A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DUKE'S PEPPER COMPANY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1504 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-02
latest 2018-04-06
Best ToY finish
#1308
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.39
last 4 Master vs avg 638.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.70
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.85)
Road miles
1,029
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 972 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
638.39 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
DUKE'S PEPPER COMPANY has 4 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 114 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.
#3058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1514
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to DUKE'S PEPPER COMPANY)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DUKE'S PEPPER COMPANY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with DUKE'S PEPPER COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before DUKE'S PEPPER COMPANY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6056 | 153.7372 | 159.43 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 141.6684 | 157.85 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 157.1084 | 162.27 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4516 | 147.4056 | 158.85 | top 51% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 3 | 0 | top 45% |
| WI | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 52% | 2018-04-06 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2016-09-02 → 2018-04-06
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.85)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
638.39
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
161
95–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,029
4 mapped stops · furthest 972 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-03-31 → 2018-04-06
Power rating
1504
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs
- 2017
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.7600 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score661.7600 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1504) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0000 *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-03-10 |
| +5.4 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2018-04-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-03-31 |
| -5.1 | 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs | 2016-09-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 91.9% | 88.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-06 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 25 / 69 (657.7144) | 38 (160.0116) | 9 (172.0000) | 33 (163.4284) | 28 (162.2744) |
| 2017-03-31 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 48 / 70 (611.9312) | 42 (153.7372) | 43 (153.6800) | 41 (157.1084) | 57 (147.4056) |
| 2017-03-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour White Settlement, TX | 9 / 30 (661.7600) | 8 (168.6056) | 11 (164.0460) | 9 (166.8456) | 13 (162.2628) |
| 2016-09-02 | 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs Warrens, WI | 24 / 32 (622.1484) | 28 (155.3484) | 32 (141.6684) | 17 (161.6800) | 12 (163.4516) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1498 (145 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1308 (200 pts) | #1384 (210 pts) | #1480 (185 pts) | #1409 (200 pts) | #1538 (175 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2264 (62 pts) | #2890 (57 pts) | #2899 (57 pts) | #2133 (97 pts) | #1829 (122 pts) |