A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FAT CHANCE BBQ
FAT CHANCE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 19th of 24 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They finished #1457 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 25, 2013
latest Jan 24, 2020 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.85 · weakest Pork (151.80)
Road miles
68
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
625.71 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
633.01 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1457 (154 pts) | #1422 (179 pts) | #1375 (199 pts) | #1776 (129 pts) | #1473 (159 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5714 | 153.7140 | 162.85 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4286 | 154.8568 | 160.95 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 143.9998 | 151.80 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7140 | 143.9200 | 152.54 | top 69% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 64% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
170
finished ahead 68 times, behind 123
Longest layoff
6 yrs
Jan 23, 2014 → Jan 24, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1492) Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score637.7138 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5714 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Feb 15, 2013 |
| -8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 25, 2013 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 88.6% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 28 / 53 (633.0060) | 16 (166.2628) | 27 (160.5604) | 20 (162.2628) | 38 (143.9200) |
| Jan 23, 2014 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 15, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL | 19 / 24 (637.7138) | 14 (168.5714) | 10 (167.4286) | 24 (143.9998) | 18 (157.7140) |
| Jan 25, 2013 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 53 / 70 (613.7134) | 57 (153.7140) | 45 (154.8568) | 61 (149.1428) | 42 (155.9998) |