Gotta Rub Dat Butt

Gotta Rub Dat Butt is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 24th of 29 at the Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q (2018). They are ranked #5747 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,747

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1445

peak 1445 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 25, 2014

latest May 3, 2019 · 5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 95%

overall standings

Best overall

635.2456 / 720

Master · Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

162.8456

Chicken · Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q

Consistency

±29.25

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 156.54 · weakest Brisket (147.04)

Road miles

across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

602.36 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD ahead in 100% of their meetings

SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.50 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 147.04
Chicken avg 156.54
0 calls in 5 entries

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q (May 4, 2018).

last seen May 6, 2016
back May 4, 2018

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Q McB's BBQ

#5,743 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1445

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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PIGS ON THE RIVER

#5,760 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1444

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 12, 2018

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Ryan's BBQ Shack

#5,757 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1444

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 7, 2017

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WORTHEY OF THE PIG

#5,762 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1444

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 6, 2017

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SMOKEANATOR BBQ TEAM

#5,755 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1444

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Gotta Rub Dat Butt's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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LATE STARTERS

#5,756 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1444

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Gotta Rub Dat Butt's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	162.8456	143.3828	156.54	top 82%
Pork Ribs	5	160.5372	128.5028	148.64	top 90%
Pork	5	159.3484	137.0972	150.13	top 91%
Brisket	5	153.0972	134.2400	147.04	top 89%

“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
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 94%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 100%

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 5 a different one every time

Opponents faced 129 finished ahead 8 times, behind 181

Longest layoff 2 yrs May 6, 2016 → May 4, 2018

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

20191 milestone

May 3 Most recent contest Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q

20182 milestones

May 4 Career-best overall score635.2456 Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q
May 4 Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8456 Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q

20142 milestones

Apr 25 First tracked contest VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
Apr 25 Peak power rating (1485) VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Apr 25, 2014
-13.9	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff	May 1, 2015
-12.9	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q	May 6, 2016
-7.9	Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q	May 3, 2019
-5.9	Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q	May 4, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 92%	86.3%	86.3%
2018	1	0%	top 83%	88.2%	88.2%
2016	1	0%	top 100%	81.7%	81.7%
2015	1	0%	top 100%	85.4%	85.4%
2014	1	0%	top 100%	76.7%	76.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 3, 2019	Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q 🏅 Lansing, KS	34 / 37 (621.0628)	31 (160.5600)	28 (160.5372)	36 (149.1200)	34 (150.8456)
May 4, 2018	Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS	24 / 29 (635.2456)	23 (162.8456)	24 (159.9544)	23 (159.3484)	22 (153.0972)
May 6, 2016	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS	30 / 30 (588.3432)	25 (155.3600)	27 (150.8344)	30 (137.0972)	27 (145.0516)
May 1, 2015	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS	33 / 33 (614.7432)	21 (160.5600)	33 (143.3716)	28 (158.8228)	29 (151.9888)
Apr 25, 2014	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS	65 / 65 (552.3996)	64 (143.3828)	65 (128.5028)	62 (146.2740)	64 (134.2400)

Gotta Rub Dat Butt

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (3 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

More numbers

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

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

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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)