Rub Runners

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

Power ranking

#3476

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1494

peak 1506 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-07-22

latest 2022-05-06

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

673.1200 / 720

Master · CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.51 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.62 (+2.89)

Walk rate

46%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Chicken · CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ

Consistency

±17.01

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.16 · weakest Brisket (158.56)

Road miles

1,310

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Purse competed for

$6K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.62 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

673.1200 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.1200 at CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-10-14

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

One2BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.60 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 23%.

Brisket avg 158.56
Pork avg 165.16
0 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

3.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.6 years, then back at Route 66 Smoke Out (2022-05-06).

last seen 2018-10-12
back 2022-05-06

Pork nemesis

8 of 10 shared pork entries lost

Its 5 Oclock Somewhere ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Its 5 Oclock Somewhere has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BIRDMAN'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 52% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 52% across 3 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.1% of a perfect score
13 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.

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

ZIP'S Q

#3460 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1494

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rub Runners)

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-10-05

⚔ Head-to-head

CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ

#3486 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1526

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Rub Runners)

They've been 1526 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Serious Hog

#3455 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 21 contests to 13.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2024-06-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Tuff Smoke

#3473 of the rated field

1494 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

PE LITTLE THRIGS

#3471 of the rated field

1494 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Rub Runners's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

3 Master Basters

#3454 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Level with Rub Runners on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUAU	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
CHANNABILLY BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Outsiders BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Carrol Lou's Smokehouse	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
PORK PARADISE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
FIDDLIN' FATBACK	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
SMOKY LINCS	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
PLOWBOYZ BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Oui Oui Oui BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
NUTTHIN BUT PORK	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Rusty Pig BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	1	1	1	177.1428	150.2172	161.85	top 68%
Pork Ribs	13	3	0	0	175.4400	150.7884	163.05	top 48%
Pork	13	3	0	1	175.4172	149.6800	165.16	top 45%
Brisket	13	0	0	0	167.4628	148.4684	158.56	top 68%

“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)	5	0	top 61%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Route 66 Smoke Out	3	11	top 52%	2022-05-06
CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	3	12	top 52%	2018-10-12
Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2	32	top 68%	2018-09-21
*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)	2	32	top 74%	2018-07-20
*Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)	2	21	top 62%	2018-06-01

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.8 yrs 2016-07-22 → 2022-05-06

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 13 of 13 contests

Contests visited 6 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 1 win · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.16 · weakest Brisket (158.56)

Walk rate 46% a top-10 call in 6 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 13 contests

Master average 648.62 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 243 217–325 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,310 13 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi

Schedule strength 1571 average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests

Purse competed for $6,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.6 yrs 2018-10-12 → 2022-05-06

Power rating 1494 peak 1506 · #3476 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Jul 22 First tracked contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)
Oct 14 First call CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ
Oct 14 First category win (Chicken) CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ
Oct 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.1200 CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ
Oct 14 Career-best overall score673.1200 CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ
Oct 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ
2017
May 5 Peak power rating (1506) *Route 66 Smoke Out
2018
Jul 20 10th tracked contest *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)
2022
May 6 Most recent contest Route 66 Smoke Out

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.8	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2016-10-14
+9.4	*Route 66 Smoke Out	2018-05-04
+3.3	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2018-09-21
+2	*Route 66 Smoke Out	2017-05-05
+1.7	*Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)	2018-06-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)	2016-07-22
-7.3	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)	2018-07-20
-7.1	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2017-09-22
-5.2	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2017-10-13
-4	Route 66 Smoke Out	2022-05-06

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0%	top 76%	90%	90%
2018	5	0	60%	top 56%	93.5%	91.2%
2017	5	0	40%	top 68%	91.1%	89.1%
2016	2	1	50%	top 51%	93.5%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-05-06	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	25 / 33 (647.8400)	25 (166.2400)	23 (161.7028)	23 (161.6572)	27 (158.2400)
2018-10-12	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL	26 / 45 (649.5656)	35 (157.0972)	15 (165.1200)	27 (161.6340)	20 (165.7144)
2018-09-21	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	32 / 59 (672.4800)	31 (168.5372)	8 (175.4400)	25 (169.1200)	46 (159.3828)
2018-07-20	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL	35 / 43 (647.7828)	40 (155.3600)	19 (166.2400)	26 (163.9428)	31 (162.2400)
2018-06-01	*Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) Lincoln, IL	23 / 40 (639.8744)	29 (158.2172)	32 (153.6800)	5 (168.0000)	18 (159.9772)
2018-05-04	*Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	11 / 38 (673.0976)	16 (167.3944)	22 (162.8232)	3 (175.4172)	13 (167.4628)
2017-10-13	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL	31 / 41 (640.9372)	27 (162.2516)	13 (165.1200)	26 (160.5028)	33 (153.0628)
2017-09-22	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	45 / 55 (634.7084)	45 (162.2628)	49 (153.6800)	16 (170.2972)	53 (148.4684)
2017-07-21	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL	32 / 48 (620.9712)	40 (153.0512)	28 (154.8000)	22 (161.1428)	33 (151.9772)
2017-06-02	Up In smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	21 / 32 (655.9772)	22 (164.0000)	4 (173.1544)	16 (165.7028)	28 (153.1200)
2017-05-05	*Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	15 / 29 (655.3600)	28 (150.2172)	8 (167.4400)	7 (173.1084)	12 (164.5944)
2016-10-14	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL	12 / 55 (673.1200)	1 (177.1428)	17 (169.7028)	18 (166.8572)	44 (159.4172)
2016-07-22	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) Peoria, IL	30 / 37 (620.3768)	25 (162.2400)	30 (150.7884)	34 (149.6800)	25 (157.6684)

Rub Runners

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

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in this team's record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The metronome

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By contest size

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

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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)

Season by season

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)