The comeback
6.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.5 years, then back at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2023-09-29).
- last seen 2017-03-24
- back 2023-09-29
RUB MY BUTT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1508 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-17
latest 2023-09-29
Best ToY finish
#2852
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.69
last 3 Master vs avg 631.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.21 · weakest Brisket (148.13)
Road miles
2,920
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1316 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
RUB MY BUTT BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 130 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3484 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1518
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RUB MY BUTT BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RUB MY BUTT BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before RUB MY BUTT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUB MY BUTT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before RUB MY BUTT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before RUB MY BUTT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 158.8228 | 167.21 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 141.6800 | 154.25 | top 78% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 158.2972 | 162.10 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0856 | 135.9200 | 148.13 | top 86% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.1 yrs
2013-08-17 → 2023-09-29
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.21 · weakest Brisket (148.13)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
631.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
27–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,920
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,316 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$13,200
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.5 yrs
2017-03-24 → 2023-09-29
Power rating
1494
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First call Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First category win (Chicken) Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First overall top-10 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9888 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score651.9888 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1508) Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- 2023
- Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival | 2013-08-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-03-24 |
| -2.9 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2023-09-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-29 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 17 / 25 (648.3652) | 14 (165.6684) | 21 (157.6456) | 11 (167.9656) | 19 (157.0856) |
| 2017-03-24 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV | 30 / 30 (594.7200) | 24 (158.8228) | 30 (141.6800) | 22 (158.2972) | 30 (135.9200) |
| 2013-08-17 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA | 7 / 26 (651.9888) | 1 (177.1428) | 13 (163.4172) | 13 (160.0344) | 21 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2852 (55 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2862 (55 pts) | #2199 (70 pts) | #2840 (55 pts) |