RUB ME TENDER

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

Power ranking

#6324

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1393

peak 1393 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2021-07-23

Best ToY finish

#1026

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 86%

overall standings

Best overall

646.1832 / 720

Master · New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

623.62 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 614.11 (+9.51)

Walk rate

17%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7028

Pork Ribs · Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge

Consistency

±23.04

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 156.27 · weakest Brisket (148.50)

Road miles

13,876

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 1668 mi

Schedule strength

30%

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

Purse competed for

$31K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

614.11 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

259.19 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (7 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.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 72%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 72%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.78 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 148.50
Pork Ribs avg 156.27
0 calls in 15 entries

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ (2021-07-23).

last seen 2019-08-31
back 2021-07-23

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

A July team

Top 77% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 77% across 4 contests, versus top 86% the rest of the year.

4 July contests
top 86% the rest of the year

The long haul

13,876 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 13,876 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,668 miles to Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch.

22 mapped stops
furthest 1,668 mi

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.

Papa Bears KC Barbecue

#6325 of the rated field

1393 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1393

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE

#6323 of the rated field

1394 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1394

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 27 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke & Beer BBQ

#6326 of the rated field

1392 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1392

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

CDS BBQ

#6322 of the rated field

1394 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1394

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-07-07

⚔ Head-to-head

4 BOXERS Q

#6321 of the rated field

1395 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 73
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1395

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 73 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

YARDHOGS BBQ

#6328 of the rated field

1392 ▼ 2 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1392

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	1	166.2628	106.0116	153.04	top 75%
Pork Ribs	18	3	169.7028	143.9996	156.27	top 61%
Pork	15	0	162.2628	141.1428	151.63	top 86%
Brisket	15	0	167.3828	133.0744	148.50	top 82%

“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
TN	5	top 93%
MS	3	top 97%
KS	1	top 86%
NE	1	top 86%
NJ	1	top 38%
AB	1	top 85%
FL	1	top 72%
DE	1	top 77%
MD	1	top 85%
IL	1	top 92%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 91%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 82%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	2	25	0	top 91%	2018-07-20

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.4 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2021-07-23

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 5 of 23 contests · 11 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 156.27 · weakest Brisket (148.50)

Walk rate 17% a top-10 call in 4 of 23 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 23 contests

Master average 614.11 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 259.19 out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 669 124–768 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 13,876 22 mapped stops · furthest 1,668 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests

Purse competed for $31,100 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs 2019-08-31 → 2021-07-23

Power rating 1393 peak 1393 · #6324 of 6,413 rated

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

First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
2013
Mar 15 Peak power rating (1485) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
May 17 First call Middletown BBQ Cook Off
2014
Aug 29 10th tracked contest Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series)
2019
Jul 12 Career-best overall score646.1832 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Aug 31 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7028 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge
2021
Jul 23 Most recent contest Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.6	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2019-07-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.6	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2013-03-15
-13.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-05-10
-11.6	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2015-03-13
-11.5	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	2014-03-14
-10.4	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	2013-04-19

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	0%	top 92%	72%	72%
2021	1	0%	top 86%	89.3%	89.3%
2019	3	33%	top 72%	89.7%	87.9%
2018	1	0%	top 100%	79.9%	79.9%
2017	2	0%	top 89%	88.9%	85.7%
2016	1	0%	top 83%	88.9%	88.9%
2015	3	0%	top 99%	82.8%	82.8%
2014	5	20%	top 95%	84%	84%
2013	6	33%	top 85%	88.2%	83.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-07-23	Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS	24 / 28 (643.3028)	21 (161.1200)	18 (164.0000)	27 (150.8000)	17 (167.3828)
2019-08-31	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	24 / 28 (624.9832)	25 (153.6456)	15 (169.7028)	23 (159.4060)	28 (142.2288)
2019-08-23	Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN	36 / 39 (628.4460)	35 (160.5600)	36 (152.5144)	38 (151.9544)	21 (163.4172)
2019-07-12	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	24 / 64 (646.1832)	20 (166.2628)	6 (166.8688)	36 (161.0972)	45 (151.9544)
2018-07-20	*BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	25 / 25 (575.1884)	25 (142.8000)	23 (149.0856)	25 (142.8228)	25 (140.4800)
2017-08-25	Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN	37 / 40 (639.9088)	40 (152.5372)	28 (165.7144)	39 (155.9428)	27 (165.7144)
2017-05-13	Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Okotoks, AB	29 / 34 (593.6688)	23 (154.8344)	16 (157.7372)	26 (148.0228)	34 (133.0744)
2016-07-22	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	39 / 47 (639.8972)	44 (157.0972)	42 (154.2400)	34 (162.2628)	25 (166.2972)
2015-11-20	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	—	—	—	—	—
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	93 / 94 (595.8172)	68 (163.9312)	93 (145.6800)	93 (146.8344)	94 (139.3716)
2015-01-30	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	—	—	—	—	—
2014-11-21	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	—	—	—	—	—
2014-11-07	Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic Florence, MS	—	—	—	—	—
2014-08-29	Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series) Westport, CT	—	15 (148.5372)	10 (148.0000)	—	—
2014-03-14	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	90 / 95 (605.0404)	94 (145.1544)	73 (153.7144)	67 (161.6800)	89 (144.4916)
2014-01-23	The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	—	—	—	—	—
2013-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	38 / 53 (634.6972)	32 (162.2744)	14 (166.8344)	42 (156.5372)	44 (149.0512)
2013-08-31	Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series) Westport, CT	—	9 (153.7028)	12 (148.5372)	—	—
2013-05-17	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	43 / 56 (594.8568)	39 (150.2854)	4 (164.0000)	47 (142.8572)	51 (137.7142)
2013-05-10	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Knoxville, TN	28 / 29 (611.4276)	22 (161.1426)	28 (143.9996)	27 (149.7140)	22 (156.5714)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	90 / 106 (585.1424)	27 (162.8570)	83 (145.1428)	89 (143.4286)	93 (133.7140)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	96 / 100 (593.1428)	92 (151.9998)	47 (164.0000)	99 (141.1428)	98 (136.0002)
	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	35 / 38 (259.1888)	36 (106.0116)	18 (153.1772)	—	—

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1920 (65 pts)	#1884 (85 pts)	#1324 (175 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1026 (279 pts)	#1048 (294 pts)	#773 (429 pts)	#1092 (279 pts)	#1019 (294 pts)