A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
PRAIRIE PIT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2013-08-23
Best ToY finish
#1242
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.18
last 3 Master vs avg 632.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.81)
Road miles
116
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
632.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
PRAIRIE PIT BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 152 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 3%
- Peak
- 1476
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PRAIRIE PIT BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PRAIRIE PIT BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with PRAIRIE PIT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after PRAIRIE PIT BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1430 | 156.5714 | 158.47 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1430 | 152.5600 | 155.81 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8570 | 154.8228 | 161.70 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4286 | 153.1656 | 156.20 | top 68% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2013-08-23
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.81)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
632.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
62
18–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
116
3 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Taste of Wheatstock
- Peak power rating (1493) Taste of Wheatstock
- Career-best overall score645.1426 Valley Center Spring Fling
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8570 Valley Center Spring Fling
- Most recent contest When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In | 2013-08-23 |
| -6.9 | Taste of Wheatstock | 2013-05-17 |
| -4.5 | Valley Center Spring Fling | 2013-05-31 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 89.6% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS | 29 / 30 (618.2512) | 23 (157.7028) | 26 (152.5600) | 28 (154.8228) | 23 (153.1656) |
| 2013-05-31 | Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS | 23 / 34 (645.1426) | 24 (161.1430) | 23 (161.1430) | 14 (166.8570) | 23 (155.9996) |
| 2013-05-17 | Taste of Wheatstock Abilene, KS | 18 / 25 (633.1426) | 21 (156.5714) | 21 (153.7142) | 13 (163.4284) | 15 (159.4286) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1242 (209 pts) | #1349 (199 pts) | #1398 (194 pts) | #1092 (279 pts) | #1205 (234 pts) |