High-water mark
671.4286
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.4286 at Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 10, 2013
Fatbacks
Fatbacks is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 7th of 58 at the Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge (2013). They are ranked #3599 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “FATBACK'S”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1520 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2013
latest May 6, 2016 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.82 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 644.47 (-2.65)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.90 · weakest Brisket (152.81)
Road miles
636
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 295 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
644.47 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Fatbacks, each with one reason worth a look.
154 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Fatbacks)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Fatbacks has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,622 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1491
Level with Fatbacks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They turned up 7 years after Fatbacks did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#3,593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,591 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5714 | 155.9428 | 161.59 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2858 | 154.2172 | 164.17 | top 46% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 155.9772 | 165.90 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 138.7544 | 152.81 | top 72% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 48 | 0 | top 82% | May 6, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
265
finished ahead 136 times, behind 188
Longest layoff
1 yrs
May 1, 2015 → May 6, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20137 milestones
- First tracked contest West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First call West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7142 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score671.4286 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1520) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | May 10, 2013 |
| +7.6 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | May 3, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 6, 2016 |
| -7.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 1, 2015 |
| -6.9 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship | Aug 23, 2013 |
| -4.4 | Music City BBQ Festival | Aug 22, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 93.3% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 59 / 67 (618.0916) | 45 (161.0972) | 35 (162.2628) | 58 (155.9772) | 65 (138.7544) |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 48 / 63 (638.1256) | 57 (155.9428) | 31 (166.8344) | 35 (166.2628) | 62 (149.0856) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN | 28 / 41 (653.0168) | 37 (157.1084) | 19 (166.8228) | 17 (168.5828) | 28 (160.5028) |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | 39 / 55 (628.4456) | 45 (157.1200) | 40 (154.2172) | 7 (173.1428) | 49 (143.9656) |
| May 10, 2013 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 7 / 58 (671.4286) | 3 (172.5714) | 30 (160.5714) | 5 (174.8572) | 20 (163.4286) |
| May 3, 2013 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN | 13 / 46 (657.7142) | 24 (165.7140) | 2 (174.2858) | 30 (156.5714) | 20 (161.1430) |