They almost always walk
64%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 9 of 14 contests
A top-10 category call in 64% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
FATBOYSBBQ
FATBOYSBBQ is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 4th of 31 at the Holy Smoke BBQ Contest (2013). They are ranked #3859 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “FAT BOYS BBQ”, “Fat Boys B-B-Q” and “Fatboys BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1513 · rated over 13 contests
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2013
latest Jul 17, 2021 · 7.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
29% of 14 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.53 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 640.08 (+25.46)
Walk rate
64%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±35.33
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.66 · weakest Chicken (158.71)
Road miles
4,739
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 1,174 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.08 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
313.14 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #423 (436 pts) | #449 (436 pts) | #424 (491 pts) | #447 (421 pts) | #314 (646 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1170 (250 pts) | #1323 (225 pts) | #1024 (330 pts) | #1340 (225 pts) | #1218 (250 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1251 (206 pts) | #1086 (281 pts) | #1906 (101 pts) | #1413 (181 pts) | #1694 (131 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to FATBOYSBBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,858 of the rated field
- Contests
- 56
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1506
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FATBOYSBBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FATBOYSBBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 46%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,854 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1535
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 36% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#3,863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1524
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#3,857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before FATBOYSBBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 138.8344 | 158.71 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 130.8228 | 159.15 | top 57% |
| Pork | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 145.7372 | 161.66 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 135.4172 | 160.17 | top 50% |
“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 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 60% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up In Smoke On The Square | 2 | 42 | 0 | top 96% | Aug 22, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
5 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WV
4 of 14 contests · 8 states in all
Contests visited
12
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
459
finished ahead 234 times, behind 324
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Sep 4, 2015 → Sep 13, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score673.0972 Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2
- Most recent contest Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2
20191 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
20137 milestones
- First tracked contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- First call Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- First category win (Chicken) Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- First overall top-10 Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6228 Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1513) Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Sep 4, 2015 |
| +13.2 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | Aug 23, 2013 |
| +8.6 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | Sep 13, 2019 |
| +5.7 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Aug 15, 2014 |
| +4.5 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) | Apr 4, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Up In Smoke On The Square | Aug 22, 2014 |
| -12.4 | Up In Smoke on the Square | Aug 23, 2013 |
| -7.8 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 | Jul 17, 2021 |
| -7.2 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival | May 24, 2014 |
| -7 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 | May 14, 2021 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 93.5% | 92.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 87% | 87% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 68% | 92.1% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 52% | 93% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2021 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 🏅 Morgantown, WV | 13 / 15 (664.4228) | 10 (170.2512) | 13 (160.5144) | 12 (168.5256) | 10 (165.1316) |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 🏅 Morgantown, WV | 14 / 18 (666.2284) | 14 (166.8572) | 16 (166.2628) | 17 (161.7028) | 4 (171.4056) |
| May 15, 2021 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV | 8 / 15 (673.0972) | 9 (164.5600) | 7 (168.5372) | 10 (164) | 2 (176) |
| May 14, 2021 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 🏅 Mannington, WV | 13 / 18 (651.3372) | 14 (156.5600) | 6 (170.2628) | 10 (169.7028) | 14 (154.8116) |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 8 / 35 (313.1428) | 5 (162.8228) | 17 (150.3200) | — | — |
| Sep 4, 2015 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 9 / 70 (672.5716) | 18 (167.4172) | 14 (168) | 21 (167.4172) | 10 (169.7372) |
| Oct 17, 2014 | CASA's Big BBQ Bash Lawton, OK | 16 / 19 (597.0516) | 15 (157.7144) | 17 (144.5600) | 18 (152.5600) | 17 (142.2172) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL | 50 / 50 (558.7772) | 50 (138.8344) | 50 (130.8228) | 44 (153.7028) | 49 (135.4172) |
| Aug 15, 2014 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 20 / 51 (663.3944) | 32 (162.2744) | 7 (170.2972) | 27 (165.7028) | 20 (165.1200) |
| May 24, 2014 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS | 70 / 87 (622.1600) | 84 (144.4800) | 55 (158.2400) | 64 (158.2972) | 47 (161.1428) |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX | 19 / 50 (637.0516) | 48 (141.1200) | 5 (170.8344) | 23 (160.5600) | 15 (164.5372) |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 4 / 31 (669.6228) | 1 (177.1428) | 16 (160.5484) | 5 (171.9772) | 10 (159.9544) |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL | 42 / 46 (605.1888) | 43 (153.1428) | 38 (149.7260) | 45 (145.7372) | 28 (156.5828) |
| Jul 26, 2013 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | — | — | — | — | — |