BIG RON'S RUB

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1496

peak 1496 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-01

latest 2013-03-01

Best ToY finish

#1909

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 1 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

645.1422 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1426

Brisket · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 169.14 · weakest Pork (145.71)

Master avg

645.14 / 720

1 Master contest · 0 GCs

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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.

BIG RON'S RUB has 1 rated contest — 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 118 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.

HUFFIN' & PUFFIN

#3364 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1501

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG RON'S RUB)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG RON'S RUB has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2013-09-27

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B-Man's BBQ

#3388 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1496

No shared contest yet.

6 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where BIG RON'S RUB's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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Paca Crew BBQ

#3366 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after BIG RON'S RUB did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

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Laytons backyard bbq

#3363 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1496

No shared contest yet.

Level with BIG RON'S RUB on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-04-14

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Slim D's

#3369 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where BIG RON'S RUB's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-07-25

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No Butts About It!!

#3365 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1496

No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where BIG RON'S RUB's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-10-03

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	1	1	166.8572	166.8572	166.86	top 32%
Pork Ribs	1	0	163.4284	163.4284	163.43	top 54%
Pork	1	0	145.7140	145.7140	145.71	top 96%
Brisket	1	1	169.1426	169.1426	169.14	top 21%

“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 (11 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0 yrs 2013-03-01 → 2013-03-01

Busiest season 2013 1 contest

Cooks most in LA 1 of 1 contests

Contests visited 1 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 1 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 169.14 · weakest Pork (145.71)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 1 of 1 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 1 contests

Master average 645.14 out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 27 10–17 across every shared overall standing

Power rating 1496 peak 1496 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 1 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 1 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 1 Career-best overall score645.1422 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 1 Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1426 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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	1	0	0	0	100%	top 64%	89.6%	89.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-03-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	18 / 28 (645.1422)	9 (166.8572)	15 (163.4284)	27 (145.7140)	6 (169.1426)

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	#1909 (88 pts)	#1670 (138 pts)	#1901 (103 pts)	#2690 (53 pts)	#1451 (168 pts)