High-water mark
677.0172
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0172 at Cookin on the Kaw — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-10-09
Rub-N-Tug BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2015-10-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.48
last 5 Master vs avg 656.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.24 · weakest Brisket (160.90)
Road miles
69
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
656.48 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Theslabs.com ahead in 100% of their meetings
Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.35 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 80%.
- Brisket avg 160.90
- Chicken avg 169.24
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUNN UP BBQ in 4 of their 4 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.
89 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1538
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Rub-N-Tug BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rub-N-Tug BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rub-N-Tug BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2377 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 165.7028 | 169.24 | top 22% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 159.3484 | 163.28 | top 53% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 146.8456 | 163.07 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5488 | 154.8000 | 160.90 | top 50% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 37% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookin on the Kaw | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 32% | 2015-10-09 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.24 · weakest Brisket (160.90)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
656.48
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
176
143–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
69
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #2359 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- First call Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4282 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- First overall top-10 Cookin' on the Kaw
- 2015
- Career-best overall score677.0172 Cookin on the Kaw
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Cookin on the Kaw
- Peak power rating (1524) Cookin on the Kaw
- Most recent contest Cookin on the Kaw
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Cookin' on the Kaw | 2013-10-11 |
| +7.1 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | 2013-06-07 |
| +5.9 | Cookin on the Kaw | 2014-10-10 |
| +5.2 | Cookin on the Kaw | 2015-10-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.8 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival | 2013-08-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 94% | 94% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 91% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 14 / 36 (677.0172) | 9 (173.1084) | 29 (161.6572) | 6 (173.7028) | 14 (168.5488) |
| 2014-10-10 | Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 16 / 46 (665.6800) | 22 (165.7028) | 19 (166.2628) | 14 (169.7144) | 22 (164.0000) |
| 2013-10-11 | Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 9 / 42 (653.5996) | 5 (169.1312) | 11 (167.4056) | 25 (159.3600) | 19 (157.7028) |
| 2013-08-23 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 43 / 68 (630.6968) | 9 (169.7028) | 42 (159.3484) | 63 (146.8456) | 47 (154.8000) |
| 2013-06-07 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 14 / 49 (655.4282) | 5 (168.5714) | 26 (161.7140) | 17 (165.7142) | 25 (159.4286) |