High-water mark
680.5144
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.5144 at A Smokin' Good Time — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-10-18
RUB-A-DUB BUTTS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-22
latest 2013-10-18
Best ToY finish
#565
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.66
last 4 Master vs avg 660.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.84)
Road miles
428
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 203 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
660.66 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bad Boyz BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad Boyz BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Your Behind BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
RUB-A-DUB BUTTS has 4 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 95 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.
#2382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUB-A-DUB BUTTS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2377 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7028 | 163.9998 | 168.27 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 149.7142 | 157.84 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 162.8572 | 167.42 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7142 | 162.2854 | 167.13 | top 28% |
“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 (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.6 yrs
2013-03-22 → 2013-10-18
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
AZ
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.84)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
660.66
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
77
73–36 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
428
4 mapped stops · furthest 203 mi
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Memorial Day Salute to Service
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.7138 Memorial Day Salute to Service
- First category win (Chicken) A Smokin' Good Time
- Career-best overall score680.5144 A Smokin' Good Time
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 A Smokin' Good Time
- Peak power rating (1524) A Smokin' Good Time
- Most recent contest A Smokin' Good Time
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.3 | A Smokin' Good Time | 2013-10-18 |
| +8 | Memorial Day Salute to Service | 2013-05-24 |
| +3.4 | Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship | 2013-09-27 |
| +1.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-03-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 34% | 94.5% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-18 | A Smokin' Good Time Prescott Valley, AZ | 5 / 24 (680.5144) | 1 (177.7028) | 14 (161.6916) | 5 (171.4400) | 5 (169.6800) |
| 2013-09-27 | Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV | 13 / 31 (659.2800) | 15 (165.1084) | 10 (165.1088) | 17 (166.2400) | 12 (162.8228) |
| 2013-05-24 | Memorial Day Salute to Service Mesa, AZ | 8 / 29 (661.7138) | 17 (163.9998) | 25 (154.8570) | 5 (169.1428) | 4 (173.7142) |
| 2013-03-22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ | 14 / 30 (641.1426) | 9 (166.2858) | 26 (149.7142) | 16 (162.8572) | 11 (162.2854) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #565 (549 pts) | #528 (614 pts) | #916 (344 pts) | #601 (549 pts) | #513 (624 pts) |