A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Rub Me Tender Crew
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-13
latest 2017-08-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.48
last 4 Master vs avg 620.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.26 · weakest Brisket (150.40)
Road miles
227
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 225 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
620.48 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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 Me Tender Crew has 4 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 149 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Rub Me Tender Crew did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rub Me Tender Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172.0116 | 142.7768 | 158.99 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 129.6344 | 151.84 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 139.9656 | 159.26 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 142.8344 | 150.40 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 80% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 77% | 2017-08-12 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2015-06-13 → 2017-08-12
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SK
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.26 · weakest Brisket (150.40)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
620.48
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
39
17–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
227
4 mapped stops · furthest 225 mi
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-08-06 → 2017-08-12
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- First call Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1428 Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1496) Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0400 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score657.0400 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- 2016
- First category win (Chicken) Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown
- 2017
- Most recent contest Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | These Were the Days BBQ Showdown | 2015-08-08 |
| -10.1 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | 2017-08-12 |
| -4 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship | 2015-06-13 |
| -2.2 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | 2016-08-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 65% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 91.3% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-12 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK | 16 / 18 (609.0748) | 8 (159.4516) | 14 (151.9772) | 15 (153.0972) | 14 (144.5488) |
| 2016-08-06 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, Saskatchewan, CA | 11 / 17 (627.4172) | 1 (172.0116) | 8 (162.3200) | 17 (139.9656) | 12 (153.1200) |
| 2015-08-08 | These Were the Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK | 13 / 15 (657.0400) | 13 (161.7028) | 12 (163.4172) | 4 (170.8228) | 11 (161.0972) |
| 2015-06-13 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship Regina, Saskatchewan Canada, | 15 / 22 (588.3884) | 21 (142.7768) | 21 (129.6344) | 2 (173.1428) | 16 (142.8344) |