High-water mark
670.1484
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1484 at Smokin' On The Summit — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-06-02
RUBBIN' BUTTS & RACKS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1514 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2017-06-02
Best ToY finish
#1890
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.30
last 4 Master vs avg 655.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.97 · weakest Brisket (158.52)
Road miles
28
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
655.30 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Sons of a Brisket ahead in 100% of their meetings
Sons of a Brisket has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bad Influence BBQ - MO in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
RUBBIN' BUTTS & RACKS has 4 rated contests — 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 100 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.
#2673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1529
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RUBBIN' BUTTS & RACKS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RUBBIN' BUTTS & RACKS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after RUBBIN' BUTTS & RACKS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUBBIN' BUTTS & RACKS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 165.1200 | 167.97 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.3716 | 161.67 | top 50% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 157.1428 | 167.14 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 134.7200 | 158.52 | top 49% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' On The Summit | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 28% | 2017-06-02 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2017-06-02
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.97 · weakest Brisket (158.52)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
655.30
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
171
149–111 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
28
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Power rating
1514
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Summit
- 2016
- First call Racing for the BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6000 Racing for the BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1428 Racing for the BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best overall score670.1484 Smokin' On The Summit
- Peak power rating (1514) Smokin' On The Summit
- Most recent contest Smokin' On The Summit
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | Smokin' On The Summit | 2017-06-02 |
| +6.2 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.4 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ | 2016-06-03 |
| -0.8 | Racing for the BBQ | 2016-07-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 22% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 91.9% | 90.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-02 | Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 14 / 65 (670.1484) | 33 (165.1200) | 17 (167.3828) | 13 (170.2628) | 17 (167.3828) |
| 2016-07-29 | Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 34 / 54 (661.6000) | 36 (166.2284) | 48 (155.3716) | 10 (173.1428) | 22 (166.8572) |
| 2016-06-03 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 40 / 67 (642.1144) | 13 (170.8572) | 19 (168.5372) | 21 (168.0000) | 66 (134.7200) |
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 27 / 78 (647.3488) | 17 (169.6800) | 45 (155.3944) | 53 (157.1428) | 23 (165.1316) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1890 (115 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2059 (100 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #2030 (100 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #1883 (120 pts) | #2190 (90 pts) | #2208 (80 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #1988 (100 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2141 (70 pts) |