High-water mark
664.4228
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.4228 at Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 5, 2015
RUSTY MUG BREW & QUE
RUSTY MUG BREW & QUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 16th of 28 at the Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest (2015). They are ranked #3834 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1501 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 5, 2015
latest Mar 16, 2018 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.98
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.91 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.96)
Road miles
165
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Master avg
648.77 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1804 (91 pts) | #1370 (176 pts) | #1821 (101 pts) | #1965 (71 pts) | #1844 (91 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #1883 (120 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2252 (75 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1154 (245 pts) | #903 (390 pts) | #1313 (230 pts) | #1062 (315 pts) | #1091 (285 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to RUSTY MUG BREW & QUE, each with one reason worth a look.
139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,825 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with RUSTY MUG BREW & QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,824 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before RUSTY MUG BREW & QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUFFALO'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 154.2172 | 168.91 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 146.2172 | 155.96 | top 76% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 150.1828 | 162.35 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 146.8116 | 161.56 | top 57% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
119
finished ahead 54 times, behind 123
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Mar 25, 2016 → Mar 16, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Pork-A-Palooza
20156 milestones
- First tracked contest Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- First call Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4228 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- Career-best overall score664.4228 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5716 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1501) Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.4 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff | Jun 5, 2015 |
| +0.3 | Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest | Jun 26, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff | Jul 24, 2015 |
| -1.9 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off | Mar 25, 2016 |
| -0.5 | Pork-A-Palooza | Mar 16, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 72% | 92.3% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2018 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 17 / 26 (648.4000) | 5 (173.7144) | 15 (162.8228) | 21 (150.1828) | 17 (161.6800) |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK | 45 / 66 (658.2056) | 13 (173.7372) | 62 (149.1200) | 46 (163.9312) | 22 (171.4172) |
| Jul 24, 2015 | Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff Shawnee, OK | 32 / 32 (616.3888) | 32 (154.2172) | 32 (146.2172) | 8 (169.1428) | 31 (146.8116) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK | 16 / 28 (656.4460) | 15 (166.2860) | 12 (167.4172) | 18 (164.5372) | 16 (158.2056) |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK | 18 / 30 (664.4228) | 3 (176.5716) | 25 (154.2400) | 21 (163.9312) | 10 (169.6800) |