High-water mark
671.3712
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3712 at Atlanta BarB-Que Festival — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 14, 2015
RUB SHAKERS QUE
RUB SHAKERS QUE is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 48 at the Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (2015). They are ranked #4567 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1506 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2013
latest Jun 20, 2025 · 11.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.69 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 633.71 (-3.02)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±52.88
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.03)
Road miles
214
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$87K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
633.71 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to RUB SHAKERS QUE, each with one reason worth a look.
138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
0–0 in 1 shared contest (0% to RUB SHAKERS QUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RUB SHAKERS QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
They've been 1505 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,554 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,572 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They turned up 8 years after RUB SHAKERS QUE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#4,542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1472
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before RUB SHAKERS QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,544 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with RUB SHAKERS QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 147.9084 | 161.99 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 20 | 145.03 | top 61% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 137.5884 | 161.17 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 158.2172 | 165.51 | top 53% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 81% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poosa Q | 2 | 41 | 0 | top 96% | Jun 20, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
318
finished ahead 77 times, behind 352
Longest layoff
5.6 yrs
Mar 1, 2019 → Oct 4, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Poosa Q
20182 milestones
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4172 Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival
- Peak power rating (1506) Rock'n Ribville
20152 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3712 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Career-best overall score671.3712 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- First call Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.2 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | Aug 14, 2015 |
| +4.5 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival | Sep 7, 2018 |
| +3 | Rock'n Ribville | Sep 21, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2019 |
| -11.3 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival | Sep 13, 2013 |
| -10.3 | Poosa Q | Oct 4, 2024 |
| -10 | Poosa Q | Jun 20, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 91% | 91% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 71.4% | 71.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2025 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 41 / 42 (655.2112) | 41 (162.2284) | 38 (163.9428) | 39 (162.8000) | 35 (166.2400) |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 56 / 59 (641.5316) | 56 (161.6800) | 59 (157.6916) | 58 (159.3600) | 50 (162.8000) |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 62 / 62 (514.1368) | 47 (163.9540) | 62 (20) | 12 (170.8228) | 47 (159.3600) |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Rock'n Ribville Lawrenceville, GA | 18 / 33 (671.2800) | 9 (172.5600) | 14 (171.9656) | 15 (168.5372) | 24 (158.2172) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival Atlanta, GA | 17 / 31 (671.2796) | 28 (157.0740) | 2 (175.4056) | 24 (163.3828) | 3 (175.4172) |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 12 / 48 (671.3712) | 18 (168.5372) | 15 (166.8572) | 22 (165.6912) | 10 (170.2856) |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 35 / 41 (611.1312) | 37 (147.9084) | 23 (159.3716) | 41 (137.5884) | 10 (166.2628) |