The Fat is Where It's At

The Fat is Where It's At is a competition barbecue team with 53 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. They have won 7 Grand Championships, most recently at the Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) (2026), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 6 times. They are ranked #194 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#194

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1759

peak 1761 · rated over 45 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 11, 2019

latest May 16, 2026 · 6.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#71

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

6 reserve · wins it all 13% of the time

Category wins

39 podiums

Overall top-10s

70% of 53 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 22%

overall standings

Best overall

703.9544 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

6 🔥

Current form

687.10 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 684.10 (+3.00)

Walk rate

94%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)

Consistency

±15.89

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.09)

Road miles

6,314

across 52 mapped stops · furthest 670 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)

Purse competed for

$431K

listed at 46 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

7 🏅

won from 39 state-championship entries

Master avg

684.10 / 720

24 Master contests · 3 GCs

Backyard avg

336.35 / 360

13 Backyard contests · 3 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

508.79 / 540

12 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 1 GC

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.

Storylines (19 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

0.0228 points from the title

Came within 0.0228 points of the Grand Championship at Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Oct 22, 2021).

Among the elite

#194 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 3% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1759 puts them #194 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 3% of the field.

rating 1759
peak 1761
45 rated contests

The 180 club

6 perfect 180s

6 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 4 different meats.

Pork ×2
Brisket ×2
Chicken ×1
Pork Ribs ×1

Against the odds

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) (Jul 27, 2024) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN.

Giant slayer

53 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 53-team field at BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard).

Mar 25, 2022

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 2%

They almost always walk

94% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 50 of 53 contests

A top-10 category call in 94% of their 53 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

703.9544 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.9544 at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 27, 2024

State champions

7 state championships won

They've taken 7 state championships from 39 entries at contests carrying the title.

39 state-championship entries

The one to beat

6× one call ahead of them

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has finished one call ahead of The Fat is Where It's At 6 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 3 Grand Championships

2022 was the year it came together: 15 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 15%.

15 contests
12 overall top-10s
4 category wins
average top 15%

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

25–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 96% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ in 25 of their 26 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

10 of 15 shared brisket entries lost

CHUNKY BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CHUNKY BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 15 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

6× one call behind them

Kane's BBQ has landed one call behind them 6 times.

An April team

Top 2% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 2% across 3 contests, versus top 22% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 22% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,314 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,314 miles across 52 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 670 miles to 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN.

52 mapped stops
furthest 670 mi

The metronome

±2.27% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.27% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.5% of a perfect score
53 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 1st

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
2026 ↗	Master	#286 (697 pts)	#397 (547 pts)	#351 (677 pts)	#344 (622 pts)	#267 (782 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#452 (422 pts)	#377 (612 pts)	#684 (272 pts)	#532 (352 pts)	#374 (597 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#71 (1,698 pts)	#219 (1,003 pts)	#138 (1,313 pts)	#63 (1,643 pts)	#97 (1,488 pts)
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#207 (210 pts)	#344 (60 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	#176 (1,122 pts)	#191 (1,047 pts)	#288 (847 pts)	#212 (972 pts)	#189 (1,057 pts)
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#17 (1,172 pts)	#5 (1,292 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#25 (1,042 pts)	#24 (1,075 pts)	—	—
2020 ↗	Backyard	—	#29 (433 pts)	#45 (248 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to The Fat is Where It's At, each with one reason worth a look.

THE BBQ BUS

#195 of the rated field

1758 power rating

Contests: 190
GCs: 15
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1825

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to The Fat is Where It's At)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — The Fat is Where It's At ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 172 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

CAVEMAN CUISINE

#193 of the rated field

1759 power rating

Contests: 128
GCs: 14
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1862

They've been 1862 at their best, 103 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 120 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2022

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BAD ROOSTER BBQ

#199 of the rated field

1757 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 94
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1781

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to The Fat is Where It's At)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 94 contests to 53.

rated over 81 contests
last seen Oct 15, 2026

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Top Gun Barbecue

#198 of the rated field

1758 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 122
GCs: 11
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1825

16–9 in 27 shared contests (59% to The Fat is Where It's At)

Their rating is built on 11 Grand Championships in 122 contests, alongside a 56% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 111 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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SMOKING BUTT HEADS

#197 of the rated field

1758 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 151
GCs: 10
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1889

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to The Fat is Where It's At)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before The Fat is Where It's At's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 145 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS

#190 of the rated field

1760 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 120
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1770

Level with The Fat is Where It's At on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 105 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	34	19	14	56%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	30	15	13	50%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	29	15	13	52%	⚔ compare
Kane's BBQ	28	21	7	75%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	27	19	8	70%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	27	16	9	59%	⚔ compare
Weber's Backyard BBQ	27	16	10	59%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	26	25	1	96%	⚔ compare
Mispillion Meat Works	26	13	13	50%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	26	13	12	50%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	25	16	9	64%	⚔ compare
Zoni-Q	24	19	5	79%	⚔ compare
4 BOXERS Q	23	23	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	23	17	5	74%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	23	16	6	70%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	51	29	4	13	180 🔥	148.5600	171.01	top 32%
Pork Ribs	53	31	4	14	180 🔥	154.7772	169.09	top 31%
Pork	39	26	2	8	180 🔥	148.5144	170.57	top 30%
Brisket	26	15	2	4	180 🔥	155.9200	171.74	top 28%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	5	1	top 28%
Medium (20–39)	23	2	top 23%
Large (40+)	23	4	top 21%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
PA	22	3	top 19%
VA	12	1	top 24%
NJ	8	3	top 22%
NY	4	0	top 31%
AL	2	0	top 18%
TN	1	0	top 72%
DC	1	0	top 6%
MD	1	0	top 22%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)	7	1	2	top 11%	May 16, 2026
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)	4	1	1	top 21%	Jul 26, 2025
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	4	5	0	top 25%	Mar 23, 2024
Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)	4	2	0	top 13%	Jul 30, 2022
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	1	2	top 2%	Apr 22, 2022
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2	1	1	top 3%	Mar 26, 2022
Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	2	6	0	top 32%	Oct 4, 2024
New Holland Summer Fest	2	15	0	top 39%	Aug 23, 2024
Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)	2	8	0	top 20%	Jul 29, 2023
Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	9	0	top 56%	Oct 21, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 15 contests · 3 GCs

Contests a season 5.9 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 22 of 53 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 30 10 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 53 entries · 4 wins · 31 calls

First title Apr 23, 2021 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

Opponents faced 656 finished ahead 2,111 times, behind 579

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

20262 milestones

May 1 50th tracked contest Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES)
May 16 Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)

20251 milestone

Jul 25 5th perfect 180 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

20244 milestones

May 18 10th category win Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)
May 18 5th Grand Championship Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)
Jul 27 Career-best overall score703.9544 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)
Jul 27 Peak power rating (1761) Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

20223 milestones

Mar 25 Biggest field won (53 teams) BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
Sep 24 25th tracked contest Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
Nov 11 First perfect 180 (Brisket) 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN

20214 milestones

Apr 23 First Grand Championship New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Apr 23 First state championship New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Jul 30 10th tracked contest Smoke in the Grove
Oct 22 First Reserve Championship Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20203 milestones

Jul 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.8460 Smoke in the Grove
Oct 30 First category win (Chicken) Zom-B-Q
Oct 30 First overall podium Zom-B-Q

—3 milestones

First tracked contest Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall top-10 Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.5	Zom-B-Q	Oct 30, 2020
+17.3	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Apr 23, 2021
+15.3	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 25, 2022
+13.9	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 26, 2022
+12.8	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Apr 22, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 23, 2024
-9.8	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT)	May 2, 2026
-5.9	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 11, 2019
-3	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	Oct 6, 2023
-1.2	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 25, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
—	1	0	1	0	100%	top 26%	87.3%	87.3%
2026	4	1	2	1	50%	top 30%	97.8%	95.5%
2025	4	0	3	1	100%	top 24%	97.7%	96.2%
2024	10	2	7	1	90%	top 24%	97.8%	95.5%
2023	6	0	4	1	100%	top 22%	95.9%	94.6%
2022	15	3	12	4	100%	top 15%	96.8%	95.2%
2021	9	1	6	3	100%	top 22%	96.2%	93.4%
2020	3	0	2	1	100%	top 18%	94.3%	92.1%
2019	1	0	0	0	100%	top 81%	87.8%	87.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 16, 2026	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	1 / 17 (703.9428)	8 (174.2628)	4 (171.9772)	1 (180)	2 (177.7028)
May 15, 2026	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	8 / 25 (682.1484)	12 (170.8228)	3 (174.2628)	8 (171.9772)	13 (165.0856)
May 2, 2026	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY	34 / 59 (676.4572)	31 (171.9772)	55 (162.2400)	35 (169.1200)	15 (173.1200)
May 1, 2026	Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated New Paltz, NY	11 / 43 (689.0632)	25 (171.9772)	18 (171.9772)	15 (174.2744)	22 (170.8344)
Aug 2, 2025	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY	14 / 47 (692.4800)	4 (177.7028)	12 (175.4172)	42 (162.8000)	7 (176.5600)
Aug 1, 2025	Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Port Jervis, NY	4 / 34 (703.3828)	12 (174.2628)	3 (178.8572)	9 (176.5600)	15 (173.7028)
Jul 26, 2025	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	9 / 27 (680.4688)	11 (171.9772)	17 (166.2400)	13 (169.6916)	5 (172.5600)
Jul 25, 2025	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	6 / 30 (695.3828)	1 (180)	26 (158.2400)	5 (177.1428)	2 (180)
Oct 11, 2024	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	63 / 87 (667.3368)	58 (167.4056)	62 (167.9656)	81 (157.7028)	13 (174.2628)
Oct 4, 2024	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	6 / 25 (689.0628)	7 (173.7144)	6 (168.5372)	6 (175.4056)	6 (171.4056)
Aug 23, 2024	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	17 / 38 (672.9944)	23 (168.5256)	27 (162.8116)	2 (176.5600)	22 (165.0972)
Jul 27, 2024	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	1 / 32 (703.9544)	3 (178.8572)	6 (174.2744)	5 (176.5600)	6 (174.2628)
Jul 26, 2024	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	10 / 35 (675.8512)	25 (165.0856)	3 (176.5600)	16 (167.9772)	14 (166.2284)
Jun 22, 2024	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC	2 / 36 (701.1200)	10 (176)	12 (173.7144)	5 (177.1428)	7 (174.2628)
May 18, 2024	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	1 / 26 (702.2516)	8 (173.1200)	1 (180)	3 (176.5600)	6 (172.5716)
May 17, 2024	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	5 / 37 (683.8856)	30 (165.6800)	22 (162.8000)	2 (180)	4 (175.4056)
Mar 23, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	5 / 42 (697.0628)	20 (171.9656)	9 (175.4172)	11 (174.2628)	4 (175.4172)
Mar 22, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	15 / 45 (682.7428)	26 (169.6800)	33 (163.9428)	11 (173.1200)	4 (176)
Oct 6, 2023	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	11 / 28 (659.2572)	8 (169.1084)	5 (168.5488)	9 (165.6800)	24 (155.9200)
Aug 25, 2023	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	15 / 44 (669.0168)	7 (174.2628)	25 (161.1084)	4 (171.9884)	26 (161.6572)
Jul 29, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	8 / 40 (690.2400)	17 (173.1200)	15 (170.8800)	4 (176.5600)	15 (169.6800)
Jul 28, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	10 / 51 (687.9544)	6 (177.7028)	30 (167.4172)	10 (170.8344)	11 (172)
Jun 16, 2023	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	4 / 29 (688.4800)	9 (173.1200)	4 (173.7028)	8 (173.1200)	10 (168.5372)
May 19, 2023	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	2 / 37 (690.2056)	2 (177.7028)	9 (170.8228)	23 (163.3828)	1 (178.2972)
Nov 12, 2022	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Gadsden, AL	12 / 49 (344.5372)	4 (177.7144)	25 (166.8228)	—	—
Nov 11, 2022	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL	10 / 91 (693.5996)	62 (169.6684)	19 (174.2628)	49 (169.6684)	1 (180)
Oct 22, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	6 / 27 (338.8228)	10 (167.3828)	4 (171.4400)	—	—
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	9 / 29 (331.9428)	17 (159.9428)	2 (172)	—	—
Sep 24, 2022	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	8 / 18 (513.0860)	13 (167.3828)	5 (173.7260)	5 (171.9772)	—
Sep 23, 2022	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	7 / 20 (517.6800)	6 (174.8572)	6 (174.2628)	15 (168.5600)	—
Sep 23, 2022	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) Ashland, VA	—	—	6 (173.7372)	—	—
Jul 30, 2022	Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	3 / 42 (513.0512)	4 (175.4056)	11 (167.9656)	6 (169.6800)	—
Jul 29, 2022	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	2 / 54 (515.9772)	11 (171.9656)	2 (176.0116)	10 (168)	—
May 13, 2022	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	2 / 39 (341.6684)	3 (170.2628)	4 (171.4056)	—	—
Apr 23, 2022	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	1 / 41 (341.6684)	3 (170.2628)	1 (171.4056)	—	—
Apr 22, 2022	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	1 / 48 (342.2400)	1 (170.2744)	2 (171.9656)	—	—
Apr 22, 2022	New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Friday Night Blairstown, NJ	—	—	8 (168)	—	—
Mar 26, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	2 / 50 (518.2400)	3 (174.2628)	1 (175.4400)	8 (168.5372)	—
Mar 25, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	1 / 53 (522.8800)	2 (176.5600)	2 (172.5600)	2 (173.7600)	—
Oct 22, 2021	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	2 / 31 (340.5028)	3 (169.6800)	2 (170.8228)	—	—
Sep 25, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	4 / 18 (513.6344)	4 (177.7028)	13 (166.2516)	4 (169.6800)	—
Sep 24, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	9 / 19 (499.9428)	12 (165.7256)	1 (170.8344)	11 (163.3828)	—
Aug 20, 2021	Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Frostburg, MD	4 / 18 (338.8116)	3 (173.1316)	8 (165.6800)	—	—
Jul 30, 2021	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	13 / 54 (331.3600)	20 (163.9656)	8 (167.3944)	1 (170.2628)	—
May 14, 2021	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	6 / 46 (333.6456)	7 (166.2628)	4 (167.3828)	—	—
Apr 23, 2021	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	1 / 40 (346.2628)	1 (177.1428)	3 (169.1200)	—	—
Mar 27, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	13 / 40 (493.5884)	11 (165.0972)	17 (162.2512)	9 (166.2400)	—
Mar 26, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	11 / 46 (496.4916)	17 (162.2400)	14 (164.5372)	3 (169.7144)	—
Oct 30, 2020	Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA	3 / 33 (509.0744)	1 (176.5600)	7 (165.6916)	7 (166.8228)	—
Oct 29, 2020	The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA	9 / 33 (491.8856)	6 (167.9884)	15 (154.7772)	2 (169.1200)	—
Jul 24, 2020	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	11 / 59 (326.8460)	3 (171.4400)	18 (155.4060)	—	—
Oct 11, 2019	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	26 / 32 (632.4684)	24 (162.2744)	20 (157.1196)	28 (148.5144)	9 (164.5600)
—	Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) Broadway Westville, NJ	6 / 23 (314.2744)	14 (148.5600)	3 (165.7144)	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

The Fat is Where It's At

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

The 180 club

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)