The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Top Shelf has finished one call ahead of SHCA 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SHCA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-02-26
latest 2020-02-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
587.41
last 4 Master vs avg 587.41 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.65
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 150.59 · weakest Pork (139.83)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
587.41 / 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (2020-02-14).
- last seen 2017-02-16
- back 2020-02-14
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.
SHCA 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 126 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.
#5238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
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#5260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with SHCA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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 | 163.4172 | 129.1200 | 149.28 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 136.0228 | 150.59 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2516 | 128.0116 | 139.83 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.2000 | 133.6804 | 147.71 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 4 | 38 | 0 | top 95% | 2020-02-14 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2015-02-26 → 2020-02-14
Busiest season
2020
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 150.59 · weakest Pork (139.83)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
587.41
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
136
8–174 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1574
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2017-02-16 → 2020-02-14
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1486) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2017
- First call * Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score622.7776 * Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4284 * Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown(JUDGES FULL)
- 2020
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
| -10.1 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2016-02-25 |
| -10 | * Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-02-16 |
| -9.6 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2020-02-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 79.5% | 79.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 76.5% | 76.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-14 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX | 41 / 42 (572.5144) | 41 (147.4400) | 42 (136.0228) | 42 (137.6688) | 38 (151.3828) |
| 2017-02-16 | * Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown(JUDGES FULL) Huntsville, TX | 38 / 41 (622.7776) | 25 (163.4172) | 10 (171.4284) | 40 (154.2516) | 41 (133.6804) |
| 2016-02-25 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 39 / 42 (603.4056) | 36 (157.1544) | 33 (153.6684) | 41 (139.3828) | 35 (153.2000) |
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 60 / 61 (550.9492) | 61 (129.1200) | 58 (141.2232) | 61 (128.0116) | 43 (152.5944) |