties = xactProperties;
 	executionParams->expectResults = expectResults;
 
 	ExecuteTaskListExtended(executionParams);
-
-	return resultStore;
 }
 
 
@@ -622,7 +681,6 @@ static void
 ExecuteFetchTaskList(List *taskList)
 {
 	TupleDesc resultDescriptor = NULL;
-	Tuplestorestate *resultStore = NULL;
 	int resultColumnCount = 1;
 
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_12
@@ -633,15 +691,8 @@ ExecuteFetchTaskList(List *taskList)
 
 	TupleDescInitEntry(resultDescriptor, (AttrNumber) 1, "byte_count", INT8OID, -1, 0);
 
+	TupleDestination *tupleDestination = CreateTupleDestNone();
+
 	bool errorOnAnyFailure = true;
-	resultStore = ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleStore(taskList, resultDescriptor,
-												   errorOnAnyFailure);
-
-	TupleTableSlot *slot = MakeSingleTupleTableSlotCompat(resultDescriptor,
-														  &TTSOpsMinimalTuple);
-
-	while (tuplestore_gettupleslot(resultStore, true, false, slot))
-	{
-		ExecClearTuple(slot);
-	}
+	ExecuteSelectTasksIntoTupleDest(taskList, tupleDestination, errorOnAnyFailure);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
index ac47f0109..3d4dbf3b0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
@@ -200,10 +200,11 @@ NonPushableInsertSelectExecScan(CustomScanState *node)
 			scanState->tuplestorestate =
 				tuplestore_begin_heap(randomAccess, interTransactions, work_mem);
 			TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = ScanStateGetTupleDescriptor(scanState);
-			uint64 rowsInserted = ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE,
-																taskList, tupleDescriptor,
-																scanState->tuplestorestate,
-																hasReturning);
+			TupleDestination *tupleDest = CreateTupleStoreTupleDest(
+				scanState->tuplestorestate, tupleDescriptor);
+			uint64 rowsInserted = ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleDest(ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE,
+															   taskList, tupleDest,
+															   hasReturning);
 
 			executorState->es_processed = rowsInserted;
 		}
@@ -262,9 +263,11 @@ NonPushableInsertSelectExecScan(CustomScanState *node)
 					tuplestore_begin_heap(randomAccess, interTransactions, work_mem);
 
 				TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = ScanStateGetTupleDescriptor(scanState);
-				ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE, prunedTaskList,
-											  tupleDescriptor, scanState->tuplestorestate,
-											  hasReturning);
+				TupleDestination *tupleDest = CreateTupleStoreTupleDest(
+					scanState->tuplestorestate, tupleDescriptor);
+
+				ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleDest(ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE, prunedTaskList,
+											 tupleDest, hasReturning);
 
 				if (SortReturning && hasReturning)
 				{
@@ -832,7 +835,7 @@ WrapTaskListForProjection(List *taskList, List *projectedTargetEntries)
 		StringInfo wrappedQuery = makeStringInfo();
 		appendStringInfo(wrappedQuery, "SELECT %s FROM (%s) subquery",
 						 projectedColumnsString->data,
-						 TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task));
+						 TaskQueryString(task));
 		SetTaskQueryString(task, wrappedQuery->data);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c
index fd5bd48c7..5dce24ac7 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ ExecuteLocalTaskListExtended(List *taskList,
 
 		if (isUtilityCommand)
 		{
-			LocallyExecuteUtilityTask(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task));
+			LocallyExecuteUtilityTask(TaskQueryString(task));
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ ExecuteLocalTaskListExtended(List *taskList,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			Query *shardQuery = ParseQueryString(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task),
+			Query *shardQuery = ParseQueryString(TaskQueryString(task),
 												 taskParameterTypes,
 												 taskNumParams);
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ ExecuteLocalTaskListExtended(List *taskList,
 		char *shardQueryString = NULL;
 		if (GetTaskQueryType(task) == TASK_QUERY_TEXT)
 		{
-			shardQueryString = TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task);
+			shardQueryString = TaskQueryString(task);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ LogLocalCommand(Task *task)
 	}
 
 	ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("executing the command locally: %s",
-							ApplyLogRedaction(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task)))));
+							ApplyLogRedaction(TaskQueryString(task)))));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_task_tracker_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_task_tracker_executor.c
index 54ad1e8a6..a9df07251 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_task_tracker_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_task_tracker_executor.c
@@ -1579,8 +1579,7 @@ TrackerQueueSqlTask(TaskTracker *taskTracker, Task *task)
 	 */
 
 	StringInfo sqlTaskQueryString = makeStringInfo();
-	char *escapedTaskQueryString = quote_literal_cstr(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
-														  task));
+	char *escapedTaskQueryString = quote_literal_cstr(TaskQueryString(task));
 
 	if (BinaryMasterCopyFormat)
 	{
@@ -1616,7 +1615,7 @@ TrackerQueueTask(TaskTracker *taskTracker, Task *task)
 
 	/* wrap a task assignment query outside the original query */
 	StringInfo taskAssignmentQuery =
-		TaskAssignmentQuery(task, TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task));
+		TaskAssignmentQuery(task, TaskQueryString(task));
 
 	TrackerTaskState *taskState = TaskStateHashEnter(taskStateHash, task->jobId,
 													 task->taskId);
@@ -2753,7 +2752,7 @@ TrackerHashCleanupJob(HTAB *taskTrackerHash, Task *jobCleanupTask)
 			{
 				/* assign through task tracker to manage resource utilization */
 				StringInfo jobCleanupQuery = TaskAssignmentQuery(
-					jobCleanupTask, TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(jobCleanupTask));
+					jobCleanupTask, TaskQueryString(jobCleanupTask));
 
 				jobCleanupQuerySent = MultiClientSendQuery(taskTracker->connectionId,
 														   jobCleanupQuery->data);
@@ -2832,7 +2831,7 @@ TrackerHashCleanupJob(HTAB *taskTrackerHash, Task *jobCleanupTask)
 											 nodeName, nodePort, (int) queryStatus),
 									  errhint("Manually clean job resources on node "
 											  "\"%s:%u\" by running \"%s\" ", nodeName,
-											  nodePort, TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
+											  nodePort, TaskQueryString(
 												  jobCleanupTask))));
 				}
 				else
@@ -2851,7 +2850,7 @@ TrackerHashCleanupJob(HTAB *taskTrackerHash, Task *jobCleanupTask)
 										 nodePort, (int) resultStatus),
 								  errhint("Manually clean job resources on node "
 										  "\"%s:%u\" by running \"%s\" ", nodeName,
-										  nodePort, TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
+										  nodePort, TaskQueryString(
 											  jobCleanupTask))));
 			}
 			else
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c
index a70d5506a..1fb6b54bc 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c
@@ -450,8 +450,7 @@ DropShards(Oid relationId, char *schemaName, char *relationName,
 				 * connect to that node to drop the shard placement over that
 				 * remote connection.
 				 */
-				const char *dropShardPlacementCommand = TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
-					task);
+				const char *dropShardPlacementCommand = TaskQueryString(task);
 				ExecuteDropShardPlacementCommandRemotely(shardPlacement,
 														 relationName,
 														 dropShardPlacementCommand);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
index 79fb80b5a..d568ff3c7 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ static void UpdateTaskQueryString(Query *query, Oid distributedTableId,
 static void ConvertRteToSubqueryWithEmptyResult(RangeTblEntry *rte);
 static bool ShouldLazyDeparseQuery(Task *task);
 static char * DeparseTaskQuery(Task *task, Query *query);
-static bool IsEachPlacementQueryStringDifferent(Task *task);
 
 
 /*
@@ -117,8 +116,7 @@ RebuildQueryStrings(Job *workerJob)
 		ereport(DEBUG4, (errmsg("query before rebuilding: %s",
 								!isQueryObjectOrText
 								? "(null)"
-								: ApplyLogRedaction(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
-														task)))));
+								: ApplyLogRedaction(TaskQueryString(task)))));
 
 		UpdateTaskQueryString(query, relationId, valuesRTE, task);
 
@@ -129,8 +127,7 @@ RebuildQueryStrings(Job *workerJob)
 		task->parametersInQueryStringResolved = workerJob->parametersInJobQueryResolved;
 
 		ereport(DEBUG4, (errmsg("query after rebuilding:  %s",
-								ApplyLogRedaction(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
-													  task)))));
+								ApplyLogRedaction(TaskQueryString(task)))));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -464,19 +461,6 @@ SetTaskQueryString(Task *task, char *queryString)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * SetTaskPerPlacementQueryStrings set the perPlacementQueryString for the given task.
- */
-void
-SetTaskPerPlacementQueryStrings(Task *task, List *perPlacementQueryStringList)
-{
-	Assert(perPlacementQueryStringList != NIL);
-	task->taskQuery.queryType = TASK_QUERY_TEXT_PER_PLACEMENT;
-	task->taskQuery.data.perPlacementQueryStrings = perPlacementQueryStringList;
-	task->queryCount = 1;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * SetTaskQueryStringList sets the queryStringList of the given task.
  */
@@ -530,14 +514,14 @@ GetTaskQueryType(Task *task)
 
 
 /*
- * TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements generates task query string text if missing.
+ * TaskQueryString generates task query string text if missing.
  *
  * For performance reasons, the queryString is generated lazily. For example
  * for local queries it is usually not needed to generate it, so this way we
  * can skip the expensive deparsing+parsing.
  */
 char *
-TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(Task *task)
+TaskQueryString(Task *task)
 {
 	int taskQueryType = GetTaskQueryType(task);
 	if (taskQueryType == TASK_QUERY_NULL)
@@ -562,8 +546,6 @@ TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(Task *task)
 
 	/*
 	 *	At this point task query type should be TASK_QUERY_OBJECT.
-	 *  if someone calls this method inappropriately with TASK_QUERY_TEXT_PER_PLACEMENT case
-	 *  (instead of TaskQueryStringForPlacement), they will hit this assert.
 	 */
 	Assert(task->taskQuery.queryType == TASK_QUERY_OBJECT &&
 		   jobQueryReferenceForLazyDeparsing != NULL);
@@ -584,32 +566,3 @@ TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(Task *task)
 	SetTaskQueryString(task, queryString);
 	return task->taskQuery.data.queryStringLazy;
 }
-
-
-/*
- * TaskQueryStringForPlacement returns the query string that should be executed
- * on the placement with the given placementIndex.
- */
-char *
-TaskQueryStringForPlacement(Task *task, int placementIndex)
-{
-	if (IsEachPlacementQueryStringDifferent(task))
-	{
-		List *perPlacementQueryStringList =
-			task->taskQuery.data.perPlacementQueryStrings;
-		Assert(list_length(perPlacementQueryStringList) > placementIndex);
-		return list_nth(perPlacementQueryStringList, placementIndex);
-	}
-	return TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task);
-}
-
-
-/*
- * IsEachPlacementQueryStringDifferent returns true if each placement
- * has a different query string.
- */
-static bool
-IsEachPlacementQueryStringDifferent(Task *task)
-{
-	return GetTaskQueryType(task) == TASK_QUERY_TEXT_PER_PLACEMENT;
-}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
index 1eb3354b1..e3020d1b4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
@@ -606,9 +606,7 @@ FetchRemoteExplainFromWorkers(Task *task, ExplainState *es)
 	RemoteExplainPlan *remotePlan = (RemoteExplainPlan *) palloc0(
 		sizeof(RemoteExplainPlan));
 
-	StringInfo explainQuery = BuildRemoteExplainQuery(TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(
-														  task),
-													  es);
+	StringInfo explainQuery = BuildRemoteExplainQuery(TaskQueryString(task), es);
 
 	/*
 	 * Use a coordinated transaction to ensure that we open a transaction block
@@ -694,7 +692,7 @@ ExplainTask(CitusScanState *scanState, Task *task, int placementIndex,
 
 	if (es->verbose)
 	{
-		const char *queryText = TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(task);
+		const char *queryText = TaskQueryString(task);
 		ExplainPropertyText("Query", queryText, es);
 	}
 
@@ -1312,7 +1310,7 @@ ExplainAnalyzeTaskList(List *originalTaskList,
 		}
 
 		Task *explainAnalyzeTask = copyObject(originalTask);
-		const char *queryString = TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(explainAnalyzeTask);
+		const char *queryString = TaskQueryString(explainAnalyzeTask);
 		char *wrappedQuery = WrapQueryForExplainAnalyze(queryString, tupleDesc);
 		char *fetchQuery =
 			"SELECT explain_analyze_output FROM worker_last_saved_explain_analyze()";
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_physical_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_physical_planner.c
index df8c4ec9b..7545267ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_physical_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_physical_planner.c
@@ -4534,7 +4534,7 @@ CreateMapQueryString(MapMergeJob *mapMergeJob, Task *filterTask,
 
 	/* wrap repartition query string around filter query string */
 	StringInfo mapQueryString = makeStringInfo();
-	char *filterQueryString = TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(filterTask);
+	char *filterQueryString = TaskQueryString(filterTask);
 	char *filterQueryEscapedText = quote_literal_cstr(filterQueryString);
 	PartitionType partitionType = mapMergeJob->partitionType;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_copyfuncs.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_copyfuncs.c
index 3314fd8a0..e676dabe8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_copyfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_copyfuncs.c
@@ -284,12 +284,6 @@ CopyTaskQuery(Task *newnode, Task *from)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		case TASK_QUERY_TEXT_PER_PLACEMENT:
-		{
-			COPY_STRING_LIST(taskQuery.data.perPlacementQueryStrings);
-			break;
-		}
-
 		case TASK_QUERY_TEXT_LIST:
 		{
 			COPY_STRING_LIST(taskQuery.data.queryStringList);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_outfuncs.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_outfuncs.c
index 1dd20a825..903b94e94 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_outfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_outfuncs.c
@@ -490,12 +490,6 @@ static void WriteTaskQuery(OUTFUNC_ARGS) {
 			break;
 		}
 
-		case TASK_QUERY_TEXT_PER_PLACEMENT:
-		{
-			WRITE_NODE_FIELD(taskQuery.data.perPlacementQueryStrings);
-			break;
-		}
-
 		case TASK_QUERY_TEXT_LIST:
 		{
 			WRITE_NODE_FIELD(taskQuery.data.queryStringList);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/deparse_shard_query.h b/src/include/distributed/deparse_shard_query.h
index 7eef84675..9ab4cdbff 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/deparse_shard_query.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/deparse_shard_query.h
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ extern bool UpdateRelationToShardNames(Node *node, List *relationShardList);
 extern void SetTaskQueryIfShouldLazyDeparse(Task *task, Query *query);
 extern void SetTaskQueryString(Task *task, char *queryString);
 extern void SetTaskQueryStringList(Task *task, List *queryStringList);
-extern void SetTaskPerPlacementQueryStrings(Task *task,
-											List *perPlacementQueryStringList);
-extern char * TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(Task *task);
-extern char * TaskQueryStringForPlacement(Task *task, int placementIndex);
+extern char * TaskQueryString(Task *task);
 extern bool UpdateRelationsToLocalShardTables(Node *node, List *relationShardList);
 extern int GetTaskQueryType(Task *task);
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h b/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h
index 1aed861b0..675734db9 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "distributed/citus_custom_scan.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_physical_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_server_executor.h"
+#include "distributed/tuple_destination.h"
 
 
 /* managed via guc.c */
@@ -87,11 +88,8 @@ typedef struct ExecutionParams
 	/* taskList contains the tasks for the execution.*/
 	List *taskList;
 
-	/* tupleDescriptor contains the description for the result tuples.*/
-	TupleDesc tupleDescriptor;
-
-	/* tupleStore is where the results will be stored for this execution */
-	Tuplestorestate *tupleStore;
+	/* where to forward each tuple received */
+	TupleDestination *tupleDestination;
 
 	/* expectResults is true if this execution will return some result. */
 	bool expectResults;
@@ -120,10 +118,9 @@ ExecutionParams * CreateBasicExecutionParams(RowModifyLevel modLevel,
 											 bool localExecutionSupported);
 
 extern uint64 ExecuteTaskListExtended(ExecutionParams *executionParams);
-extern uint64 ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(RowModifyLevel modLevel, List *taskList,
-											TupleDesc tupleDescriptor,
-											Tuplestorestate *tupleStore,
-											bool expectResults);
+extern uint64 ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleDest(RowModifyLevel modLevel, List *taskList,
+										   TupleDestination *tupleDest,
+										   bool expectResults);
 extern bool IsCitusCustomState(PlanState *planState);
 extern TupleTableSlot * CitusExecScan(CustomScanState *node);
 extern TupleTableSlot * ReturnTupleFromTuplestore(CitusScanState *scanState);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h b/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h
index c21659088..cb7f160d2 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ typedef enum TaskQueryType
 	TASK_QUERY_NULL,
 	TASK_QUERY_TEXT,
 	TASK_QUERY_OBJECT,
-	TASK_QUERY_TEXT_PER_PLACEMENT,
 	TASK_QUERY_TEXT_LIST
 } TaskQueryType;
 
@@ -238,20 +237,15 @@ typedef struct TaskQuery
 
 		/*
 		 * In almost all cases queryStringLazy should be read only indirectly by
-		 * using TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements(). This will populate the field if only the
+		 * using TaskQueryString(). This will populate the field if only the
 		 * jobQueryReferenceForLazyDeparsing field is not NULL.
 		 *
 		 * This field should only be set by using SetTaskQueryString() (or as a
-		 * side effect from TaskQueryStringForAllPlacements()). Otherwise it might not be in sync
+		 * side effect from TaskQueryString()). Otherwise it might not be in sync
 		 * with jobQueryReferenceForLazyDeparsing.
 		 */
 		char *queryStringLazy;
 
-		/*
-		 * perPlacementQueryStrings is used when we have different query strings for each placement.
-		 */
-		List *perPlacementQueryStrings;
-
 		/*
 		 * queryStringList contains query strings. They should be
 		 * run sequentially. The concatenated version of this list