The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Minnesota in May (2017-05-12).
- last seen 2015-09-11
- back 2017-05-12
Phat Guyz BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-05
latest 2017-05-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.84
last 3 Master vs avg 625.84 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.90 · weakest Brisket (144.35)
Road miles
460
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 460 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.84 / 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.
Phat Guyz 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 124 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.
#4072 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-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Phat Guyz BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with Phat Guyz BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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 | 0 | 167.9772 | 158.8344 | 161.90 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 148.0116 | 158.47 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 158.2972 | 161.12 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1200 | 141.1200 | 144.35 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2014-09-05 → 2017-05-12
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.90 · weakest Brisket (144.35)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
625.84
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
118
34–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
460
3 mapped stops · furthest 460 mi
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2017-05-12
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1428 Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival
- Peak power rating (1496) Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival
- 2015
- First call Butler Chamber of Commerce BBQ & Huckster's Day
- 2017
- Career-best overall score627.9316 Minnesota in May
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Butler Chamber of Commerce BBQ & Huckster's Day | 2015-09-11 |
| -4.9 | Minnesota in May | 2017-05-12 |
| -3.8 | Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival | 2014-09-05 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-12 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 52 / 71 (627.9316) | 20 (167.9772) | 69 (148.0116) | 36 (162.8228) | 63 (149.1200) |
| 2015-09-11 | Butler Chamber of Commerce BBQ & Huckster's Day Butler, MO | 12 / 14 (622.1376) | 10 (158.8344) | 10 (158.2516) | 9 (162.2400) | 14 (142.8116) |
| 2014-09-05 | Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival 🏅 Butler, MO | 30 / 43 (627.4400) | 29 (158.8800) | 13 (169.1428) | 34 (158.2972) | 39 (141.1200) |