High-water mark
662.7884
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.7884 at Sertoma 48 BBQ — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-05-09
RUB N TUG BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1509 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2015-08-28
Best ToY finish
#1099
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.45 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 636.57 (-5.12)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.62)
Road miles
1,534
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 694 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.57 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
T'S SMOKIN PIT has finished one call ahead of RUB N TUG BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2014
their best year
2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 41%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 41%
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Theslabs.com ahead in 100% of their meetings
Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.16 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 13%.
- Pork Ribs avg 156.62
- Pork avg 160.78
- 0 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Royal Smoke in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
5 of 6
shared pork entries lost
Theslabs.com ahead 83% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Theslabs.com has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork entries.
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.
126 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3521 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1517
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RUB N TUG BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RUB N TUG BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3519 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3516 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUB N TUG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3546 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theslabs.com | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 141.7140 | 158.98 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0344 | 142.3316 | 156.62 | top 65% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 150.8566 | 160.78 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 153.0972 | 160.19 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 60% | 2015-08-28 |
| Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 41% | 2015-05-08 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.62)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
636.57
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
328
202–257 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,534
8 mapped stops · furthest 694 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2014-04-25
Power rating
1492
peak 1509 · #3530 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2284 VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- First call Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Career-best overall score662.7884 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Peak power rating (1509) Sertoma 48 BBQ
- 2015
- Most recent contest East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2014-05-09 |
| +4.7 | VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | 2014-04-25 |
| +0.9 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2015-05-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2015-07-03 |
| -3.9 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) | 2013-04-19 |
| -3.9 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest | 2015-04-10 |
| -2.7 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2015-08-28 |
| -1.2 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2014-08-22 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 68% | 90.4% | 87.6% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 41% | 92.1% | 90.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 41 / 65 (636.9484) | 63 (146.8000) | 44 (159.3484) | 36 (161.1200) | 5 (169.6800) |
| 2015-07-03 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 38 / 44 (590.3544) | 41 (141.7140) | 40 (142.3316) | 31 (153.1544) | 26 (153.1544) |
| 2015-05-08 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 24 / 45 (650.7200) | 14 (168.5372) | 26 (160.5256) | 14 (166.8572) | 31 (154.8000) |
| 2015-04-10 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest Smithville, MO | 36 / 52 (646.2288) | 13 (170.2972) | 47 (153.6572) | 41 (158.8572) | 20 (163.4172) |
| 2014-08-22 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 39 / 69 (632.9828) | 21 (167.4056) | 54 (152.5028) | 38 (159.9772) | 43 (153.0972) |
| 2014-05-09 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 15 / 54 (662.7884) | 42 (158.2284) | 23 (164.0344) | 4 (174.2628) | 19 (166.2628) |
| 2014-04-25 | VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS | 26 / 65 (654.2284) | 15 (168.0000) | 42 (157.7028) | 43 (161.1200) | 15 (167.4056) |
| 2013-04-19 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) Overland Park, KS | 46 / 73 (618.2848) | 64 (150.8570) | 19 (162.8570) | 55 (150.8566) | 46 (153.7142) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1636 (125 pts) | #1275 (235 pts) | #1776 (120 pts) | #1537 (175 pts) | #1629 (145 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1099 (275 pts) | #1119 (295 pts) | #1292 (235 pts) | #946 (375 pts) | #1056 (305 pts) |