RUB'N WOOD

RUB'N WOOD is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 102 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2019). They are ranked #966 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “RUB-N-WOOD”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#966

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1608

peak 1608 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2013

latest Sep 23, 2022 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#589

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5712 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

679.70 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.01 (+21.68)

Walk rate

61%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

Consistency

±23.84

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.55 · weakest Brisket (160.38)

Road miles

7,106

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 696 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Purse competed for

$22K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.01 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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

Pork ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 6% average finish here

Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque is their spot: an average finish in the top 6% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 6%

They almost always walk

61% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 61% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.5712 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5712 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 24, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Fat&Dumb BBQ has finished one call ahead of RUB'N WOOD 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 23%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 23%

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

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The weak link

−9.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.17 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 35%.

Brisket avg 160.38
Chicken avg 169.55
6 calls in 31 entries

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of T'S SMOKIN PIT in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) (Sep 24, 2021).

last seen Oct 25, 2019
back Sep 24, 2021

Chicken nemesis

11 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

913 BBQ ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SKYY FULL OF SMOKE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 26% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 26% across 10 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

10 September contests
top 42% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,106 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,106 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 696 miles to Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship.

31 mapped stops
furthest 696 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 3rd

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
2019 ↗	Master	#589 (555 pts)	#713 (475 pts)	#666 (510 pts)	#591 (580 pts)	#737 (450 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1021 (270 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1453 (160 pts)	#930 (345 pts)	#1074 (270 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1516 (165 pts)	#2043 (100 pts)	#1970 (115 pts)	#1579 (165 pts)	#1234 (250 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1101 (265 pts)	#821 (440 pts)	#1234 (250 pts)	#1077 (310 pts)	#1274 (230 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#981 (320 pts)	#1034 (330 pts)	#1016 (335 pts)	#801 (465 pts)	#1069 (300 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1118 (247 pts)	#538 (602 pts)	#1304 (217 pts)	#1282 (212 pts)	#1144 (252 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RUB'N WOOD, each with one reason worth a look.

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

STARS AND STRIPES BBQ

#963 of the rated field

1609 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1620

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to RUB'N WOOD)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RUB'N WOOD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Jun 17, 2016

⚔ Head-to-head

FASTLANE BBQ CREW

#964 of the rated field

1609 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1623

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RUB'N WOOD)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before RUB'N WOOD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

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Wapatui Smokers

#971 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1608

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 35 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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Ribs n Pigs BBQ

#970 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 85%
Peak: 1617

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 1, 2026
on a 10-contest top-10 run

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Pits and Grills

#968 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1608

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 22 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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MUSIC CITY BBQ

#965 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1608

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Fat&Dumb BBQ	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
Evening Wood	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
Why Not Smoke	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
Big D & The Briquettes	10	10	0	100%	⚔ compare
PORK 'N MINDY	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
IHC BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
OVERLAND PORK BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
KCQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
SKUNK RIVER BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SMF	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	11	0	5	179.4400	156.0228	169.55	top 31%
Pork Ribs	31	4	0	0	175.4172	124.3544	163.69	top 43%
Pork	31	6	1	1	180 🔥	131.4056	164.40	top 43%
Brisket	31	6	0	1	177.1772	144.4684	160.38	top 52%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 46%
Large (40+)	26	0	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	18	top 34%
MO	7	top 44%
CO	3	top 64%
IN	1	top 57%
NM	1	top 73%
KY	1	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	7	3	top 25%	Sep 23, 2022
Sertoma 48 BBQ	3	12	top 32%	Apr 26, 2019
Border War Barbeque	2	26	top 66%	Oct 25, 2019
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	2	4	top 6%	Sep 21, 2018
Smokin' Brew BBQ	2	37	top 78%	Sep 5, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 9 contests

Contests a season 3.4 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 18 of 31 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 20 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,548 finished ahead 1,918 times, behind 1,152

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Oct 25, 2019 → Sep 24, 2021

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

20222 milestones

Sep 23 Peak power rating (1608) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 23 Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20211 milestone

Sep 24 Career-best overall score696.5712 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)

20192 milestones

Mar 15 25th tracked contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
Sep 27 First overall podium Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20182 milestones

Sep 21 First category win (Pork) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
Sep 21 First perfect 180 (Pork) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

20171 milestone

Sep 22 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

20151 milestone

Apr 17 10th tracked contest 7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest

20141 milestone

Aug 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8280 Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway

20132 milestones

Jun 14 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 14 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	Sep 21, 2018
+12.3	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2019
+12.3	2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q	Oct 20, 2017
+12.1	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	Sep 22, 2017
+11.2	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)	Sep 24, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.2	Smokin' Brew BBQ	Aug 30, 2013
-6.7	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 23, 2013
-6.3	Border War Barbeque	Oct 26, 2018
-6.1	Smokin' Brew BBQ	Sep 5, 2015
-6.1	Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship	Jul 3, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 17%	94%	94%
2021	1	1	0	100%	top 6%	96.7%	96.7%
2019	5	1	0	60%	top 37%	95.9%	93.3%
2018	3	1	1	67%	top 35%	96.3%	93.3%
2017	3	2	0	67%	top 23%	96.5%	94%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 15%	93.2%	93.2%
2015	9	0	0	67%	top 49%	92.8%	90.3%
2014	4	0	0	25%	top 46%	92.2%	90.2%
2013	4	0	0	50%	top 70%	87.4%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 23, 2022	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	15 / 87 (677.0972)	2 (179.4400)	24 (170.8344)	48 (163.3944)	39 (163.4284)
Sep 24, 2021	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS	5 / 86 (696.5712)	3 (178.2972)	15 (172.5828)	19 (170.8112)	10 (174.8800)
Oct 25, 2019	Border War Barbeque 🏅 Osawatomie, KS	26 / 44 (665.0172)	19 (169.7028)	8 (172.5600)	42 (151.9200)	20 (170.8344)
Sep 27, 2019	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	3 / 102 (690.2056)	37 (167.9656)	11 (172.5600)	6 (175.4172)	7 (174.2628)
Apr 26, 2019	Sertoma 48 BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS	13 / 38 (669.5884)	9 (169.6800)	17 (166.2628)	6 (170.8228)	21 (162.8228)
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	57 / 104 (663.3372)	66 (165.1316)	49 (166.2856)	16 (173.1200)	72 (158.8000)
Mar 15, 2019	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	21 / 64 (671.9316)	13 (171.9772)	24 (165.7144)	24 (167.9772)	28 (166.2628)
Oct 26, 2018	Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS	41 / 56 (655.2224)	38 (166.2400)	39 (165.1084)	30 (166.2400)	45 (157.6340)
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	4 / 107 (693.6800)	42 (165.6800)	17 (171.4400)	1 (180)	4 (176.5600)
May 4, 2018	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	12 / 41 (666.8116)	7 (172.5600)	21 (162.8460)	25 (159.4284)	6 (171.9772)
Oct 20, 2017	2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Independence, MO	6 / 25 (694.8456)	15 (171.9656)	12 (170.2972)	6 (175.4056)	2 (177.1772)
Sep 22, 2017	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	10 / 112 (676.4456)	9 (173.7028)	29 (168.5256)	4 (174.2628)	60 (159.9544)
Jun 16, 2017	24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	21 / 59 (658.7772)	23 (166.8228)	15 (167.9772)	29 (162.2400)	22 (161.7372)
Sep 23, 2016	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	17 / 111 (671.3372)	2 (177.7372)	16 (170.8228)	32 (167.4172)	71 (155.3600)
Oct 23, 2015	Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q Independence, MO	12 / 22 (662.7544)	12 (166.8228)	15 (158.2744)	13 (167.9772)	4 (169.6800)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	188 / 606 (665.1316)	210 (167.3944)	178 (168.5484)	150 (168.5944)	327 (160.5944)
Sep 25, 2015	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	48 / 112 (652.4228)	9 (174.8572)	9 (175.4172)	69 (157.6800)	106 (144.4684)
Sep 5, 2015	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	37 / 49 (628.9944)	29 (164.5256)	29 (160.5600)	40 (155.4172)	41 (148.4916)
Jul 10, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	16 / 28 (653.6684)	14 (165.0972)	10 (165.1428)	13 (167.4400)	19 (155.9884)
Jul 3, 2015	Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM	32 / 44 (598.8916)	23 (156.0228)	9 (166.8916)	43 (131.4056)	35 (144.5716)
May 8, 2015	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	15 / 45 (663.3028)	15 (168.5256)	22 (162.2744)	11 (168.5372)	15 (163.9656)
Apr 17, 2015	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	18 / 49 (659.8740)	6 (171.9656)	22 (162.8572)	13 (168.5256)	30 (156.5256)
Apr 3, 2015	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full) Pleasant Hill, MO	28 / 71 (667.9888)	8 (174.2972)	17 (170.2744)	26 (169.1772)	56 (154.2400)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	261 / 552 (656.4224)	108 (171.4056)	90 (171.4400)	373 (159.9312)	418 (153.6456)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	27 / 112 (662.1480)	21 (170.2628)	61 (158.8340)	34 (168.5256)	35 (164.5256)
Aug 8, 2014	Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	21 / 53 (663.8280)	25 (167.9540)	18 (167.9656)	17 (169.6800)	39 (158.2284)
Mar 14, 2014	NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO	44 / 61 (615.7144)	23 (163.3828)	60 (124.3544)	5 (169.1200)	28 (158.8572)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	76 / 114 (629.0176)	30 (166.8344)	94 (149.6572)	31 (166.2744)	93 (146.2516)
Aug 30, 2013	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	43 / 53 (621.1316)	39 (158.8228)	40 (153.7144)	43 (152.5944)	34 (156)
Aug 23, 2013	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	50 / 68 (619.9772)	2 (178.8800)	64 (142.2744)	57 (149.1656)	52 (149.6572)
Jun 14, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	16 / 27 (626.2854)	2 (172)	22 (152)	23 (147.9996)	15 (154.2858)

RUB'N WOOD

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)