RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1353

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1574

peak 1574 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2018-09-28

Best ToY finish

#730

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

693.7028 / 720

Master · *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

675.33 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 659.07 (+16.26)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Down Town Barbecue Throw down (JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±17.35

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.10 · weakest Brisket (162.77)

Road miles

11,546

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 1370 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Master avg

659.07 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (13 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

On the rise

+47 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 47 points across 6 contests since 2017-09-29 — from 1527 up to 1574.

6 contests since 2017-09-29
now 1574

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.7028 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.7028 at *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-05-04

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

18–2 behind in the head-to-head

Bad Boyz BBQ ahead in 90% of their meetings

Bad Boyz BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.33 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 32% of the time against 18%.

Brisket avg 162.77
Chicken avg 167.10
9 calls in 28 entries

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Que'd Up in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

16 of 20 shared chicken entries lost

Bad Boyz BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Bad Boyz BBQ has out-cooked them in 16 of 20 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THUNDERDOME BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 26% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 26% across 3 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 50% the rest of the year

The long haul

11,546 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,546 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,370 miles to World Barbecue Championship.

28 mapped stops
furthest 1,370 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 91.5% of a perfect score
28 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY

#1358 of the rated field

1573 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1593

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ)

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

rated over 35 contests
last seen 2016-04-15

⚔ Head-to-head

SmoKEN Meatz

#1354 of the rated field

1574 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1574

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 30 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2026-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

MONKEYS' UNCLES BBQ

#1357 of the rated field

1573 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1586

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

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Go Ham BBQ

#1352 of the rated field

1574 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1594

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 5 Grand Championships in 24 contests, alongside a 38% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

InTheRedZoneBBQ

#1355 of the rated field

1574 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1574

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Barton BBQ

#1350 of the rated field

1574 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1574

No shared contest yet.

Level with RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-04-10

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bad Boyz BBQ	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	18	11	7	61%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
MONSOON BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
Karnivorous	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
SHIG NINJA BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
TOYS 4 BBQ'N	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Que'd Up	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	5	0	1	180.0000 🔥	154.8228	167.10	top 49%
Pork Ribs	28	7	0	1	176.0116	150.2856	164.65	top 48%
Pork	28	6	0	3	178.2972	139.8856	164.54	top 52%
Brisket	28	9	1	3	176.0228	138.8572	162.77	top 51%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AZ	17	top 52%
NV	5	top 59%
CA	4	top 31%
AL	1	top 74%
CO	1	top 32%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	15	top 54%
Large (40+)	12	top 42%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Del Mar BBQ Championship	2	7	top 46%	2017-08-18
USA Barbecue Championship	2	24	top 70%	2016-10-27
Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	2	10	top 53%	2014-06-13

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.7 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2018-09-28

Busiest season 2016 7 contests

Contests a season 4.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AZ 17 of 28 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 25 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 28 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.10 · weakest Brisket (162.77)

Walk rate 79% a top-10 call in 22 of 28 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 4 of 28 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 659.07 out of 720 · 28 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 542 627–593 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 11,546 28 mapped stops · furthest 1,370 mi

Schedule strength 1568 average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests

Power rating 1574 peak 1574 · #1353 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jan 25 First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Feb 16 First call Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4282 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
2014
Oct 30 10th tracked contest USA Barbecue Championship
2016
Feb 19 First category win (Brisket) *The Queen Creek BBQ Battle
2017
Dec 15 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Down Town Barbecue Throw down (JUDGES FULL)
2018
Jan 19 25th tracked contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
May 4 First overall podium *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown
May 4 Career-best overall score693.7028 *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown
Sep 28 Peak power rating (1574) Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival
Sep 28 Most recent contest Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	*City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown	2018-05-04
+14.7	Del Mar BBQ Championship	2016-07-15
+14.5	Turf & Surf BBQ Championship	2018-08-17
+11.5	Outwest Food Fest BBQ Competiton	2017-01-27
+11	The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series)	2014-02-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-22
-9.5	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	2013-02-16
-7.2	Del Mar BBQ Championship	2017-08-18
-6.6	AZ Rhythm & Ribs	2014-09-05
-6	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	2014-06-13

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	4	2	0	75%	top 26%	96.3%	93.8%
2017	4	0	0	100%	top 51%	94.4%	92.2%
2016	7	1	1	86%	top 51%	95.6%	92.2%
2015	3	0	0	67%	top 47%	93.1%	91.8%
2014	5	0	0	80%	top 57%	93%	90.6%
2013	5	1	0	60%	top 62%	91.6%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-28	Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	18 / 40 (657.5768)	27 (159.9428)	21 (162.2628)	10 (171.9656)	18 (163.4056)
2018-08-17	Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA	4 / 51 (679.9084)	9 (172.5484)	32 (161.0856)	2 (178.2972)	13 (167.9772)
2018-05-04	*City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	3 / 52 (693.7028)	20 (170.8344)	16 (172.0000)	7 (174.8456)	2 (176.0228)
2018-01-19	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	31 / 70 (670.7084)	16 (173.1084)	40 (165.6800)	15 (171.9772)	53 (159.9428)
2017-12-15	Down Town Barbecue Throw down (JUDGES FULL) Las Vegas, NV	12 / 30 (674.7544)	2 (180.0000)	11 (168.5372)	13 (169.1200)	26 (157.0972)
2017-09-29	Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	19 / 36 (664.4680)	20 (162.2284)	24 (162.8684)	14 (169.6800)	10 (169.6912)
2017-08-18	Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA	40 / 52 (637.4968)	37 (161.1084)	29 (163.3828)	52 (139.8856)	8 (173.1200)
2017-01-27	Outwest Food Fest BBQ Competiton Quartzsite, AZ	12 / 34 (679.3484)	17 (170.2628)	4 (173.1544)	26 (164.5256)	10 (171.4056)
2016-12-09	Down Town Throw Down Barbecue Championships Las Vegas, NV	19 / 28 (663.8972)	13 (171.9772)	9 (171.4172)	27 (154.8228)	15 (165.6800)
2016-11-11	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	66 / 89 (659.8284)	34 (171.9772)	70 (161.6572)	52 (166.2628)	72 (159.9312)
2016-11-04	World BBQ Festival Peoria, AZ	16 / 31 (655.3716)	30 (154.8228)	3 (173.7716)	28 (155.9200)	9 (170.8572)
2016-10-27	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	24 / 36 (658.6972)	31 (161.6456)	5 (173.7028)	19 (166.8344)	31 (156.5144)
2016-07-15	Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA	7 / 47 (688.5260)	5 (175.4516)	19 (170.2628)	2 (175.4288)	23 (167.3828)
2016-05-06	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	14 / 39 (669.6116)	12 (171.4172)	8 (173.1544)	23 (163.9428)	24 (161.0972)
2016-02-19	*The Queen Creek BBQ Battle Queen Creek, AZ	17 / 37 (649.0400)	20 (164.5600)	33 (152.5144)	29 (158.2284)	1 (173.7372)
2015-12-11	2015 Downtown Barbecue Throwdown Las Vegas, NV	14 / 30 (670.2284)	13 (171.4056)	16 (165.1200)	24 (158.8572)	4 (174.8456)
2015-05-01	Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	13 / 35 (666.7888)	23 (165.7256)	23 (161.6572)	17 (165.1088)	2 (174.2972)
2015-02-27	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	47 / 82 (645.0632)	16 (170.2856)	66 (152.5260)	46 (163.4172)	49 (158.8344)
2014-10-30	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	58 / 79 (653.6800)	54 (165.1200)	4 (176.0116)	61 (161.1772)	70 (151.3712)
2014-09-12	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	15 / 47 (669.5884)	5 (176.5600)	19 (165.1200)	18 (168.5140)	31 (159.3944)
2014-09-05	AZ Rhythm & Ribs Cottonwood, AZ	14 / 17 (652.4344)	15 (160.5256)	14 (158.8116)	11 (166.2400)	12 (166.8572)
2014-06-13	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	26 / 35 (634.6856)	27 (162.2284)	17 (161.6800)	10 (167.3828)	34 (143.3944)
2014-02-21	The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series) Indio, CA	12 / 48 (650.1828)	4 (173.1772)	11 (162.2628)	24 (159.3600)	34 (155.3828)
2013-10-18	A Smokin' Good Time Prescott Valley, AZ	13 / 24 (655.3368)	12 (165.6912)	17 (160.5372)	18 (159.4172)	4 (169.6912)
2013-06-14	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	10 / 32 (659.4282)	18 (163.4286)	9 (168.5712)	14 (164.5714)	11 (162.8570)
2013-03-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	28 / 30 (608.0004)	15 (161.7144)	23 (153.7144)	24 (153.7144)	29 (138.8572)
2013-02-16	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	25 / 31 (644.5714)	31 (158.8570)	29 (150.2856)	2 (173.1430)	17 (162.2858)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	44 / 86 (641.1432)	38 (162.2858)	12 (168.5716)	39 (164.5714)	77 (145.7144)

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

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017 ↗	Master	#1708 (124 pts)	#2050 (99 pts)	#1406 (209 pts)	#2794 (59 pts)	#1730 (134 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#927 (363 pts)	#950 (383 pts)	#745 (538 pts)	#1221 (273 pts)	#754 (513 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1887 (110 pts)	#1892 (115 pts)	#1977 (100 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#1348 (205 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1052 (294 pts)	#966 (364 pts)	#864 (424 pts)	#1116 (294 pts)	#1206 (254 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#730 (427 pts)	#741 (442 pts)	#674 (492 pts)	#564 (587 pts)	#578 (552 pts)