The comeback
3.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at Mozingo Lake BBQ (Sep 5, 2020).
- last seen May 5, 2017
- back Sep 5, 2020
FATTYSHACK BBQ
FATTYSHACK BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 5th of 17 at the UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) (2017). Also listed in KCBS results as “FATTY SHACK BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 32 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 6, 2016
latest Sep 5, 2020 · 4.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±79.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.62 · weakest Brisket (146.51)
Road miles
3,308
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,207 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$7,200
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
584.07 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
283.31 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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FATTYSHACK BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,378 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,372 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
They turned up 5 years after FATTYSHACK BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#3,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with FATTYSHACK BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,401 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before FATTYSHACK BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before FATTYSHACK BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before FATTYSHACK BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 135.3712 | 158.16 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.2972 | 131.9200 | 152.78 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.8572 | 145.7256 | 159.62 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 133.0172 | 146.51 | top 69% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 29% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 66% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 63% | May 5, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
144
finished ahead 55 times, behind 96
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
May 5, 2017 → Sep 5, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Mozingo Lake BBQ
20172 milestones
- First overall top-10 UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series)
- Career-best overall score646.1712 UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series)
20164 milestones
- First tracked contest UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series)
- First call Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4628 Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- Peak power rating (1507) Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch | May 14, 2016 |
| +2.2 | Mozingo Lake BBQ | Sep 5, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Grillin and Chillin | Sep 23, 2016 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 35% | 78.7% | 78.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 76% | 89.5% | 78.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2020 | Mozingo Lake BBQ 🏅 Maryville, MO | 12 / 34 (283.3140) | 13 (135.3712) | 12 (147.9428) | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 5 / 17 (646.1712) | 5 (167.3940) | 3 (162.8456) | 2 (166.8572) | 14 (149.0744) |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Grillin and Chillin Owensboro, KY | 39 / 39 (595.2684) | 29 (164.0456) | 39 (131.9200) | 24 (166.2856) | 39 (133.0172) |
| May 14, 2016 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Aldersyde, Alberta Canada | 11 / 34 (644.6628) | 10 (167.4628) | 8 (166.2972) | 27 (145.7256) | 5 (165.1772) |
| May 6, 2016 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 23 / 24 (450.1712) | 12 (156.5256) | 12 (154.8800) | — | 19 (138.7656) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.