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Rub Sweat and Beers

Rub Sweat and Beers is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle (2025). They are ranked #2194 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,194
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1531
peak 1531 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

20
in the data

First seen

Jun 17, 2023
latest Aug 1, 2026 · 3.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#196
Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

8
15 podiums

Overall top-10s

11
55% of 20 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 54%
overall standings

Best overall

707.4056 / 720
Master · Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

683.64 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 667.93 (+15.71)

Walk rate

70%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Chicken · Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle

Consistency

±22.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.52)

Road miles

5,534
across 20 mapped stops · furthest 818 mi

Schedule strength

36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$38K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.93 / 720
20 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

5 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.

  • career best 5

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Chicken ×2
  • Brisket ×1

Against the odds

17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle (Aug 23, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Shiggin aint easy.

On the rise

+41 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 41 points across 9 contests since Aug 8, 2025 — from 1490 up to 1531.

  • 9 contests since Aug 8, 2025
  • now 1531

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle (Aug 23, 2025).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 20 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 20 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

707.4056 career-best overall

98.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 707.4056 at Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke — 98.3% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Aug 8, 2025
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The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Cook the books has finished one call ahead of Rub Sweat and Beers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–1 behind in the head-to-head

MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead in 92% of their meetings

MEAN MOE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.61 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 45% of the time against 55%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 164.52
  • Chicken avg 170.13
  • 9 calls in 20 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

CycloneBBQ ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CycloneBBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 10 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HASHTAG BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 37% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 37% across 5 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

  • 5 May contests
  • top 54% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,534 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,534 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 818 miles to The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition.

  • 20 mapped stops
  • furthest 818 mi

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #203 (906 pts) #167 (1,081 pts) #395 (596 pts) #174 (991 pts) #212 (886 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #196 (1,089 pts) #183 (1,219 pts) #233 (1,054 pts) #238 (924 pts) #217 (1,024 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #426 (480 pts) #407 (550 pts) #538 (425 pts) #430 (495 pts) #325 (695 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #768 (181 pts) #685 (251 pts) #804 (231 pts) #847 (166 pts) #705 (236 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Rub Sweat and Beers, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TAILGATERS BBQ
#2,188 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
0
Top-10s
6%
Peak
1531

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen Aug 30, 2019
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GEN QUE
#2,193 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1541

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Rub Sweat and Beers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 24 contests
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SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL
#2,190 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
31%
Peak
1547

Fewer contests behind them than Rub Sweat and Beers has cooked, 13 to 20, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Jun 24, 2016
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Big Time BBQ Buddies
#2,201 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1540

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen May 13, 2022
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FARM TO FIRE
#2,191 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1531

They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Rub Sweat and Beers's first contest.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Sep 26, 2020
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SMOKIN BONES COOKING TEAM
#2,189 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1535

Level with Rub Sweat and Beers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Sep 1, 2017
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
MEAN MOE'S BBQ 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
CycloneBBQ 10 2 8 20% ⚔ compare
BBQ WorX 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 8 6 2 75% ⚔ compare
Team Sunrise BBQ 8 6 2 75% ⚔ compare
HASHTAG BBQ 7 5 2 71% ⚔ compare
Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters 6 6 0 100% ⚔ compare
BBQ Blokes 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
What For BBQ 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 20 11 3 6 180 🔥 157.6800 170.13 top 44%
Pork Ribs 20 9 1 2 179.4400 145.6800 164.52 top 62%
Pork 20 10 1 3 177.7028 148.5604 166.41 top 55%
Brisket 20 11 3 4 180 🔥 156.5600 166.87 top 45%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)70top 43%
Medium (20–39)131top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
ON81top 36%
NJ40top 81%
VT30top 79%
QC20top 57%
NS20top 51%
NB10top 20%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) 3 17 0 top 79% Sep 14, 2024
JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition 2 3 0 top 21% May 23, 2026
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 2 27 0 top 86% Oct 25, 2025
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 2 18 0 top 76% Oct 19, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 7 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 5 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in ON 8 of 20 contests · 6 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 15 4 of them more than once
First title Aug 23, 2025 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
Opponents faced 211 finished ahead 181 times, behind 304

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

20262 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1531) Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff
  2. Most recent contest Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff
20257 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
  2. First category win (Brisket) The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
  3. First overall podium The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
  4. First perfect 180 (Brisket) The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
  5. First multi-meat day Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke
  6. Career-best overall score707.4056 Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke
  7. First Grand Championship Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
20241 milestone
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6000 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 )
20233 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition
  2. First call Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition
  3. First overall top-10 Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+17.9Rock N Hogs BBQ BattleAug 23, 2025
+13.8Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by SunpokeAug 8, 2025
+13.6JACK9 Memorial BBQ CompetitionMay 23, 2026
+12New Lowell True North BBQ BashJun 19, 2026
+11.7The Great Atlantic BBQ CompetitionJul 19, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.3La Classique BBQ LabonteAug 2, 2024
-9.5Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)Oct 24, 2025
-8.8Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)Oct 25, 2025
-8.6Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)Oct 18, 2024
-7.7Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIESSep 8, 2023

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20265053 100% top 31% 96.7% 95%
20257155 71% top 46% 98.3% 94.4%
20246000 33% top 75% 93.4% 90.6%
20232010 100% top 76% 90% 88.2%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 1, 2026 Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff London, ON 5 / 14 (676.5944) 1 (177.1428) 10 (161.1544) 4 (172.5600) 7 (165.7372)
Jun 19, 2026 New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON 3 / 16 (696.0228) 11 (166.2856) 5 (175.4172) 5 (175.4400) 1 (178.8800)
May 29, 2026 La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC 6 / 24 (676.5140) 2 (172) 19 (161.6800) 3 (174.8456) 10 (167.9884)
May 23, 2026 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON 3 / 20 (695.3940) 2 (178.2972) 11 (169.1084) 1 (177.1428) 8 (170.8456)
May 9, 2026 Smoke on the Seaway Cornwall, ON 7 / 12 (673.6800) 3 (176.5600) 9 (162.2744) 7 (164.5600) 3 (170.2856)
Oct 25, 2025 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ 27 / 32 (659.8864) 18 (168.5488) 24 (166.8344) 22 (167.3944) 28 (157.1088)
Oct 24, 2025 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ 27 / 31 (657.6344) 17 (170.2628) 23 (165.6800) 27 (161.7372) 24 (159.9544)
Aug 23, 2025 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON 1 / 22 (704.5828) 1 (180) 1 (179.4400) 5 (176) 11 (169.1428)
Aug 8, 2025 Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke Keswick, NB 3 / 15 (707.4056) 1 (180) 7 (172) 3 (177.7028) 1 (177.7028)
Jul 19, 2025 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS 3 / 11 (684.5028) 7 (167.9772) 5 (169.1200) 6 (167.4056) 1 (180)
Jun 8, 2025 Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS 9 / 12 (674.2740) 4 (174.8572) 3 (173.7028) 10 (159.9884) 7 (165.7256)
May 24, 2025 Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON 7 / 26 (670.2168) 6 (172.5600) 9 (166.2744) 8 (166.8684) 11 (164.5140)
Oct 19, 2024 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ 18 / 26 (672.4688) 16 (171.4172) 20 (165.6800) 22 (166.2516) 12 (169.1200)
Oct 18, 2024 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ 23 / 28 (645.5084) 16 (168) 24 (158.2172) 25 (156.5028) 20 (162.7884)
Sep 14, 2024 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) 🏅 Braintree, VT 21 / 25 (655.8628) 22 (162.8228) 21 (160.5372) 14 (169.1084) 20 (163.3944)
Sep 13, 2024 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) 🏅 Braintree, VT 17 / 25 (661.6000) 18 (164.5372) 19 (162.8344) 14 (168.5484) 11 (165.6800)
Aug 2, 2024 La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC 23 / 26 (636.5028) 10 (166.8572) 26 (145.6800) 25 (157.7256) 8 (166.2400)
May 25, 2024 Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON 12 / 20 (640.4912) 18 (157.6800) 16 (155.3828) 11 (162.2856) 6 (165.1428)
Sep 8, 2023 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT 22 / 26 (647.8512) 23 (160.5372) 9 (169.1428) 23 (157.6340) 19 (160.5372)
Jun 17, 2023 Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition Seagrave, ON 10 / 15 (621.6576) 4 (166.2972) 14 (150.2400) 12 (148.5604) 6 (156.5600)

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