Rub A Dub Grub MD

Rating

1514

peak 1523 · rated over 4 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-06-28

latest 2024-10-11

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

643.8168 / 720

Master · MD State BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

319.20

last 3 Backyard vs avg 319.20 (+0.00)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Chicken · Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±22.14

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.40 · weakest Chicken (157.54)

Road miles

447

mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 149 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)

Purse competed for

$30K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.82 / 720

1 Master contest · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

319.20 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

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Storylines

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023-08-18).

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	0	0	172.5600	136.0000	157.54	top 54%
Pork Ribs	4	3	1	1	171.4172	154.2400	162.40	top 30%
Pork	1	0	0	0	160.5484	160.5484	160.55	top 88%
Brisket	1	0	0	0	161.0972	161.0972	161.10	top 65%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MD	2	top 64%
DE	1	top 24%
PA	1	top 13%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 36%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 92%
Large (40+)	2	top 18%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (2 contests)
Cooks mostly in MD (2 of 4 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (4 entries)
Average Master overall score: 643.82 / 720
Average Backyard overall score: 319.20 / 360

Milestones

🚩 2019-06-28 — First tracked contest · York County BBQ Festival
📣 2019-06-28 — First call · York County BBQ Festival
📈 2023-08-18 — Peak power rating (1523) · Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
⭐ 2024-10-11 — Career-best overall score (643.8168) · MD State BBQ Bash

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.5	York County BBQ Festival	2019-06-28
+7.6	Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)	2023-08-18
+4.7	Boo-B-Que	2019-10-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	MD State BBQ Bash	2024-10-11

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0	0%	top 92%	89.4%	89.4%
2023	1	1	1	100%	top 36%	95.5%	95.5%
2019	2	1	0	100%	top 18%	89.8%	85.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-10-11	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	24 / 26 (643.8168)	23 (162.2168)	23 (159.9544)	23 (160.5484)	17 (161.0972)
2023-08-18	Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Frostburg, MD	4 / 11 (343.9772)	9 (172.5600)	1 (171.4172)	—	—
2019-10-18	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	15 / 63 (290.2400)	18 (136.0000)	8 (154.2400)	—	—
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	6 / 48 (323.3712)	8 (159.3828)	5 (163.9884)	—	—