A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CEO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CEO BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Three Fat Guys BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-06-10
latest 2024-06-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.14
last 3 Master vs avg 642.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.23 · weakest Pork (155.18)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$45K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.14 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Three Fat Guys BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 164 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Three Fat Guys BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 163.9540 | 167.23 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 150.7656 | 156.34 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 151.9428 | 155.18 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 158.2400 | 163.39 | top 61% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 85% | 2023-06-09 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2022-06-10 → 2024-06-07
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.23 · weakest Pork (155.18)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
642.14
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
14–134 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$44,820
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First call Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1488) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3140 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score651.3140 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- 2024
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0228 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2022-06-10 |
| -10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2023-06-09 |
| -9.7 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2024-06-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 90% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 38 / 43 (632.9712) | 18 (172.0228) | 42 (150.7656) | 41 (151.9428) | 36 (158.2400) |
| 2023-06-09 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 26 / 32 (651.3140) | 29 (163.9540) | 17 (165.7144) | 27 (159.9656) | 26 (161.6800) |
| 2022-06-10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 26 / 29 (642.1372) | 21 (165.7028) | 28 (152.5372) | 27 (153.6344) | 5 (170.2628) |