The comeback
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Interstate BBQ Festival (2018-04-20).
- last seen 2016-04-08
- back 2018-04-20
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Interstate BBQ Festival (2018-04-20).
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 BOYZZ 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 154 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FAT BOYZZ BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with FAT BOYZZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 8 years after FAT BOYZZ BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2396 | 145.1084 | 145.67 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8228 | 126.2056 | 136.51 | top 84% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5372 | 142.8344 | 145.69 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.3488 | 115.3372 | 119.34 | top 98% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 74.3% | 74.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 77.7% | 77.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-20 | *Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-04-08 | Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE | 73 / 75 (535.1884) | 68 (145.1084) | 73 (126.2056) | 63 (148.5372) | 74 (115.3372) |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | 105 / 109 (559.2456) | 95 (146.2396) | 78 (146.8228) | 100 (142.8344) | 107 (123.3488) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |