High-water mark
671.8512
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8512 at Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 28, 2025
Rub Me Raw BBQ
Rub Me Raw BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 35 at the Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) (2024). They are ranked #3587 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2024
latest Mar 13, 2026 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.82 · weakest Brisket (159.53)
Road miles
719
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 147 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1625)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.88 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.37 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1020 (60 pts) | #1093 (60 pts) | #1161 (60 pts) | #756 (155 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #835 (130 pts) | #879 (150 pts) | #829 (190 pts) | #994 (115 pts) | #873 (140 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #242 (179 pts) | #227 (204 pts) | #252 (179 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1169 (63 pts) | #1512 (58 pts) | #1288 (68 pts) | #1199 (68 pts) | #1480 (58 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rub Me Raw BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
161 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,623 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1491
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rub Me Raw BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rub Me Raw BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 67
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1540
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rub Me Raw BBQ)
They've been 1540 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Rub Me Raw BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before Rub Me Raw BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Rub Me Raw BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit's Ex | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8112 | 157.7144 | 162.49 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 151.9772 | 164.21 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 157.6684 | 165.82 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 154.2284 | 159.53 | top 82% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 87% | Mar 13, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AR
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
119
finished ahead 53 times, behind 117
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score671.8512 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1)
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
- First call Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
- First overall top-10 Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1516) Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8972 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.4 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) | Mar 22, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest | Mar 13, 2026 |
| -7.2 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) | Mar 28, 2025 |
| -6.4 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest | Mar 14, 2025 |
| -4.2 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | Jun 7, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 92% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 93.3% | 91.8% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 90.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest 🏅 Fayetteville, AR | 34 / 37 (650.1828) | 35 (157.7144) | 33 (160.5256) | 8 (177.7028) | 35 (154.2400) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 22 / 27 (671.8512) | 19 (170.8112) | 20 (170.2628) | 23 (162.2400) | 19 (168.5372) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest 🏅 Fayetteville, AR | 23 / 28 (649.5880) | 22 (165.6912) | 13 (172) | 27 (157.6684) | 24 (154.2284) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 24 / 33 (651.8972) | 32 (158.8344) | 23 (166.2628) | 23 (165.6800) | 25 (161.1200) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 4 / 35 (311.3716) | 3 (159.3944) | 4 (151.9772) | — | — |