Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2788

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1511

peak 1511 · rated over 31 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-01

latest 2024-09-27

Best ToY finish

#439

Master 2022

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

684.5256 / 720

Master · McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.93 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.34 (+15.59)

Walk rate

32%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±22.62

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.74 · weakest Brisket (157.40)

Road miles

2,833

mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 908 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Purse competed for

$94K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 19 state-championship entries

Master avg

649.34 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

The heartbreaker

2.8684 points from the title

Came within 2.8684 points of the Grand Championship at McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual (2022-06-03).

High-water mark

684.5256 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.5256 at McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-06-03

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DAWGHOUSE BBQ has finished one call ahead of Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 38%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 38%

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.33 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 16%.

Brisket avg 157.40
Pork avg 165.74
0 calls in 31 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of KC Rib doctor in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

10 of 14 shared pork entries lost

913 BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared pork entries.

A September team

Top 32% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 32% across 10 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

10 September contests
top 58% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sertoma 48 BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 18th

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.

102 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

QUISINE

#2796 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1527

1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — QUISINE ahead 4–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ

#2783 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet)

Fewer contests behind them than Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet has cooked, 6 to 31, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-05-31

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SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ

#2794 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Osdorp Grillers (NL)

#2771 of the rated field

1512 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

50 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 26% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 48 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

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BLOWN AWAY BBQ

#2776 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Level with Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

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Good Grefe!

#2793 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1585 at their best, 74 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 58 contests
last seen 2026-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PASSIONS OF THE PIT	19	10	9	53%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
Evening Wood	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
F.O.M.S.B.	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
OVERLAND PORK BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
Fat&Dumb BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
IHC BBQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
Just Smoked Your Butt	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
PORK 'N MINDY	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
SKY BLUE THIGHS	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Big D & The Briquettes	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
ROCK N BLUES BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
RUB'N WOOD	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	3	1	177.1544	145.6228	163.90	top 56%
Pork Ribs	31	4	0	175.4172	136.5260	162.30	top 55%
Pork	31	5	1	177.7028	140.0228	165.74	top 47%
Brisket	31	0	0	168.5256	135.9888	157.40	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
KS	29	top 56%
MO	1	top 76%
SK	1	top 89%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 54%
Large (40+)	24	top 58%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	6	14	top 27%	2022-09-23
Sertoma 48 BBQ	6	18	top 66%	2019-04-26
Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	4	28	top 77%	2021-07-09
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	2	35	top 40%	2018-09-21
2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	2	42	top 85%	2015-06-05

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.2 yrs 2013-08-01 → 2024-09-27

Busiest season 2022 4 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 29 of 31 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 16 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 31 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.74 · weakest Brisket (157.40)

Walk rate 32% a top-10 call in 10 of 31 contests

Overall top-10 rate 3% 1 of 31 contests

Master average 649.34 out of 720 · 31 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 793 915–1,034 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,833 31 mapped stops · furthest 908 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Purse competed for $93,825 listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 19 state-championship entries

Power rating 1511 peak 1511 · #2788 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Aug 1 First tracked contest Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge
2014
Sep 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3604 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2016
Jun 3 10th tracked contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Sep 23 First call Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2022
Jun 3 First overall top-10 McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual
Jun 3 First overall podium McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual
Jun 3 First Reserve Championship McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual
Jun 3 25th tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual
Jun 3 Career-best overall score684.5256 McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual
Sep 23 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2024
Sep 27 Peak power rating (1511) Shawnee Great Grillers
Sep 27 Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18	McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual	2022-06-03
+13.7	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2016-09-23
+13.2	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)	2021-09-24
+11.2	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2014-09-26
+9	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2022-09-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge	2013-08-01
-10.6	2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	2015-06-05
-9.8	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff	2019-06-08
-8.7	Sertoma 48 BBQ	2015-05-08
-8.3	McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual	2023-06-02

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	2	0	100%	top 39%	93.1%	93%
2023	1	0	0%	top 81%	88.2%	88.2%
2022	4	1	75%	top 38%	95.1%	93.5%
2021	4	0	25%	top 58%	94.5%	92.2%
2020	1	0	0%	top 93%	87.2%	87.2%
2019	3	0	33%	top 69%	90.9%	86.6%
2018	3	0	33%	top 55%	91.3%	90.6%
2017	2	0	50%	top 36%	91.9%	91.7%
2016	3	0	33%	top 60%	93.2%	89.6%
2015	2	0	0%	top 88%	86.3%	86%
2014	3	0	0%	top 53%	92.7%	89.9%
2013	3	0	0%	top 68%	89.6%	88.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	24 / 73 (669.6572)	39 (167.3944)	34 (166.8344)	4 (177.1772)	55 (158.2512)
2024-05-31	McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	16 / 35 (670.2284)	25 (162.2400)	8 (172.5828)	15 (168.5600)	20 (166.8456)
2023-06-02	McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	29 / 36 (635.3252)	32 (153.1200)	24 (161.6684)	29 (158.8684)	22 (161.6684)
2022-09-23	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	22 / 87 (673.5772)	53 (163.3828)	32 (167.3944)	7 (177.7028)	33 (165.0972)
2022-09-09	6th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS	16 / 37 (675.8624)	22 (167.3712)	6 (175.4172)	14 (171.4056)	21 (161.6684)
2022-08-19	BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	41 / 54 (658.7312)	30 (168.5372)	16 (171.4172)	46 (159.4056)	43 (159.3712)
2022-06-03	McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	2 / 30 (684.5256)	5 (174.8456)	4 (173.7028)	2 (175.4172)	17 (160.5600)
2021-09-24	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS	14 / 86 (680.5144)	19 (171.4172)	19 (172.5600)	12 (174.2628)	36 (162.2744)
2021-07-09	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	29 / 43 (667.4056)	25 (169.1200)	32 (166.2856)	31 (165.1200)	18 (166.8800)
2021-06-04	Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual 🏅 Mclouth, KS	26 / 42 (665.0744)	19 (167.9772)	34 (160.0000)	7 (172.0000)	21 (165.0972)
2021-04-09	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	91 / 105 (642.7540)	57 (168.5256)	90 (161.1544)	93 (158.8228)	91 (154.2512)
2020-07-10	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	57 / 61 (627.8400)	45 (163.4172)	59 (149.6228)	53 (159.9656)	54 (154.8344)
2019-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	46 / 102 (654.6740)	73 (159.3600)	14 (172.5484)	40 (166.8228)	70 (155.9428)
2019-06-08	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	17 / 19 (574.8464)	8 (162.3088)	18 (136.5260)	16 (140.0228)	19 (135.9888)
2019-04-26	Sertoma 48 BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS	27 / 38 (640.4112)	32 (155.3484)	29 (159.4172)	19 (165.1200)	23 (160.5256)
2018-09-21	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	53 / 107 (650.2060)	41 (165.6800)	47 (165.1316)	36 (167.4172)	85 (151.9772)
2018-07-13	*Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	28 / 48 (657.1208)	21 (169.1316)	28 (162.9032)	5 (174.2972)	42 (150.7888)
2018-05-04	*Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	24 / 41 (649.6344)	25 (161.6916)	15 (166.2856)	12 (166.2744)	27 (155.3828)
2017-09-22	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	35 / 112 (659.3032)	49 (163.3944)	27 (168.5716)	65 (162.2400)	33 (165.0972)
2017-05-05	*Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS	18 / 44 (661.5772)	20 (167.3828)	5 (173.7144)	26 (163.9428)	25 (156.5372)
2016-09-23	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	16 / 111 (671.3488)	3 (177.1544)	83 (154.8116)	13 (170.8572)	20 (168.5256)
2016-06-03	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	48 / 55 (630.7316)	31 (164.0344)	31 (162.2400)	48 (158.2172)	49 (146.2400)
2016-05-06	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	33 / 42 (633.5888)	42 (145.6228)	31 (160.5488)	30 (163.9884)	21 (163.4288)
2015-06-05	2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	59 / 64 (616.4456)	51 (157.1200)	52 (155.3828)	53 (154.2400)	54 (149.7028)
2015-05-08	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	38 / 45 (621.5428)	23 (164.5256)	42 (147.9428)	32 (158.8572)	37 (150.2172)
2014-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	22 / 112 (667.3604)	63 (161.7144)	30 (166.8344)	11 (174.8572)	38 (163.9544)
2014-06-06	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	42 / 54 (631.8748)	33 (163.4172)	49 (150.2060)	25 (166.2856)	45 (151.9660)
2014-05-09	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	33 / 54 (642.1828)	54 (148.5144)	15 (167.4056)	14 (166.8572)	31 (159.4056)
2013-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	45 / 114 (645.0516)	37 (165.1316)	69 (156.5600)	16 (169.7028)	72 (153.6572)
2013-08-17	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	24 / 31 (643.3828)	23 (163.9772)	17 (165.7256)	24 (161.7256)	28 (151.9544)
2013-08-01	Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS	65 / 74 (626.7884)	26 (168.0228)	74 (139.9428)	31 (167.4284)	62 (151.3944)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#994 (105 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#911 (155 pts)	#1021 (110 pts)	#1106 (85 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#439 (495 pts)	#571 (375 pts)	#462 (545 pts)	#396 (595 pts)	#652 (295 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)