Rub Sweat and Beers ON
Rating
Contests
First seen
Best ToY finish
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Top-10 streak
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Mullen It Over BBQ has finished one call ahead of Rub Sweat and Beers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
HASHTAG BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MEAN MOE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 37% across 5 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle (2025-08-23) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Shiggin aint easy.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
Teams like this (closest power rating, ON first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6800 | 169.76 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 179.4400 | 145.6800 | 164.70 | top 62% |
| Pork | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 177.7028 | 148.5604 | 166.09 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 156.5600 | 166.93 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| ON | 7 | 1 | top 36% |
| NJ | 4 | 0 | top 81% |
| VT | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
| QC | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
| NS | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| NB | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 6 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 1 | top 60% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in ON (7 of 19 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (19 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle (2025-08-23)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 667.48
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 696.0228 | 685.40 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 707.4056 | 679.79 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 672.4688 | 652.07 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 647.8512 | 634.75 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | 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) |
| 2026-05-29 | La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC | 6 / 24 (676.5140) | 2 (172.0000) | 19 (161.6800) | 3 (174.8456) | 10 (167.9884) |
| 2026-05-23 | JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 3 / 20 (695.3940) | 2 (178.2972) | 11 (169.1084) | 1 (177.1428) | 8 (170.8456) |
| 2026-05-09 | Smoke on the Seaway Cornwall, ON | 7 / 12 (673.6800) | 3 (176.5600) | 9 (162.2744) | 7 (164.5600) | 3 (170.2856) |
| 2025-10-25 | 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) |
| 2025-10-24 | 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) |
| 2025-08-23 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON | 1 / 22 (704.5828) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (179.4400) | 5 (176.0000) | 11 (169.1428) |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke Keswick, NB | 3 / 15 (707.4056) | 1 (180.0000) | 7 (172.0000) | 3 (177.7028) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2025-07-19 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS | 3 / 11 (684.5028) | 7 (167.9772) | 5 (169.1200) | 6 (167.4056) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-06-08 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS | 9 / 12 (674.2740) | 4 (174.8572) | 3 (173.7028) | 10 (159.9884) | 7 (165.7256) |
| 2025-05-24 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 7 / 26 (670.2168) | 6 (172.5600) | 9 (166.2744) | 8 (166.8684) | 11 (164.5140) |
| 2024-10-19 | 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) |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Columbia, NJ | 23 / 28 (645.5084) | 16 (168.0000) | 24 (158.2172) | 25 (156.5028) | 20 (162.7884) |
| 2024-09-14 | 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) |
| 2024-09-13 | 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) |
| 2024-08-02 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 23 / 26 (636.5028) | 10 (166.8572) | 26 (145.6800) | 25 (157.7256) | 8 (166.2400) |
| 2024-05-25 | Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON | 12 / 20 (640.4912) | 18 (157.6800) | 16 (155.3828) | 11 (162.2856) | 6 (165.1428) |
| 2023-09-08 | 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) |
| 2023-06-17 | Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition Seagrave, ON | 10 / 15 (621.6576) | 4 (166.2972) | 14 (150.2400) | 12 (148.5604) | 6 (156.5600) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #136 (742 pts) | #122 (817 pts) | #287 (482 pts) | #117 (802 pts) | #128 (742 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #196 (1089 pts) | #183 (1219 pts) | #233 (1054 pts) | #238 (924 pts) | #217 (1024 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) |