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
- 2017-08-05
RUBBING ME WRONG
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-03
latest 2018-06-15
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.19
last 4 Master vs avg 618.19 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±67.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.69 · weakest Pork (125.83)
Road miles
555
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)
Master avg
618.19 / 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
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
1609
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1609 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated 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.
RUBBING ME WRONG 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 160 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after RUBBING ME WRONG did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUBBING ME WRONG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
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#3639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.3944 | 166.69 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 156.5028 | 166.69 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 20.0000 | 125.83 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Plains Ribfest | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 90% | 2018-06-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2016-09-03 → 2018-06-15
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.69 · weakest Pork (125.83)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
618.19
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
118
51–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
555
4 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
1609
average field rating faced — tougher than 83% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- First call Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3372 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- Peak power rating (1509) Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Central Plains Ribfest
- Career-best overall score665.6572 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2
- 2018
- Most recent contest Central Plains Ribfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.2 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge | 2016-09-03 |
| +1.1 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 | 2017-08-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | Central Plains Ribfest | 2017-06-16 |
| -5.3 | Central Plains Ribfest | 2018-06-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 89% | 89% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 84% | 92.5% | 81.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 28 / 35 (641.0288) | 32 (155.3944) | 19 (168.0000) | 31 (158.2400) | 27 (159.3944) |
| 2017-08-05 | 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) |
| 2017-06-16 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 27 / 27 (502.7540) | 10 (167.3828) | 4 (173.1200) | 27 (20.0000) | 25 (142.2512) |
| 2016-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 17 / 45 (663.3372) | 6 (173.1200) | 34 (156.5028) | 31 (161.7144) | 8 (172.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |