A tough matchup
3–0
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 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKE PIMPS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-02-26
latest 2017-08-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
567.55
last 3 Master vs avg 567.55 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±81.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.42 · weakest Pork (150.28)
Road miles
27
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
567.55 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
SMOKE PIMPS 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 117 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after SMOKE PIMPS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE PIMPS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 145.6800 | 159.42 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 144.5028 | 153.09 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7028 | 146.2856 | 150.28 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 150.2400 | 155.79 | top 66% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2 | 42 | 0 | top 97% | 2016-02-25 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2015-02-26 → 2017-08-11
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.42 · weakest Pork (150.28)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
567.55
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
21–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
27
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2016-02-25 → 2017-08-11
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #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 (1488) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2017
- First call *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7884 *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score650.7884 *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.4 | *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff | 2017-08-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
| -12.5 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2016-02-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 63.6% | 63.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-11 | *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff Conroe, TX | 9 / 26 (650.7884) | 3 (175.4172) | 15 (161.6800) | 18 (150.8456) | 10 (162.8456) |
| 2016-02-25 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 42 / 42 (457.7372) | 35 (157.1544) | — | 39 (146.2856) | 33 (154.2972) |
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 57 / 61 (594.1256) | 56 (145.6800) | 57 (144.5028) | 46 (153.7028) | 50 (150.2400) |