RUB THIS BBQ

RUB THIS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 6th of 31 at The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival (2013). They are ranked #4314 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,314

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1477

peak 1513 · rated over 12 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 18, 2013

latest Aug 4, 2017 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#947

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

8% of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

661.7140 / 720

Master · The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.75

last 5 Master vs avg 634.22 (-0.47)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4286

Pork · The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival

Consistency

±14.87

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.74 · weakest Brisket (153.84)

Road miles

1,112

across 12 mapped stops · furthest 197 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

634.22 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 39%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
2 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.90 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 153.84
Chicken avg 161.74
2 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WIZARD OF QZ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared chicken entries.

A May team

Top 46% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 46% across 3 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 64% the rest of the year

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The metronome

±2.06% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.06% 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
12 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
2013 ↗	Master	#947 (308 pts)	#1107 (273 pts)	#905 (348 pts)	#919 (348 pts)	#1141 (253 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RUB THIS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

THE PERFECT BUTT

#4,306 of the rated field

1477 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1477

3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to RUB THIS BBQ)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — RUB THIS BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2015

⚔ Head-to-head

KC BUTT-RUBBERS

#4,332 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1517

They've been 1517 at their best, 40 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2022

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OVER-THE-HILL BBQ

#4,290 of the rated field

1477 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2022

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BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ

#4,294 of the rated field

1477 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Feb 23, 2024

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B Team BBQ MO

#4,287 of the rated field

1477 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1477

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 17 contests, alongside a 35% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Butts on the Barbie

#4,326 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1476

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen Nov 17, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rogue Hog BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
QUE AND A HALF MEN	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MEAT @ SLIMS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WIZARD OF QZ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
THE DEVINE SWINE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BONEYARD SMOKERS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	3	0	0	170.8456	146.8456	161.74	top 53%
Pork Ribs	12	5	1	2	174.8800	145.6916	160.42	top 53%
Pork	12	2	1	1	175.4286	147.3484	158.22	top 62%
Brisket	12	2	0	0	169.1428	137.6228	153.84	top 62%

“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 65%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 67%
Large (40+)	3	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CT	4	top 70%
VT	2	top 57%
RI	2	top 76%
MA	2	top 23%
NH	1	top 97%
ME	1	top 79%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2	11	0	top 60%	May 6, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CT 4 of 12 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 11 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 196 finished ahead 149 times, behind 251

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

20171 milestone

Aug 4 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20161 milestone

Jul 23 10th tracked contest The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival

20138 milestones

May 18 First tracked contest The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First call The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First category win (Pork) The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First overall top-10 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.7140 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 Career-best overall score661.7140 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4286 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
Sep 14 Peak power rating (1513) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.6	The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival	May 18, 2013
+8.5	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	Sep 14, 2013
+1.5	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 6, 2017
+1.3	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ	Jul 25, 2014
+0.7	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	Jul 23, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 4, 2016
-7.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 8, 2014
-6.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 4, 2017
-6.5	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships	Jul 20, 2013
-6.2	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off	Jul 17, 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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0	0	100%	top 71%	88%	87.5%
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 79%	91.1%	88.3%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 77%	88.6%	88.4%
2014	3	0	0	67%	top 65%	88.6%	87.1%
2013	3	1	2	100%	top 39%	91.9%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 4, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT	26 / 30 (633.5996)	9 (168.5484)	6 (168.5828)	22 (158.8456)	29 (137.6228)
May 6, 2017	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	21 / 38 (625.6916)	11 (161.6916)	35 (145.6916)	17 (158.3084)	8 (160)
Jul 23, 2016	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	16 / 26 (655.9316)	13 (166.8344)	9 (169.1660)	14 (163.4056)	19 (156.5256)
Jun 4, 2016	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	31 / 32 (615.9540)	28 (158.2628)	11 (168.0228)	30 (149.6684)	32 (140)
Jul 17, 2015	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	30 / 37 (637.5880)	32 (156.5140)	30 (159.4056)	29 (155.9428)	17 (165.7256)
Jun 13, 2015	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	38 / 52 (635.3596)	12 (170.8456)	39 (158.2400)	38 (154.8456)	40 (151.4284)
Aug 8, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME	22 / 28 (608.4688)	18 (158.2512)	25 (147.3716)	20 (155.4516)	21 (147.3944)
Jul 25, 2014	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	18 / 34 (637.6452)	21 (159.9768)	30 (149.1428)	10 (164.5484)	13 (163.9772)
May 3, 2014	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	11 / 17 (634.7772)	6 (166.8228)	5 (160.5600)	13 (157.7144)	12 (149.6800)
Sep 14, 2013	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	11 / 42 (644.6168)	25 (158.8456)	1 (174.8800)	25 (157.1312)	24 (153.7600)
Jul 20, 2013	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	33 / 46 (619.3140)	44 (146.8456)	2 (174.3200)	42 (147.3484)	31 (150.8000)
May 18, 2013	The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA	6 / 31 (661.7140)	4 (167.4284)	25 (149.7142)	1 (175.4286)	5 (169.1428)

RUB THIS 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

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A May team

The metronome

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

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 — 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)