A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BOOMERANG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BOOMERANG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Fat Boys Backyard BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-10
latest 2021-05-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
604.30
last 3 Master vs avg 604.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.16 · weakest Pork (146.09)
Road miles
971
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 485 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
604.30 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) (2021-05-14).
- last seen 2019-07-12
- back 2021-05-14
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.
Fat Boys Backyard BBQ has 3 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 130 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.
#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Fat Boys Backyard BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Fat Boys Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 145.6912 | 156.16 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1772 | 141.6800 | 149.12 | top 89% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9540 | 137.1544 | 146.09 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 147.4400 | 152.93 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 91% | 2021-05-14 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2019-05-10 → 2021-05-14
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.16 · weakest Pork (146.09)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
604.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
14–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
971
3 mapped stops · furthest 485 mi
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$26,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2021-05-14
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
- Peak power rating (1488) Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
- Career-best overall score641.0740 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1200 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- 2021
- Most recent contest Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2019-05-10 |
| -9.1 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2021-05-14 |
| -6.7 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2019-07-12 |
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 88% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 89% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-14 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 29 / 33 (598.7888) | 26 (157.6800) | 31 (144.5144) | 31 (149.1544) | 28 (147.4400) |
| 2019-07-12 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS | 51 / 59 (641.0740) | 43 (165.1200) | 44 (161.1772) | 57 (151.9540) | 38 (162.8228) |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 36 / 38 (573.0512) | 34 (145.6912) | 37 (141.6800) | 37 (137.1544) | 30 (148.5256) |