T-Ray's Rack Rubbers

T-Ray's Rack Rubbers is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 23 at the Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2020). They are ranked #4555 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “T Ray's Rack Rubbers”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,555

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1472

peak 1505 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 13, 2020

latest Mar 13, 2026 · 6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

14% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

485.2576 / 540

Backyard · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0572

Pork · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±20.45

spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.04)

Road miles

across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Purse competed for

$30K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

313.52 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

463.83 / 540

4 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.86 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.

Pork Ribs avg 153.04
Pork avg 160.90
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Island Pig Posse in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Paris Ace Hardware has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) every year from 2020 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 9th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to T-Ray's Rack Rubbers, each with one reason worth a look.

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

KEY'S Southern Spice

#4,556 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to T-Ray's Rack Rubbers)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — T-Ray's Rack Rubbers ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 13, 2026

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RUB SHAKERS QUE

#4,561 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

They've been 1506 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2025

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Burnt & Ernie

#4,548 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

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 Apr 5, 2024

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SMOKIN' PIT PATRIOTS

#4,566 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before T-Ray's Rack Rubbers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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Meat Harvest BBQ

#4,536 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1472

They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before T-Ray's Rack Rubbers's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 29, 2022

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SPARKY'S BBQ

#4,530 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Level with T-Ray's Rack Rubbers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 4, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Pigs in a Blanket	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
LEE LA Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Groundhog Smokers	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	0	168.6744	143.3712	157.96	top 61%
Pork Ribs	7	0	0	0	164.0228	143.3372	153.04	top 74%
Pork	7	3	1	2	176.0572	143.3828	160.90	top 53%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	7	9	0	top 70%	Mar 13, 2026

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 111 finished ahead 58 times, behind 131

Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 7, 2025 → Mar 13, 2026

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

20261 milestone

Mar 13 Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20242 milestones

Mar 9 First category win (Pork) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 9 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0572 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20205 milestones

Mar 13 First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 First call Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 First overall top-10 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 Career-best overall score485.2576 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 Peak power rating (1505) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.7	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 13, 2020
+2	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 9, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 12, 2021
-8.9	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 7, 2025
-6.4	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 13, 2026
-6.3	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 12, 2022
-2.4	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 10, 2023

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 77%	85.1%	85.1%
2025	1	0	0	100%	top 87%	87%	87%
2024	1	0	1	100%	top 54%	89.2%	89.2%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 65%	87.3%	87.3%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 77%	86.8%	86.8%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 89%	79.7%	79.7%
2020	1	1	0	100%	top 39%	89.9%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 13, 2026	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	23 / 30 (306.2744)	24 (147.4400)	20 (158.8344)	20 (160.5828)	—
Mar 7, 2025	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	26 / 30 (313.1088)	18 (163.3944)	27 (149.7144)	7 (170.8572)	—
Mar 9, 2024	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	15 / 28 (321.1656)	21 (157.1428)	13 (164.0228)	1 (176.0572)	—
Mar 10, 2023	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	20 / 31 (471.4172)	12 (165.1428)	13 (162.8916)	30 (143.3828)	—
Mar 12, 2022	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	20 / 26 (468.5144)	18 (160.5716)	25 (148.5028)	18 (159.4400)	—
Mar 12, 2021	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	25 / 28 (430.1484)	24 (143.3712)	23 (143.3372)	28 (143.4400)	—
Mar 13, 2020	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	9 / 23 (485.2576)	5 (168.6744)	21 (144.0116)	2 (172.5716)	—

T-Ray's Rack Rubbers

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

Purse competed for

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A standing appointment

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 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)