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
- May 29, 2015
Fat Texan
Fat Texan is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 4th of 26 at the Smokin on the Lake (2015). They are ranked #2636 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1519 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 29, 2015
latest Jul 27, 2019 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
33% 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
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.70 · weakest Brisket (162.94)
Road miles
151
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 70 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.35 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #780 (378 pts) | #948 (303 pts) | #729 (458 pts) | #795 (403 pts) | #813 (393 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Fat Texan, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,644 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with Fat Texan on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,630 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1521
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,640 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1517
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1515
They turned up 7 years after Fat Texan did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 45% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
105
finished ahead 79 times, behind 75
Longest layoff
2 yrs
May 29, 2015 → Jun 2, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20192 milestones
- Peak power rating (1519) Smokin on the Lake
- Most recent contest Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival
20157 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | Smokin on the Lake | May 29, 2015 |
| +10.1 | Smokin on the Lake | May 31, 2019 |
| +0.6 | Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival | Jul 27, 2019 |
| +0.2 | 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake | Jun 1, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake | Jun 2, 2017 |
| -3.7 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue | Jun 7, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2019 | Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival 🏅 Hannibal, MO | 11 / 18 (652.4228) | 12 (163.3828) | 5 (169.1084) | 16 (150.7888) | 5 (169.1428) |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue 🏅 Beardstown, IL | 13 / 25 (648.9712) | 19 (158.8116) | 7 (165.1084) | 12 (165.1084) | 13 (159.9428) |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin on the Lake 🏅 Monroe City, MO | 7 / 25 (669.1428) | 12 (164.0116) | 9 (165.1084) | 4 (175.4056) | 12 (164.6172) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | 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) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | 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) |
| May 29, 2015 | Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO | 4 / 26 (695.4284) | 8 (171.4628) | 1 (179.4400) | 6 (173.1200) | 11 (171.4056) |