A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Meat Candy Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Rue-Do BBQ
Rue-Do BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 24th of 26 at the Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic (2023). They are ranked #5570 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 26, 2023
latest May 23, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.13
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.93)
Road miles
704
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 246 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
598.38 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #991 (105 pts) | #1057 (105 pts) | #1144 (105 pts) | #1037 (105 pts) | #1029 (105 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #959 (114 pts) | #969 (124 pts) | #836 (188 pts) | #829 (169 pts) | #996 (114 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1616 (52 pts) | #1642 (52 pts) | #1733 (52 pts) | #1243 (72 pts) | #1612 (52 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rue-Do BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,578 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,575 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Rue-Do BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Rue-Do BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
Level with Rue-Do BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,549 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Candy Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 138.7656 | 149.08 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 123.1884 | 145.93 | top 98% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5712 | 148.5600 | 156.40 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.7884 | 138.8000 | 146.79 | top 96% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Dam Barbeque | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 98% | May 24, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NV
3 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
81
finished ahead 4 times, behind 132
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Best Dam BBQ
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Best Dam Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1488) Best Dam Barbeque
- Career-best overall score627.8628 Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5712 Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 26, 2023 |
| -11.2 | Best Dam BBQ | May 23, 2025 |
| -10.5 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 24, 2024 |
| -8.8 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic | Nov 3, 2023 |
| -8.5 | Q's & Brews | Mar 28, 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 84.4% | 81.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.2% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 29 / 29 (607.7940) | 29 (148.5028) | 29 (146.2628) | 28 (158.2400) | 28 (154.7884) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Q's & Brews 🏅 Lake Havasu, AZ | 25 / 26 (569.9200) | 25 (153.6572) | 26 (123.1884) | 26 (148.5600) | 25 (144.5144) |
| May 24, 2024 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 32 / 33 (591.1656) | 33 (149.6340) | 32 (152.5144) | 33 (150.2172) | 32 (138.8000) |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic 🏅 Mesa, AZ | 24 / 26 (627.8628) | 22 (154.8344) | 26 (152.5256) | 13 (168.5712) | 24 (151.9316) |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Mesa, AZ | — | — | 18 (151.3940) | — | — |
| May 26, 2023 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 27 / 27 (595.1656) | 27 (138.7656) | 26 (149.6800) | — | 27 (143.8972) |