Their season
2015
their best year
2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 62%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 62%
SMOKIN A FATTY
SMOKIN A FATTY is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 14th of 30 at the Smoke on the Falls (2019). They are ranked #4373 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' A Fatty”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
23
in the data
First seen
May 1, 2015
latest Apr 9, 2021 · 5.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 23 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.30 · weakest Brisket (143.53)
Road miles
4,849
across 23 mapped stops · furthest 667 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.20 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
331.76 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2174 (65 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKIN A FATTY, each with one reason worth a look.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1503
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN A FATTY has cooked, 8 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
They turned up 8 years after SMOKIN A FATTY did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#4,370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
Level with SMOKIN A FATTY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN A FATTY has cooked, 7 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,374 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN A FATTY has cooked, 7 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,360 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1476
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN A FATTY has cooked, 7 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 152.5488 | 163.30 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 151.4288 | 163.24 | top 59% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 149.6800 | 159.87 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3600 | 124.5372 | 143.53 | top 92% |
“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) | 6 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 73% | Sep 18, 2020 |
| Puckaway Pigfest | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 89% | Sep 6, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
6 contests
Contests a season
2.9
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
16 of 23 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
276
finished ahead 148 times, behind 251
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 6, 2019 → Sep 18, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
20171 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2856 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD)
20161 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest
20153 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5312 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score653.5312 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1498) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
- First call I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2019 |
| +0.7 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 9, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 6, 2019 |
| -8.3 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 8, 2017 |
| -5.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 9, 2016 |
| -4.2 | Smoke on the Falls | Sep 18, 2020 |
| -2.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 1, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 93.8% | 87.3% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17% | top 84% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 25 / 38 (331.9660) | 28 (166.8572) | 24 (165.1088) | — | — |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 28 / 28 (325.6800) | 13 (169.1544) | 39 (156.5256) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 37 / 39 (582.2060) | 31 (156.5600) | 34 (151.4288) | 32 (149.6800) | 39 (124.5372) |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 14 / 30 (337.6456) | 29 (163.3828) | 5 (174.2628) | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 21 (166.2400) | 32 (160.5372) | 40 (155.3828) | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 34 (159.3828) | 3 (174.2856) | 14 (167.9656) | — |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 26 / 31 (612.4804) | 27 (152.5488) | 22 (154.8572) | 14 (163.9656) | 30 (141.1088) |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 26 / 37 (636.5832) | 21 (161.7372) | 19 (161.7144) | 31 (160) | 30 (153.1316) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 39 / 63 (653.5312) | 24 (169.7028) | 32 (166.2284) | 46 (162.2400) | 56 (155.3600) |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2014 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 8 (167.4056) | 6 (167.4628) | — | — |