A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
RUBBA BUTTA QUE
RUBBA BUTTA QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 15th of 15 at the Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A (2019). They finished #1322 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 16, 2015
latest Oct 18, 2019 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.13 · weakest Brisket (148.67)
Road miles
12
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.41 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 151.3372 | 158.22 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9660 | 151.3600 | 155.39 | top 91% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 149.6456 | 160.13 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 136.5260 | 148.67 | top 95% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
67
finished ahead 10 times, behind 95
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Oct 16, 2015 → Oct 19, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B
20155 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- First call Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- Career-best overall score635.9316 Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4284 Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- Peak power rating (1492) Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A | Oct 17, 2019 |
| -9 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | Oct 19, 2018 |
| -8.2 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B | Oct 18, 2019 |
| -7.7 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival | Oct 16, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 95% | 86.9% | 86.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85% | 85% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 84% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2019 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B 🏅 Lenoir, NC | 20 / 22 (615.8520) | 21 (151.3372) | 17 (159.9660) | 5 (168.0228) | 22 (136.5260) |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A 🏅 Lenoir, NC | 15 / 15 (625.5656) | 14 (158.8116) | 15 (157.6456) | 15 (151.4284) | 14 (157.6800) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC | 33 / 35 (612.2972) | 22 (161.6572) | 34 (151.3600) | 33 (149.6456) | 34 (149.6344) |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC | 31 / 37 (635.9316) | 31 (161.0856) | 33 (152.5832) | 10 (171.4284) | 33 (150.8344) |