High-water mark
677.6344
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.6344 at WNC Barbeque Festival — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-07-26
FATBACKS BBQ AND RIB SHACK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1538 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2014-10-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.76
last 5 Master vs avg 659.61 (+0.15)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.70 · weakest Pork (161.10)
Road miles
520
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 227 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
659.61 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 25%.
- 4 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 25%
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.6
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.60 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 67%.
- Pork avg 161.10
- Pork Ribs avg 167.70
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIG ON FIRE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 6.
⚔ Head-to-head#2247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after FATBACKS BBQ AND RIB SHACK did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Level with FATBACKS BBQ AND RIB SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 6.
⚔ Head-to-head#2250 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE THIS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 163.9656 | 167.69 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 157.7028 | 167.70 | top 31% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8568 | 151.9428 | 161.10 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.7144 | 163.12 | top 45% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 3 | 0 | top 32% |
| SC | 2 | 0 | top 23% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 37% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2014-10-24
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.70 · weakest Pork (161.10)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
659.61
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
256
199–139 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
520
6 mapped stops · furthest 227 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Power rating
1528
peak 1538 · #2254 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- First call Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8570 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- First overall top-10 SC Festival of Discovery
- Career-best overall score677.6344 WNC Barbeque Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 WNC Barbeque Festival
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1538) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2013-07-11 |
| +12.9 | WNC Barbeque Festival | 2013-07-26 |
| +4.4 | Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit | 2013-08-23 |
| +3.6 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2013-04-19 |
| +2.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-06-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2014-10-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 66% | 90.5% | 89.7% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 94.1% | 92.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-24 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 82 / 92 (640.4228) | 27 (170.8228) | 79 (157.7028) | 86 (151.9428) | 67 (159.9544) |
| 2014-06-13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC | 13 / 30 (651.3260) | 8 (168.5372) | 17 (160.5716) | 26 (155.3828) | 9 (166.8344) |
| 2013-08-23 | Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC | 15 / 41 (659.2912) | 13 (166.8228) | 4 (170.2628) | 24 (162.2400) | 20 (159.9656) |
| 2013-07-26 | WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC | 6 / 48 (677.6344) | 12 (170.2856) | 8 (171.9888) | 27 (162.2400) | 6 (173.1200) |
| 2013-07-11 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 7 / 78 (670.1484) | 36 (163.9656) | 3 (173.1200) | 29 (163.9428) | 15 (169.1200) |
| 2013-04-19 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 22 / 55 (658.8570) | 25 (165.7142) | 6 (172.5716) | 11 (170.8568) | 48 (149.7144) |