RUBBIN N GRUBBIN

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4985

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1463

peak 1463 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-05-19

latest 2018-10-12

Best ToY finish

#1168

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

656.3996 / 720

Master · Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

596.43 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 604.52 (-8.08)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1084

Brisket · Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

Consistency

±61.95

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.05)

Road miles

1,424

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 558 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)

Master avg

604.52 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 14%.

Pork Ribs avg 152.05
Chicken avg 162.43
1 calls in 7 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.

122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

DANCING MOOSE BBQ

#4975 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1463

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RUBBIN N GRUBBIN)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RUBBIN N GRUBBIN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-07-23

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BIG JUICY BBQ CREW

#5003 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

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COME AND SMOKE IT

#5002 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Level with RUBBIN N GRUBBIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-07-15

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Whiskey Business BBQ

#5001 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1462

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.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

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THE SMOKIN' WALZS

#4968 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1505 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

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Southern Exports

#5008 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

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.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-06-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FatHeads bbq	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Grillin' Thyme	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	171.9772	154.2400	162.43	top 63%
Pork Ribs	7	1	167.4056	132.5488	152.05	top 78%
Pork	6	0	165.1084	150.2972	158.72	top 68%
Brisket	7	1	173.1084	105.0632	153.99	top 60%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	6	0	top 76%
NY	1	0	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 95%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 57%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2	32	0	top 81%	2018-10-12

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.4 yrs 2017-05-19 → 2018-10-12

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.05)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 604.52 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 169 74–220 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,424 7 mapped stops · furthest 558 mi

Schedule strength 1580 average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests

Power rating 1463 peak 1463 · #4985 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
May 19 First tracked contest Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
May 19 Peak power rating (1489) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
Sep 8 First call *Beak Week BBQ Challenge
Oct 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4116 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Oct 13 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1084 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
2018
Jun 15 Career-best overall score656.3996 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Oct 12 Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.9	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	2018-06-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2018-10-12
-11.5	Smoke In the Woods CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2018-06-23
-10.8	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival	2017-05-19
-9.2	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2017-09-08
-1	Jiggy With the Piggy	2018-05-04

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	4	0	0	0	25%	top 76%	91.2%	81%
2017	3	0	0	0	67%	top 83%	90.1%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-12	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	38 / 39 (480.4344)	26 (158.8000)	29 (154.2516)	—	11 (167.3828)
2018-06-23	Smoke In the Woods CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Galway, NY	23 / 23 (544.0008)	22 (156.0916)	23 (132.5488)	22 (150.2972)	23 (105.0632)
2018-06-15	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	18 / 44 (656.3996)	13 (169.1084)	9 (167.4056)	14 (165.1084)	35 (154.7772)
2018-05-04	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	47 / 70 (652.9256)	38 (168.5372)	58 (155.3600)	41 (162.8000)	38 (166.2284)
2017-10-13	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	32 / 50 (648.4116)	37 (158.2744)	42 (156.5260)	32 (160.5028)	8 (173.1084)
2017-09-08	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	36 / 39 (628.4464)	10 (171.9772)	38 (148.5716)	28 (159.9660)	38 (147.9316)
2017-05-19	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	33 / 36 (620.9944)	35 (154.2400)	32 (149.6800)	30 (153.6572)	15 (163.4172)

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	#1168 (215 pts)	#1152 (240 pts)	#1101 (265 pts)	#1380 (175 pts)	#1129 (250 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1392 (180 pts)	#1240 (255 pts)	#1506 (180 pts)	#1489 (180 pts)	#1055 (325 pts)