A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Rub n Butts BBQ
Rub n Butts BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 19th of 38 at the 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam (2025). They are ranked #4565 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “RUB-N Butts- BBQ” and “Rub-N-Butts BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2013
latest Jan 9, 2025 · 11.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.55 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 632.73 (-1.18)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.51
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.91 · weakest Brisket (154.38)
Road miles
1,465
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 860 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$7,200
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
632.73 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
314.19 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rub n Butts BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Rub n Butts BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rub n Butts BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,578 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rub n Butts BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Rub n Butts BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rub n Butts BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1513
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Rub n Butts BBQ)
They've been 1513 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,575 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Level with Rub n Butts BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1472
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HABITUAL SMOKERS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 154.2400 | 160.91 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 141.1428 | 155.63 | top 66% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 153.1426 | 162.91 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 146.2056 | 154.38 | top 64% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bikes Blues & BBQ | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 63% | Sep 25, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AR
5 of 8 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
815
finished ahead 213 times, behind 683
Longest layoff
7.8 yrs
Apr 1, 2017 → Jan 9, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
20143 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4004 Bikes Blues & BBQ
- Career-best overall score648.4004 Bikes Blues & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Bikes Blues & BBQ
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' in the Ozarks
- First call Smokin' in the Ozarks
- Peak power rating (1492) Smokin' in the Ozarks
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | May 9, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce | Apr 1, 2017 |
| -7.8 | Smokin' in the Ozarks | Apr 26, 2013 |
| -7.4 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
| -2.8 | Bikes Blues & BBQ | Sep 20, 2013 |
| -1.7 | Bikes Blues & BBQ | Sep 26, 2014 |
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 | 100% | top 50% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 87% | 86.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 90.1% | 88.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 89% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2025 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 19 / 38 (314.1940) | 15 (162.2512) | 19 (151.9428) | 7 (169.6800) | 12 (157.6456) |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce Gravette, AR | 32 / 37 (630.1716) | 19 (166.2628) | 25 (159.4632) | 32 (158.2400) | 32 (146.2056) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 496 / 606 (621.0628) | 484 (156.0112) | 449 (156.5600) | 439 (158.2744) | 491 (150.2172) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 22 / 35 (626.1376) | 28 (157.6916) | 27 (152.5372) | 13 (163.3944) | 28 (152.5144) |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 19 / 30 (648.4004) | 22 (162.2400) | 22 (157.1088) | 7 (173.1200) | 22 (155.9316) |
| May 9, 2014 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 27 / 57 (632.0004) | 25 (161.7144) | 29 (157.1432) | 30 (157.7028) | 31 (155.4400) |
| Sep 20, 2013 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 32 / 49 (641.0520) | 44 (154.2400) | 20 (169.1316) | 13 (169.7144) | 42 (147.9660) |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Smokin' in the Ozarks Rogers, AR | 26 / 34 (630.2854) | 13 (166.8572) | 33 (141.1428) | 31 (153.1426) | 7 (169.1428) |