High-water mark
683.9084
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9084 at 2024 Icebox Cookoff — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 6, 2024
Fat Boyz Sports
Fat Boyz Sports is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 38 at the Icebox Cookoff (2023). They are ranked #3433 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1505 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 2, 2022
latest Aug 16, 2025 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
670.17
last 5 Master vs avg 669.80 (+0.37)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.95
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.64 · weakest Pork (164.35)
Road miles
744
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 204 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Purse competed for
$105K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
669.80 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1108 (70 pts) | #1476 (55 pts) | #1205 (90 pts) | #1451 (55 pts) | #714 (205 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #751 (182 pts) | #486 (427 pts) | #974 (132 pts) | #991 (117 pts) | #644 (272 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1148 (85 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #913 (180 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1207 (80 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1216 (84 pts) | #1030 (129 pts) | #1277 (94 pts) | #1125 (114 pts) | #1297 (69 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Fat Boyz Sports, each with one reason worth a look.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,421 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Fat Boyz Sports on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,430 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1495
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,435 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Fat Boyz Sports's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,427 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Fat Boyz Sports's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,437 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Fat Boyz Sports's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J&C BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| RJs Smokehouse | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Small Axe BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DND BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Old Dirty Basters | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 162.2400 | 170.64 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 160.5144 | 166.55 | top 57% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 150.7888 | 164.35 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 159.9428 | 168.26 | top 44% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Icebox Cookoff | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 41% | Jul 6, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
102
finished ahead 85 times, behind 105
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Jul 6, 2024 → Aug 16, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
20241 milestone
- Career-best overall score683.9084 2024 Icebox Cookoff
20233 milestones
- First call Icebox Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Icebox Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1505) Icebox Cookoff
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9660 Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.9 | Icebox Cookoff | Jul 1, 2023 |
| +3.8 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff | Jul 6, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 16, 2025 |
| -5.1 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 25, 2024 |
| -3.1 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition | Aug 19, 2023 |
| -1.2 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 | Jul 2, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 95% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 94.8% | 93.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2025 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 22 / 30 (666.1256) | 28 (162.2400) | 18 (167.3944) | 27 (161.0856) | 4 (175.4056) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 17 / 37 (683.9084) | 6 (177.7028) | 25 (168) | 34 (163.9428) | 8 (174.2628) |
| May 25, 2024 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 19 / 27 (658.1260) | 2 (177.1428) | 21 (160.5144) | 24 (150.7888) | 12 (169.6800) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 19 / 30 (660.4572) | 24 (164.5256) | 5 (173.7144) | 24 (162.2744) | 20 (159.9428) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 14 / 38 (682.2400) | 24 (169.6800) | 26 (163.9884) | 2 (178.8572) | 18 (169.7144) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 20 / 34 (667.9660) | 11 (172.5600) | 18 (165.7028) | 14 (169.1428) | 23 (160.5604) |