A Good Rub BBQ

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

Power ranking

#928

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1612

peak 1623 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-09

latest 2023-10-13

Best ToY finish

#268

Master 2015

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

690.7772 / 720

Master · Rock'n Freedom

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

670.10 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 668.07 (+2.03)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Rock'n Freedom

Consistency

±15.00

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.05 · weakest Pork (165.32)

Road miles

2,991

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.07 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (12 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 12% average finish here

Rock'n Freedom is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 12%

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 21 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

690.7772 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.7772 at Rock'n Freedom — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-19

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

GETTIN' BASTED has finished one call ahead of A Good Rub BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.73 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 36% of the time against 46%.

Pork avg 165.32
Chicken avg 171.05
10 calls in 28 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

4.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.2 years, then back at Dragon Smoke BBQ Competition (2023-10-13).

last seen 2019-08-09
back 2023-10-13

Chicken nemesis

15 of 22 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 68% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 15 of 22 shared chicken entries.

Built for the big stage

Top 27% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 27% finish in large fields against top 53% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 27% (10)
Small (<20 teams): top 53% (6)

An April team

Top 20% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 20% across 4 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

4 April contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.08% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.08% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.8% of a perfect score
28 contests

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

Eggspert BBQ Minnesota

#924 of the rated field

1612 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1613

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to A Good Rub BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team A Good Rub BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

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COUNTY LINE SMOKERS

#925 of the rated field

1612 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1622

4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to A Good Rub BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before A Good Rub BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Team Meat Coma

#920 of the rated field

1613 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1680

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to A Good Rub BBQ)

They've been 1680 at their best, 68 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 60 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

YAZOO'S DELTA Q

#930 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1612

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to A Good Rub BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than A Good Rub BBQ has cooked, 12 to 28, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

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QUAU

#927 of the rated field

1612 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 187
GCs: 17
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1808

1–9 in 10 shared contests (10% to A Good Rub BBQ)

Their rating is built on 17 Grand Championships in 187 contests, alongside a 58% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 180 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ Hot Yard

#926 of the rated field

1612 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 72%
Peak: 1612

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after A Good Rub BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2026-08-29
on a 5-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GETTIN' BASTED	22	3	19	14%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
BRICKHEAD BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
BIG WOODIE BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
SLEEPY HOLLOW	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	10	4	5	40%	⚔ compare
QUAU	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BLOWN AWAY BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
Hogzilla	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
PORK N' CIDER	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	13	0	4	177.1428	161.7028	171.05	top 33%
Pork Ribs	28	10	0	2	177.7144	151.9544	165.84	top 45%
Pork	28	10	0	1	178.2972	154.8344	165.32	top 48%
Brisket	28	11	1	4	180.0000 🔥	139.9316	165.86	top 39%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
MO	26	0	top 38%
KS	2	0	top 35%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	top 53%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 39%
Large (40+)	10	top 27%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Table Rock Boats and Bones	3	9	top 46%	2016-09-17
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	21	top 80%	2016-05-06
Rock'n Freedom	2	4	top 12%	2015-06-19
Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	2	7	top 19%	2015-04-24

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.4 yrs 2014-05-09 → 2023-10-13

Busiest season 2015 9 contests

Contests a season 4 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 26 of 28 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 23 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 28 entries · 0 wins · 13 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 171.05 · weakest Pork (165.32)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 21 of 28 contests

Overall top-10 rate 43% 12 of 28 contests

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 668.07 out of 720 · 28 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,376 1,596–859 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,991 28 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi

Schedule strength 1573 average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests

Purse competed for $12,500 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4.2 yrs 2019-08-09 → 2023-10-13

Power rating 1612 peak 1623 · #928 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
May 9 First tracked contest Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
May 9 First call Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
May 9 First overall top-10 Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
May 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.7260 Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
Jun 20 First category win (Brisket) Rock'n Freedom
Jun 20 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Rock'n Freedom
2015
May 22 First overall podium Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship)
May 22 First Reserve Championship Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship)
May 22 10th tracked contest Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship)
Jun 19 Career-best overall score690.7772 Rock'n Freedom
2018
Aug 10 25th tracked contest Route 66 Barbeque Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
2019
Aug 9 Peak power rating (1623) Route 66 BBQ & Steak Showdown
2023
Oct 13 Most recent contest Dragon Smoke BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.7	Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship)	2015-05-22
+14.8	Rock'n Freedom	2014-06-20
+14.3	Rock'n Freedom	2015-06-19
+13.4	Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival	2014-05-09
+9.8	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival	2017-04-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-05-06
-10.9	Dragon Smoke BBQ Competition	2023-10-13
-7.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-09-09
-6.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-05-15
-5.4	Smokin' Summer Kick-off	2015-06-05

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 83%	90.5%	90.5%
2019	1	1	0	100%	top 24%	94.4%	94.4%
2018	3	1	0	67%	top 35%	94.4%	93.5%
2017	1	1	0	100%	top 11%	95.2%	95.2%
2016	6	0	0	33%	top 51%	94.3%	91.8%
2015	9	5	0	89%	top 34%	95.9%	93.3%
2014	7	4	1	100%	top 32%	95.1%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-10-13	Dragon Smoke BBQ Competition 🏅 Osage Beach, MO	15 / 18 (651.8744)	14 (172.5828)	15 (163.9772)	17 (158.2172)	16 (157.0972)
2019-08-09	Route 66 BBQ & Steak Showdown 🏅 Springfiled, MO	6 / 25 (679.3372)	3 (174.2744)	10 (167.9772)	14 (163.3712)	4 (173.7144)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	204 / 467 (665.1204)	144 (170.3088)	337 (160.5372)	161 (168.0116)	185 (166.2628)
2018-08-10	Route 66 Barbeque Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Springfield, MO	7 / 19 (679.9200)	14 (165.1200)	12 (163.3828)	2 (178.2972)	2 (173.1200)
2018-04-20	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	11 / 43 (674.2288)	13 (172.5600)	14 (169.1544)	10 (168.5256)	21 (163.9888)
2017-04-21	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	6 / 55 (685.6804)	6 (176.0000)	8 (172.5716)	12 (171.4172)	17 (165.6916)
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	142 / 557 (669.6684)	210 (166.8572)	77 (172.0000)	343 (162.2512)	139 (168.5600)
2016-09-17	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	27 / 43 (665.6572)	16 (171.9884)	34 (161.7144)	19 (169.1316)	29 (162.8228)
2016-09-09	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kansas City, MO	25 / 30 (651.3828)	14 (167.4056)	26 (160.0000)	19 (164.5828)	25 (159.3944)
2016-06-24	Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	13 / 49 (678.7660)	2 (177.1428)	6 (171.4172)	28 (159.3716)	10 (170.8344)
2016-05-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO	27 / 30 (628.4692)	16 (169.1316)	21 (160.0116)	23 (159.3944)	30 (139.9316)
2016-04-22	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	12 / 61 (672.4572)	9 (171.9772)	20 (165.7028)	10 (170.8344)	22 (163.9428)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	131 / 606 (671.3832)	106 (171.4172)	376 (161.1544)	131 (169.6800)	139 (169.1316)
2015-09-25	Burg Fest BBQ Contest Warrensburg, MO	8 / 19 (671.3372)	6 (171.4056)	5 (167.4172)	10 (167.9772)	9 (164.5372)
2015-09-19	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	9 / 33 (683.3600)	15 (167.4056)	12 (167.9772)	10 (170.8228)	3 (177.1544)
2015-06-26	3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	8 / 31 (679.3716)	13 (171.9772)	10 (169.1316)	10 (169.1200)	12 (169.1428)
2015-06-19	Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO	4 / 36 (690.7772)	9 (173.7028)	2 (177.7144)	15 (168.5488)	12 (170.8112)
2015-06-05	Smokin' Summer Kick-off Branson, MO	12 / 17 (656.9828)	7 (173.1084)	11 (162.8344)	15 (157.6456)	11 (163.3944)
2015-05-22	Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship) Kimberling City, MO	2 / 26 (689.7028)	7 (175.4172)	4 (172.5484)	11 (168.0000)	4 (173.7372)
2015-05-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO	21 / 30 (637.6232)	2 (174.2972)	25 (151.9544)	24 (155.9772)	20 (155.3944)
2015-04-24	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	16 / 63 (664.4228)	20 (168.5256)	36 (157.0856)	28 (163.9544)	3 (174.8572)
2014-09-26	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO	11 / 37 (674.2512)	3 (175.4400)	24 (164.5712)	7 (167.9772)	15 (166.2628)
2014-09-13	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	16 / 34 (661.1088)	12 (172.0000)	16 (166.2744)	32 (154.8344)	7 (168.0000)
2014-07-04	Fin to Fur Red White and Blue BBQ Blowout Thayer, MO	6 / 12 (646.7084)	7 (161.7028)	7 (161.0972)	9 (165.0856)	7 (158.8228)
2014-06-26	2nd Annual Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	15 / 35 (654.7772)	9 (170.8228)	8 (168.5828)	25 (155.3600)	11 (160.0116)
2014-06-20	Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO	4 / 33 (684.5028)	17 (170.2628)	11 (167.9772)	13 (166.2628)	1 (180.0000)
2014-05-16	Table Rock & Ribs Kimberling City, MO	6 / 18 (667.3944)	7 (167.4056)	2 (173.7372)	7 (165.1428)	10 (161.1088)
2014-05-09	Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	7 / 57 (669.7260)	13 (169.1544)	16 (165.1544)	9 (169.1428)	11 (166.2744)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1467 (175 pts)	#1552 (175 pts)	#1641 (155 pts)	#1773 (125 pts)	#2030 (100 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#784 (475 pts)	#518 (780 pts)	#778 (510 pts)	#790 (495 pts)	#847 (440 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#268 (1241 pts)	#266 (1231 pts)	#292 (1171 pts)	#422 (886 pts)	#253 (1296 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#351 (1044 pts)	#358 (1029 pts)	#401 (959 pts)	#464 (834 pts)	#327 (1094 pts)