FATSO'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4407

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-07

latest 2014-08-08

Best ToY finish

#1623

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

663.2572 / 720

Master · WNC BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.36 (+11.29)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Pork Ribs · Hog Happnin'

Consistency

±19.78

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.81 · weakest Brisket (154.90)

Road miles

338

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Master avg

641.36 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

High-water mark

663.2572 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.2572 at WNC BBQ Festival — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-07-25

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BS PITMEISTERS has finished one call ahead of FATSO'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.91 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 154.90
Chicken avg 163.81
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PORK-N-BONES 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.

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

A TASTE OF CAROLINA

#4393 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to FATSO'S BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FATSO'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN D'S

#4421 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-04-26

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Camping Crew BBQ

#4419 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Level with FATSO'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-05-06

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Wobbly Hog

#4429 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

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Coop de Grill

#4404 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-10-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Pancho, Cisco, The Kid, and Company

#4416 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

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 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	0	170.8572	156.5712	163.81	top 54%
Pork Ribs	7	2	2	175.4172	148.5712	163.17	top 46%
Pork	7	0	0	168.5256	147.9998	159.48	top 65%
Brisket	7	0	0	159.9544	149.6456	154.90	top 77%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	22	0	top 81%	2014-06-13

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

On the trail 1.2 yrs 2013-06-07 → 2014-08-08

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 4 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.81 · weakest Brisket (154.90)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 641.36 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 219 112–242 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 338 8 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Power rating 1474 peak 1474 · #4407 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 7 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 7 Peak power rating (1488) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7544 WNC Barbeque Festival
Nov 1 First call Hog Happnin'
Nov 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Hog Happnin'
2014
Jul 25 Career-best overall score663.2572 WNC BBQ Festival
Aug 8 Most recent contest Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6	WNC BBQ Festival	2014-07-25
+4.4	Hog Happnin'	2013-11-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-06-07
-11.2	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2013-06-14
-5.1	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	2014-08-08
-4.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-06-13
-3.6	WNC Barbeque Festival	2013-07-26

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	3	0	0	0	33%	top 65%	92.1%	90.3%
2013	5	0	0	0	20%	top 73%	91.8%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-08-08	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Frankllin, NC	31 / 39 (648.9372)	32 (161.6572)	15 (169.1200)	38 (158.2056)	32 (159.9544)
2014-07-25	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	20 / 46 (663.2572)	35 (161.0972)	3 (175.4056)	17 (168.5256)	33 (158.2288)
2014-06-13	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	22 / 30 (639.2224)	15 (165.0856)	21 (157.1200)	13 (161.6684)	23 (155.3484)
2013-11-01	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	34 / 75 (661.0400)	19 (170.8572)	3 (175.4172)	34 (165.1200)	65 (149.6456)
2013-08-09	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	—	—	—	—	—
2013-07-26	WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC	33 / 48 (650.7544)	17 (168.5372)	17 (165.6916)	29 (161.1428)	39 (155.3828)
2013-06-14	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	86 / 97 (605.1422)	68 (156.5712)	81 (150.8570)	91 (147.9998)	78 (149.7142)
2013-06-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	23 / 26 (621.1420)	11 (162.8570)	22 (148.5712)	21 (153.7142)	16 (155.9996)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2639 (64 pts)	#2654 (64 pts)	#1953 (114 pts)	#2662 (64 pts)	#2651 (64 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1623 (136 pts)	#1358 (196 pts)	#1677 (141 pts)	#1642 (146 pts)	#1432 (171 pts)