A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAT BEAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAT BEAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
RUB'D-N-SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-04-10
latest 2018-04-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.93
last 3 Master vs avg 628.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.49 · weakest Chicken (153.86)
Road miles
3
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1625)
Master avg
628.93 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1625
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1625 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
RUB'D-N-SMOKE 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 148 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUB'D-N-SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after RUB'D-N-SMOKE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6572 | 146.8228 | 153.86 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 153.0972 | 161.49 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 154.7656 | 159.35 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 142.2056 | 154.23 | top 87% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 90% | 2018-04-13 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-04-10 → 2018-04-13
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.49 · weakest Chicken (153.86)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
67
8–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1625
average field rating faced — tougher than 89% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-04-07 → 2018-04-13
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- Peak power rating (1490) Smoke on the Falls
- 2017
- Career-best overall score639.8512 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8456 Smoke on the Falls
- 2018
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Smoke on the Falls | 2015-04-10 |
| -7.3 | Smoke on the Falls | 2018-04-13 |
| -6.1 | Smoke on the Falls | 2017-04-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-13 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 36 / 38 (607.7256) | 37 (157.6572) | 35 (153.0972) | 34 (154.7656) | 37 (142.2056) |
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 24 / 28 (639.8512) | 27 (146.8228) | 16 (166.8456) | 21 (163.9428) | 20 (162.2400) |
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-04-10 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 32 / 34 (639.2228) | 33 (157.0972) | 27 (164.5372) | 34 (159.3484) | 31 (158.2400) |