A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Fat&Dumb BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Fat&Dumb BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pot Bellies
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2021-09-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.61
last 4 Master vs avg 629.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.41 · weakest Brisket (149.67)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.61 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Last Years Leftovers in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque (2018-09-21).
- last seen 2013-09-27
- back 2018-09-21
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.
Pot Bellies 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 151 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.
#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Pot Bellies)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Pot Bellies has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4310 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1505
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Pot Bellies)
21 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where Pot Bellies's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Pot Bellies did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pot Bellies on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
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#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 153.6344 | 158.55 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 155.9772 | 162.41 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 154.8456 | 158.97 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 128.5144 | 149.67 | top 73% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) | 3 | 51 | 0 | top 70% | 2021-09-24 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2021-09-24
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.41 · weakest Brisket (149.67)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
629.61
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
225
111–294 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$11,325
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2018-09-21
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7772 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best overall score650.7772 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2021
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.6 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2019-09-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2013-09-27 |
| -8.6 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2018-09-21 |
| -4.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) | 2021-09-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89% | 89% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 59 / 86 (640.9944) | 79 (153.6344) | 41 (166.2628) | 54 (163.9884) | 58 (157.1088) |
| 2019-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 51 / 102 (650.7772) | 75 (158.2744) | 17 (171.4172) | 72 (159.4172) | 46 (161.6684) |
| 2018-09-21 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 85 / 107 (630.2056) | 46 (165.1772) | 85 (155.9772) | 84 (157.6456) | 87 (151.4056) |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 103 / 114 (596.4688) | 75 (157.1316) | 73 (155.9772) | 84 (154.8456) | 112 (128.5144) |