Happy hunting ground
Top 16%
average finish here
Smokin on the Route is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 16%
FAST HAND BBQ Co.
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1546
peak 1546 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2023-08-04
latest 2025-09-26
Best ToY finish
#123
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
338.82 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 360.85 (-22.03)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±59.86
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.34 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.54)
Road miles
652
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 148 mi
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Purse competed for
$85K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
346.82 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
360.85 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (8 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.
They almost always walk
100%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 100% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
506.7772
career-best overall
140.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 506.7772 at Boats Beats & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) — 140.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-09-01
Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.
- 3 contests
- 3 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 22%
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Too Sauced BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Too Sauced BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.80 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 100%.
- Pork Ribs avg 166.54
- Chicken avg 171.34
- 4 calls in 8 entries
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
CEO BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Boom or bust
±23.20%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±23.20% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 93.7% of a perfect score
- best 140.8%
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.
66 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1811 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before FAST HAND BBQ Co.'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before FAST HAND BBQ Co.'s first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
Level with FAST HAND BBQ Co. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULL IN THE RING | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| WOOD HOOK BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SUPER SWINE | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| CEO BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLLOW Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 176.5600 | 163.4056 | 171.34 | top 23% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 176.5600 | 150.7772 | 166.54 | top 44% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 169.7028 | 169.70 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 5 | 0 | top 32% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Route | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 16% | 2025-09-26 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2023-08-04 → 2025-09-26
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
5 of 8 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.34 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.54)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 8 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
6 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests
Master average
346.82
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
360.85
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
154
143–107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
652
8 mapped stops · furthest 148 mi
Schedule strength
1592
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$85,440
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1546
peak 1546 · #1818 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Que' For a Cause
- First call Que' For a Cause
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.0516 Que' For a Cause
- First overall top-10 Boats Beats & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score506.7772 Boats Beats & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2024
- First overall podium Smokin on the Route
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Old Town Smokeout
- First Reserve Championship Patriot Day of Remembrance BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1546) Smokin on the Route
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Route
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.6 | Smokin on the Route | 2024-07-26 |
| +12 | Smokin on the Route | 2025-09-26 |
| +9.7 | Patriot Day of Remembrance BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-13 |
| +8.4 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2024-06-07 |
| +7.1 | Boats Beats & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-09-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Old Town Smokeout | 2025-06-27 |
| -0.7 | Que' For a Cause | 2023-08-04 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 94.8% | 78.5% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 95.9% | 94.4% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 140.8% | 115.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 4 / 20 (341.1088) | 5 (171.4172) | 5 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Patriot Day of Remembrance BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Webb City, MO | 2 / 5 (333.1084) | 2 (163.4056) | 2 (169.7028) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Old Town Smokeout 🏅 Van Buren, AR | 27 / 27 (346.8228) | 6 (176.5600) | 19 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 3 / 27 (345.0972) | 5 (168.5372) | 3 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 9 / 43 (338.2516) | 10 (167.9772) | 9 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2024-04-05 | Lake Views & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK | 7 / 21 (336.5256) | 2 (175.4400) | 13 (161.0856) | — | — |
| 2023-09-01 | Boats Beats & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Grove, OK | 7 / 17 (506.7772) | 3 (173.1200) | 11 (163.9544) | 8 (169.7028) | — |
| 2023-08-04 | Que' For a Cause Tahlequah, OK | 19 / 36 (325.0516) | 9 (174.2744) | 20 (150.7772) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #139 (412 pts) | #148 (387 pts) | #153 (387 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1470 (52 pts) | #846 (167 pts) | #1230 (82 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #123 (480 pts) | #124 (515 pts) | #128 (435 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #144 (348 pts) | #215 (183 pts) | — | — |