High-water mark
671.8628
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8628 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-09-15
Wubba's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2024-10-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.10 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 641.99 (+9.11)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.23 · weakest Brisket (156.31)
Road miles
27
mi across 10 mapped stops
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$274K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.99 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
10–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.92 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 156.31
- Chicken avg 164.23
- 0 calls in 10 entries
A strong matchup
10–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 10 of their 10 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2023-09-27).
- last seen 2021-09-16
- back 2023-09-27
Chicken nemesis
10 of 10
shared chicken entries lost
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±1.99%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.99% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.2% of a perfect score
- 10 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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Wubba's BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Wubba's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Wubba's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4794 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Wubba's BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| Burn Rate! | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork & Boots | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| DUSTY ROADS BBQ | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Tractor Shed BBQ | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| On the Dotte Smokers | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Bare Bones BBQ Team | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SQUIRRELS 2 BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Outhouse BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| DIXIE MOON | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Heat's Neat | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 159.4056 | 164.23 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.0572 | 145.6800 | 159.93 | top 65% |
| Pork | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 150.2400 | 161.53 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 145.0972 | 156.31 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 354 | 0 | top 75% | 2023-09-27 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11.1 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2024-10-30
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 10 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
7 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
9
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.23 · weakest Brisket (156.31)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 10 contests
Master average
641.99
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
2,125
1,426–3,552 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
27
10 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1572
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$273,700
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2021-09-16 → 2023-09-27
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #4810 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1495) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.8288 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0572 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- 2018
- Career-best overall score671.8628 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2024
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.3 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| +3.3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| -7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| -6.9 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| -5.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| -5.5 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 34% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 368 / 444 (644.4340) | 298 (165.1200) | 402 (156.0000) | 240 (167.9656) | 375 (155.3484) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 365 / 487 (650.1256) | 295 (166.2400) | 434 (156.5028) | 390 (159.4056) | 216 (167.9772) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 354 / 467 (638.7544) | 129 (170.2972) | 338 (161.0972) | 342 (158.8572) | 421 (148.5028) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 287 / 468 (650.3200) | 330 (160.5828) | 310 (161.7144) | 252 (164.6056) | 239 (163.4172) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 159 / 467 (671.8628) | 233 (166.8228) | 233 (166.2400) | 32 (176.0000) | 263 (162.8000) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 321 / 407 (632.5264) | 271 (161.7260) | 388 (145.6800) | 256 (162.8344) | 237 (162.2860) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 287 / 557 (653.8288) | 351 (161.2000) | 16 (176.0572) | 369 (161.1316) | 387 (155.4400) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 457 / 606 (628.5140) | 414 (159.4056) | 247 (165.7600) | 442 (158.2512) | 540 (145.0972) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 432 / 552 (627.3824) | 220 (166.8572) | 472 (152.5712) | 433 (155.9884) | 438 (151.9656) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 377 / 535 (622.1600) | 202 (164.0000) | 311 (157.6800) | 456 (150.2400) | 398 (150.2400) |