RUBBING ME WRONG

RUBBING ME WRONG is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 17th of 45 at the Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge (2016). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1490

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 3, 2016

latest Jun 15, 2018 · 1.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1954

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

665.6572 / 720

Master · Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Pork Ribs · Central Plains Ribfest

Consistency

±67.34

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.69 · weakest Pork (125.83)

Road miles

555

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi

Schedule strength

83%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1610)

Master avg

618.19 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

665.6572 career-best overall

92.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.6572 at Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 — 92.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 5, 2017

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1610 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1610 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.

4 rated contests

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	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1869 (90 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2037 (100 pts)	#1596 (175 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#1655 (155 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	173.1200	155.3944	166.69	top 46%
Pork Ribs	4	1	173.1200	156.5028	166.69	top 47%
Pork	4	0	163.3828	20	125.83	top 83%
Brisket	4	1	172	142.2512	158.98	top 64%

“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)	2	0	top 90%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 53%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Central Plains Ribfest	2	27	0	top 90%	Jun 15, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NE 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 118 finished ahead 51 times, behind 102

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

20181 milestone

Jun 15 Most recent contest Central Plains Ribfest

20172 milestones

Jun 16 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Central Plains Ribfest
Aug 5 Career-best overall score665.6572 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2

20164 milestones

Sep 3 First tracked contest Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
Sep 3 First call Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
Sep 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3372 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
Sep 3 Peak power rating (1509) Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.2	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	Sep 3, 2016
+1.1	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2	Aug 5, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.7	Central Plains Ribfest	Jun 16, 2017
-5.3	Central Plains Ribfest	Jun 15, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 80%	89%	89%
2017	2	50%	top 84%	92.5%	81.1%
2016	1	100%	top 38%	92.1%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 15, 2018	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	28 / 35 (641.0288)	32 (155.3944)	19 (168)	31 (158.2400)	27 (159.3944)
Aug 5, 2017	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 Omaha, NE	34 / 50 (665.6572)	22 (170.8572)	22 (169.1428)	38 (163.3828)	35 (162.2744)
Jun 16, 2017	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	27 / 27 (502.7540)	10 (167.3828)	4 (173.1200)	27 (20)	25 (142.2512)
Sep 3, 2016	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	17 / 45 (663.3372)	6 (173.1200)	34 (156.5028)	31 (161.7144)	8 (172)