FAT DICKS BBQ

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

Rating

1492

peak 1492 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-27

latest 2013-09-13

Best ToY finish

#2527

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 2 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

631.3828 / 720

Master · Q the Lou

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4286

Brisket · Legacy BBQ Championship

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.56)

Road miles

mi across 2 mapped stops

Master avg

623.69 / 720

2 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

FAT DICKS BBQ has 2 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 141 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.

GRILLA MANIACS

#3557 of the rated field

1492 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1519

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FAT DICKS BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FAT DICKS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-08-21

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JAYRHEA BBQ

#3573 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1491

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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BoriBQ

#3556 of the rated field

1492 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after FAT DICKS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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Rub Me Raw BBQ

#3574 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-03-13

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A Song of Smoke and Fire

#3559 of the rated field

1492 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-06-25

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Outlaws BBQ

#3551 of the rated field

1492 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-09-11

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	2	0	162.2856	145.1428	153.71	top 72%
Pork Ribs	2	0	158.8344	142.2852	150.56	top 78%
Pork	2	0	162.2972	157.1428	159.72	top 67%
Brisket	2	1	171.4286	147.9656	159.70	top 52%

“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 (12 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.2 yrs 2013-06-27 → 2013-09-13

Busiest season 2013 2 contests

Cooks most in IL 2 of 2 contests

Contests visited 2 0 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 159.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.56)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 2 contests

Master average 623.69 out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 46 16–35 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 60 2 mapped stops

Power rating 1492 peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 27 First tracked contest Legacy BBQ Championship
Jun 27 First call Legacy BBQ Championship
Jun 27 Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4286 Legacy BBQ Championship
Sep 13 Career-best overall score631.3828 Q the Lou
Sep 13 Most recent contest Q the Lou

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	2	0	0	0	50%	top 69%	87.7%	86.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-09-13	Q the Lou Litchfield, IL	14 / 25 (631.3828)	12 (162.2856)	15 (158.8344)	12 (162.2972)	18 (147.9656)
2013-06-27	Legacy BBQ Championship Effingham, IL	23 / 28 (615.9994)	27 (145.1428)	27 (142.2852)	24 (157.1428)	9 (171.4286)

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	#2527 (63 pts)	#2696 (53 pts)	#2689 (53 pts)	#2616 (58 pts)	#1642 (138 pts)