F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS

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

Power ranking

#1858

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1544

peak 1544 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2016-09-23

Best ToY finish

#803

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

679.3484 / 720

Master · Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

674.00 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 644.58 (+29.42)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Central Illinois Bragging Rights

Consistency

±60.02

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.92 · weakest Pork (151.29)

Road miles

829

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

644.58 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.3484 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.3484 at Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-09-23

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 27%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

One2BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−15.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.63 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 38% of the time against 25%.

Pork avg 151.29
Chicken avg 166.92
3 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

One2BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, One2BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

Boom or bust

±8.34% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.34% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 89.5% of a perfect score
best 94.4%

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.

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

A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE

#1856 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1554

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2017-04-21

⚔ Head-to-head

#1869 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1549

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-01-22

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K-Dubs BBQ

#1862 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

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Grillbilly's BBQ

#1852 of the rated field

1545 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 15% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE

#1854 of the rated field

1545 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

Level with F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-10-25

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Aggravation BBQ

#1868 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-04-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BOSS HAWG BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GILLY'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
QUAU	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO.	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
JUGS BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	0	174.2744	161.1084	166.92	top 40%
Pork Ribs	8	3	0	174.2744	154.8800	165.63	top 37%
Pork	8	3	1	176.5600	20.0000	151.29	top 34%
Brisket	8	1	0	171.4288	137.6116	160.75	top 53%

“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
IL	6	0	top 39%
MO	2	0	top 37%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 27%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 42%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	3	13	0	top 50%	2015-09-25
Central Illinois Bragging Rights	2	10	0	top 28%	2014-10-10

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.1 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2016-09-23

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 6 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.92 · weakest Pork (151.29)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 2 of 8 contests

Master average 644.58 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 252 242–170 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 829 8 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi

Schedule strength 1540 average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests

Power rating 1544 peak 1544 · #1858 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Oct 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4684 Central Illinois Bragging Rights
2014
Apr 4 First call Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 4 First overall top-10 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Oct 10 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Central Illinois Bragging Rights
2016
Sep 23 Career-best overall score679.3484 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 23 Peak power rating (1544) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 23 Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.5	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2015-09-25
+10	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	2014-04-04
+9.8	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2014-09-18
+9.1	Central Illinois Bragging Rights	2013-10-11
+8.9	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2016-09-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.2	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off	2013-09-19

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)
2016	1	0	100%	top 28%	94.4%	94.4%
2015	1	0	100%	top 24%	94%	94%
2014	3	2	100%	top 27%	93.9%	93.2%
2013	3	0	0%	top 58%	91.2%	82.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-09-23	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	18 / 64 (679.3484)	9 (174.2744)	27 (166.8228)	22 (170.2856)	27 (167.9656)
2015-09-25	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	13 / 55 (677.0860)	10 (173.1084)	6 (174.2744)	25 (166.8916)	31 (162.8116)
2014-10-10	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	10 / 37 (663.9200)	22 (161.1084)	9 (165.1428)	2 (176.5600)	21 (161.1088)
2014-09-18	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	15 / 57 (675.9544)	21 (168.5600)	31 (164.0116)	7 (173.7028)	20 (169.6800)
2014-04-04	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	6 / 22 (673.6916)	11 (164.5600)	6 (169.1200)	5 (168.5828)	7 (171.4288)
2013-10-11	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	15 / 53 (656.4684)	23 (165.7144)	20 (163.9656)	15 (166.8228)	22 (159.9656)
2013-09-19	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL	75 / 76 (489.0288)	40 (164.5600)	22 (166.8572)	75 (20.0000)	75 (137.6116)
2013-08-23	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	26 / 56 (641.1656)	25 (163.4400)	40 (154.8800)	13 (167.4400)	34 (155.4056)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2060 (95 pts)	#1736 (145 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2236 (75 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1690 (135 pts)	#1511 (175 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#803 (424 pts)	#1133 (289 pts)	#938 (384 pts)	#625 (614 pts)	#987 (334 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1038 (275 pts)	#1206 (235 pts)	#1130 (265 pts)	#948 (335 pts)	#1191 (240 pts)