High-water mark
695.4284
career-best overall
96.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 695.4284 at Smokin on the Lake — 96.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-29
Fat Texan
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1519 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2019-07-27
Best ToY finish
#780
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.54 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 661.35 (-6.82)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.67
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.70 · weakest Brisket (162.94)
Road miles
151
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 70 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.35 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has finished one call ahead of Fat Texan 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
The weak link
−4.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.77 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 67%.
- Brisket avg 162.94
- Pork Ribs avg 167.70
- 1 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of 3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake (2017-06-02).
- last seen 2015-05-29
- back 2017-06-02
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, Smokin on the Lake (2015-05-29).
- 2015-05-29
- 26-team field
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.
85 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2621 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Fat Texan on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2623 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2629 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Fat Texan's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Fat Texan's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 158.8116 | 163.70 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 160.5712 | 167.70 | top 33% |
| Pork | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 150.7888 | 167.02 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 150.7884 | 162.94 | top 54% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 5 | 0 | top 47% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 45% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2019-07-27
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.70 · weakest Brisket (162.94)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Master average
661.35
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
79–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
151
6 mapped stops · furthest 70 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,425
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2017-06-02
Power rating
1516
peak 1519 · #2627 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin on the Lake
- First call Smokin on the Lake
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin on the Lake
- First overall top-10 Smokin on the Lake
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score695.4284 Smokin on the Lake
- Career-best overall score695.4284 Smokin on the Lake
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Smokin on the Lake
- 2019
- Peak power rating (1519) Smokin on the Lake
- Most recent contest Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | Smokin on the Lake | 2015-05-29 |
| +10.2 | Smokin on the Lake | 2019-05-31 |
| +0.6 | Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival | 2019-07-27 |
| +0.2 | *7th Annual Smokin on the Lake | 2018-06-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake | 2017-06-02 |
| -3.7 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue | 2019-06-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 92.9% | 91.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 15% | 96.6% | 96.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-27 | Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival 🏅 Hannibal, MO | 11 / 18 (652.4228) | 12 (163.3828) | 5 (169.1084) | 16 (150.7888) | 5 (169.1428) |
| 2019-06-07 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue 🏅 Beardstown, IL | 13 / 25 (648.9712) | 19 (158.8116) | 7 (165.1084) | 12 (165.1084) | 13 (159.9428) |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin on the Lake 🏅 Monroe City, MO | 7 / 25 (669.1428) | 12 (164.0116) | 9 (165.1084) | 4 (175.4056) | 12 (164.6172) |
| 2018-06-01 | *7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO | 17 / 29 (651.9312) | 19 (163.4056) | 17 (160.5712) | 13 (166.2284) | 16 (161.7260) |
| 2017-06-02 | 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake Monroe City, MO | 19 / 27 (650.2168) | 16 (161.1084) | 12 (166.8800) | 6 (171.4400) | 26 (150.7884) |
| 2015-05-29 | Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO | 4 / 26 (695.4284) | 8 (171.4628) | 1 (179.4400) | 6 (173.1200) | 11 (171.4056) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #780 (378 pts) | #948 (303 pts) | #729 (458 pts) | #795 (403 pts) | #813 (393 pts) |