A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
T-MAC SMOKIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
T-MAC SMOKIN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Butt Rub Buddies
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2016-07-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
596.07
last 3 Master vs avg 596.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.61 · weakest Brisket (145.86)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
596.07 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Meating the Need in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Butt Rub Buddies 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 130 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.
#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Butt Rub Buddies did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Butt Rub Buddies on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8228 | 142.2628 | 148.54 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4172 | 138.2516 | 146.06 | top 85% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 153.6456 | 155.61 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9428 | 142.2516 | 145.86 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 87% | 2015-07-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2016-07-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.61 · weakest Brisket (145.86)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
596.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
20–165 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- Career-best single call (Pork)157.1428 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- Peak power rating (1492) Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- 2016
- Career-best overall score611.2572 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
- Most recent contest Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | 2015-07-10 |
| -8.3 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat | 2016-07-08 |
| -8 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | 2014-07-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-08 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat Green Bay, WI | 59 / 66 (611.2572) | 59 (154.8228) | 49 (155.4172) | 59 (153.6456) | 60 (147.3716) |
| 2015-07-10 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI | 76 / 80 (578.8004) | 76 (142.2628) | 75 (138.2516) | 60 (156.0344) | 71 (142.2516) |
| 2014-07-11 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI | 33 / 42 (598.1484) | 32 (148.5372) | 36 (144.5256) | 18 (157.1428) | 31 (147.9428) |