Fat&Dumb BBQ KS
Rating
1568
peak 1624
Contests
77
in the data
First seen
2019-03-15
latest 2026-04-10
Best ToY finish
#61
Master 2019
Grand champs
3
0 reserve
Category wins
10
26 podiums
Overall top-10s
18
of 77 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
6 🔥
Current form
678.42 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 670.95 (+7.47)
Walk rate
53%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±37.70
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.75)
Road miles
6011
mi across 77 mapped stops · furthest 431 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
MAN MEAT BBQ has finished one call ahead of Fat&Dumb BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
MAN MEAT BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 38 of their 47 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of POWER I BBQ in 14 of their 15 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 102-team field at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship.
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 30% across 7 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 68 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.3600 | 169.21 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 72 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.3372 | 168.75 | top 46% |
| Pork | 67 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6456 | 171.39 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 69 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.0856 | 169.04 | top 41% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 47 | 3 | top 38% |
| MO | 12 | 0 | top 57% |
| OK | 6 | 0 | top 54% |
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 15 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 52 | 3 | top 39% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (28 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (51 of 77 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (72 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smoke on the Bricks (2019-05-31)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 670.95
- 6 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 674.7080 | 674.71 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 701.0856 | 681.45 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 682.7652 | 667.13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 698.1940 | 677.98 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 691.9888 | 658.48 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 693.0856 | 656.87 |
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 694.8344 | 679.02 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 714.8572 | 675.36 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS | 70 / 101 (674.7080) | 92 (164.5140) | 100 (157.6456) | 25 (174.8456) | 9 (177.7028) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 230 / 401 (673.7144) | 199 (170.8228) | 282 (165.1660) | 213 (169.1200) | 172 (168.6056) |
| 2025-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers Shawnee, KS | 5 / 67 (701.0856) | 12 (175.4056) | 6 (176.5600) | 7 (176.0116) | 13 (173.1084) |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 39 / 53 (669.5540) | 36 (170.8228) | 37 (166.8228) | 29 (169.6800) | 41 (162.2284) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 246 / 444 (673.0168) | 280 (166.8112) | 344 (163.3828) | 14 (177.7144) | 268 (165.1084) |
| 2024-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers Shawnee, KS | 18 / 73 (682.7652) | 32 (169.1084) | 11 (173.7028) | 16 (173.7028) | 25 (166.2512) |
| 2024-09-13 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Weston, MO | 37 / 38 (649.4852) | 17 (171.9656) | 36 (161.6800) | 38 (157.6456) | 34 (158.1940) |
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 28 / 46 (663.2684) | 33 (165.0856) | 35 (159.3716) | 14 (174.2628) | 32 (164.5484) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 343 / 487 (654.2400) | 346 (163.9888) | 413 (158.2628) | 66 (174.8572) | 405 (157.1312) |
| 2023-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers Shawnee, KS | 16 / 73 (683.9428) | 50 (162.8228) | 26 (170.2972) | 6 (177.7028) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2023-08-25 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 5 / 44 (698.1940) | 11 (171.9656) | 2 (180.0000) | 9 (175.4172) | 14 (170.8112) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 20 / 167 (682.7768) | 26 (171.4056) | 12 (174.8456) | 59 (169.1200) | 41 (167.4056) |
| 2023-06-09 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO | 30 / 44 (670.7656) | 41 (159.9656) | 34 (166.2744) | 30 (167.9656) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 156 / 249 (677.5768) | 103 (172.5600) | 166 (168.5372) | 161 (169.1084) | 162 (167.3712) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 181 / 505 (676.4224) | 130 (171.9772) | 79 (174.2628) | 154 (170.8456) | 378 (159.3368) |
| 2022-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Shawnee, KS | 20 / 87 (674.7428) | 23 (171.4172) | 79 (151.3372) | 4 (178.8800) | 11 (173.1084) |
| 2022-08-26 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 26 / 48 (667.8856) | 37 (160.5256) | 24 (165.6916) | 17 (170.2628) | 16 (171.4056) |
| 2022-07-29 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ Iola, KS | 11 / 16 (669.6344) | 12 (159.9772) | 10 (165.6916) | 8 (170.8456) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2022-07-01 | Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS | 23 / 24 (515.3600) | 6 (171.4172) | 8 (169.6800) | — | 2 (174.2628) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 35 / 164 (669.1196) | 34 (169.6912) | 46 (167.4172) | 20 (173.7028) | 110 (158.3084) |
| 2022-06-10 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO | 28 / 36 (674.1368) | 4 (177.7028) | 34 (163.9544) | 27 (166.8112) | 27 (165.6684) |
| 2022-05-06 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff Columbia, MO | 19 / 25 (667.8856) | 17 (171.4056) | 19 (166.2516) | 17 (166.8456) | 20 (163.3828) |
| 2022-05-06 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs Columbia, MO | — | — | 21 (159.9656) | — | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 8 / 94 (691.9888) | 20 (174.2856) | 12 (174.2860) | 16 (174.8572) | 42 (168.5600) |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK | 73 / 92 (678.7540) | 74 (169.1084) | 54 (171.9656) | 61 (169.6800) | 65 (168.0000) |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK | 82 / 111 (667.3828) | 95 (162.2972) | 86 (165.1200) | 46 (172.0000) | 59 (167.9656) |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary Shawnee, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-09-24 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) Shawnee, KS | 8 / 86 (693.0856) | 11 (173.1200) | 42 (166.2628) | 5 (177.7028) | 7 (176.0000) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 70 / 185 (683.9428) | 106 (169.7028) | 38 (175.4172) | 139 (166.2628) | 57 (172.5600) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 43 / 467 (684.5600) | 9 (177.1428) | 56 (174.2856) | 287 (162.8344) | 102 (170.2972) |
| 2021-08-20 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 14 / 46 (681.6000) | 10 (173.1200) | 25 (165.0972) | 1 (180.0000) | 24 (163.3828) |
| 2021-07-23 | Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 28 / 28 (492.4684) | 27 (153.0856) | 14 (167.3944) | — | 7 (171.9884) |
| 2021-07-17 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Cameron, MO | 23 / 25 (650.7316) | 23 (164.5488) | 19 (163.9772) | 23 (161.1200) | 24 (161.0856) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 16 / 145 (679.3484) | 29 (167.9772) | 28 (170.8112) | 2 (177.7144) | 61 (162.8456) |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS | 74 / 94 (674.1600) | 73 (167.3828) | 58 (169.1316) | 44 (171.4172) | 80 (166.2284) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 49 / 93 (673.0284) | 55 (167.9772) | 36 (169.7028) | 40 (169.1200) | 56 (166.2284) |
| 2020-10-24 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 17 / 58 (691.3828) | 13 (176.0000) | 43 (165.7028) | 23 (171.9772) | 4 (177.7028) |
| 2020-10-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 38 / 64 (679.3140) | 19 (174.2628) | 28 (170.2628) | 10 (177.7028) | 57 (157.0856) |
| 2020-09-26 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest Cameron, MO | 5 / 36 (694.8344) | 9 (175.4172) | 2 (177.7372) | 9 (174.8572) | 21 (166.8228) |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 31 / 43 (666.1712) | 20 (171.4172) | 30 (164.5256) | 15 (172.5600) | 38 (157.6684) |
| 2020-07-18 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Cameron, MO | 15 / 32 (679.3256) | 21 (169.6800) | 25 (164.5372) | 5 (175.4400) | 14 (169.6684) |
| 2020-07-18 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Single Meat - Rib Contest Cameron, MO | — | — | 10 (167.9656) | — | — |
| 2020-07-17 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Cameron, MO | 31 / 42 (669.6228) | 16 (170.8572) | 31 (165.1200) | 27 (169.6800) | 28 (163.9656) |
| 2020-07-10 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 23 / 61 (683.3372) | 14 (173.7028) | 38 (166.8344) | 32 (168.5372) | 15 (174.2628) |
| 2020-07-05 | Front Porch Rib Fest Kansas City, MO | — | — | 1 (179.4400) | — | — |
| 2019-10-25 | Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 14 / 44 (682.2168) | 31 (163.9540) | 17 (169.1544) | 16 (169.6684) | 1 (179.4400) |
| 2019-10-19 | Rock-N-Q on the planes Great Bend, KS | 8 / 28 (674.2744) | 12 (168.5600) | 11 (168.5600) | 11 (166.2972) | 9 (170.8572) |
| 2019-10-18 | National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series) Great Bend, KS | 3 / 7 (707.4172) | 2 (176.5716) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (176.0000) | 4 (174.8456) |
| 2019-10-11 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest(JUDGES FULL) DeSoto, KS | 9 / 51 (689.1088) | 5 (174.8572) | 26 (167.9772) | 25 (167.4172) | 3 (178.8572) |
| 2019-10-04 | Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA | 9 / 49 (689.1084) | 6 (176.5600) | 21 (169.1312) | 5 (172.5600) | 17 (170.8572) |
| 2019-09-28 | West Bottoms BBQ Contest Kansas City, MO | 12 / 29 (689.6340) | 23 (165.0856) | 10 (174.2628) | 7 (178.3200) | 15 (171.9656) |
| 2019-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Shawnee, KS | 1 / 102 (714.8572) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (174.8572) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 89 / 135 (675.9308) | 103 (167.4284) | 65 (170.2628) | 84 (168.5484) | 81 (169.6912) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 239 / 468 (659.3596) | 268 (163.9656) | 193 (166.8456) | 228 (165.7028) | 248 (162.8456) |
| 2019-08-31 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge Omaha, NE | 7 / 28 (686.7656) | 9 (170.8228) | 14 (170.2744) | 12 (171.4056) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 6 / 68 (693.1084) | 23 (170.8456) | 30 (169.7028) | 2 (178.2972) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2019-08-02 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO | 17 / 30 (675.3140) | 25 (165.1084) | 15 (168.5256) | 15 (168.5372) | 8 (173.1428) |
| 2019-07-26 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 1 / 41 (689.7372) | 24 (166.2972) | 1 (178.2972) | 11 (170.2856) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2019-07-19 | Smokin on the Summit Unity Village, MO | 12 / 35 (681.6228) | 5 (175.4172) | 25 (162.8000) | 4 (176.5600) | 16 (166.8456) |
| 2019-07-12 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 20 / 59 (682.2400) | 16 (171.4400) | 20 (171.4172) | 3 (178.2972) | 42 (161.0856) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 24 / 183 (667.3596) | 25 (169.7028) | 26 (170.2628) | 45 (168.5256) | 100 (158.8684) |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS | 4 / 46 (694.2172) | 22 (167.3828) | 6 (174.8572) | 2 (176.5716) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2019-05-31 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 1 / 49 (692.5596) | 3 (176.0228) | 5 (173.7028) | 14 (169.1084) | 6 (173.7256) |
| 2019-05-25 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 Westmont, IL | 13 / 48 (669.0288) | 30 (163.3944) | 10 (170.8228) | 10 (167.9772) | 15 (166.8344) |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 Westmont, IL | 39 / 40 (503.9200) | — | 21 (161.1200) | 10 (168.5256) | 3 (174.2744) |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 DeSoto, KS | 31 / 53 (671.8396) | 46 (161.6456) | 24 (169.6912) | 26 (170.8228) | 25 (169.6800) |
| 2019-05-03 | Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS | 10 / 37 (669.5768) | 18 (166.2284) | 25 (163.3828) | 20 (165.7028) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2019-04-26 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 7 / 38 (678.7772) | 12 (169.6684) | 18 (166.2400) | 3 (175.4516) | 12 (167.4172) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs Osage City, KS | 56 / 104 (663.3484) | 67 (165.0972) | 45 (166.8572) | 50 (166.8456) | 57 (164.5484) |
| 2019-04-05 | VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits Overland Park, KS | 3 / 53 (694.2628) | 5 (175.4056) | 9 (171.4400) | 10 (170.2744) | 1 (177.1428) |
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 24 / 62 (679.8852) | 20 (173.1084) | 15 (172.5484) | 26 (170.2628) | 43 (163.9656) |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 30 / 74 (672.4684) | 43 (167.9656) | 19 (170.2628) | 44 (164.5600) | 27 (169.6800) |
| 2019-03-15 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 26 / 64 (662.1944) | 55 (151.3600) | 7 (174.2972) | 37 (161.6800) | 4 (174.8572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #791 (60 pts) | #866 (60 pts) | #903 (60 pts) | #823 (60 pts) | #600 (145 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #554 (305 pts) | #699 (245 pts) | #641 (295 pts) | #607 (285 pts) | #658 (240 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #701 (215 pts) | #806 (180 pts) | #726 (250 pts) | #568 (335 pts) | #797 (180 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #450 (435 pts) | #605 (310 pts) | #476 (505 pts) | #471 (440 pts) | #518 (370 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #290 (791 pts) | #291 (815 pts) | #308 (838 pts) | #236 (966 pts) | #224 (1005 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #319 (608 pts) | #315 (643 pts) | #427 (488 pts) | #213 (910 pts) | #328 (623 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #162 (702 pts) | #144 (797 pts) | #94 (1065 pts) | #139 (822 pts) | #154 (752 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #61 (2091 pts) | #100 (1736 pts) | #107 (1687 pts) | #38 (2099 pts) | #11 (2468 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #154 (1612 pts) | #282 (1133 pts) | #23 (2262 pts) | #191 (1393 pts) | #98 (1812 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1565 (155 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1380 (215 pts) | #1682 (140 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #1512 (185 pts) | #2298 (65 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1251 (225 pts) | #1323 (225 pts) | #1327 (225 pts) | #1194 (270 pts) | #1306 (225 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |