A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Rudes BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Rudes BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels
Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 20 at the Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They finished #322 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 25, 2023
latest Jun 19, 2026 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.21
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.10 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.32)
Road miles
148
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
325.08 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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)
The teams rated closest to Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels, each with one reason worth a look.
Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 136 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,511 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,530 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,504 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 153.6456 | 161.10 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 151.9888 | 160.32 | top 77% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
67
finished ahead 30 times, behind 54
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Aug 25, 2023 → Sep 1, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score330.8228 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7028 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20251 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9660 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1496) Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.7 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 25, 2023 |
| -2 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 19, 2026 |
| -1.5 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 16, 2025 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 27 / 41 (330.8228) | 25 (165.7028) | 32 (165.1200) | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 13 / 20 (327.9660) | 11 (163.9544) | 12 (164.0116) | — | — |
| Sep 1, 2024 | Rib Double Dip (1) (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL | — | — | 19 (151.9888) | — | — |
| Sep 1, 2024 | Rib Double Dip (2) (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL | — | — | 18 (157.6688) | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 17 / 26 (316.4456) | 22 (153.6456) | 12 (162.8000) | — | — |