High-water mark
685.6112
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6112 at Ribs on the River — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-06-21
Two Bubs and a Rub
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-06-21
latest 2020-06-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
678.50
last 4 Master vs avg 678.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
176.5600
Consistency
±5.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.97)
Road miles
675
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 471 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)
Purse competed for
$122K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.50 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
Heavy Smoke BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Heavy Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of TRIPLE H BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, Ribs on the River (2019-06-21).
- 2019-06-21
- 26-team field
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.
Two Bubs and a Rub has 3 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 103 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.
#2398 of the rated field
- Contests
- 130
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1702
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Two Bubs and a Rub)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Two Bubs and a Rub has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1523
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#2405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before Two Bubs and a Rub's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2403 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Two Bubs and a Rub's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Level with Two Bubs and a Rub on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 162.2400 | 168.26 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 162.2400 | 166.97 | top 46% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 169.6684 | 173.13 | top 20% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 167.4172 | 170.13 | top 37% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 29% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 40% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2020-06-19
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 173.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.97)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
678.50
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
543
335–363 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
675
4 mapped stops · furthest 471 mi
Schedule strength
1595
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$122,390
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1523
peak 1523 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Ribs on the River
- First call Ribs on the River
- First overall top-10 Ribs on the River
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.6112 Ribs on the River
- Career-best overall score685.6112 Ribs on the River
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- 2020
- Peak power rating (1523) Covid-Que Relief (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Covid-Que Relief (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.7 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) | 2020-06-19 |
| +10.2 | Ribs on the River | 2019-06-21 |
| +0.9 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 29% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 36% | 95.2% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-19 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN | 20 / 69 (675.4284) | 40 (165.7028) | 19 (168.5600) | 13 (172.5828) | 24 (168.5828) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 77 / 135 (681.6460) | 17 (176.5600) | 115 (162.2400) | 17 (175.4288) | 103 (167.4172) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 154 / 468 (671.3028) | 304 (162.2400) | 210 (166.2744) | 139 (169.6684) | 69 (173.1200) |
| 2019-06-21 | Ribs on the River 🏅 Louisiana, MO | 5 / 26 (685.6112) | 13 (168.5256) | 7 (170.8228) | 5 (174.8572) | 6 (171.4056) |