FAT CAT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 14 at the UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) (2018).
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
The teams rated closest to FAT CAT BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
FAT CAT BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 99 rated teams sit within a point of it.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before FAT CAT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with FAT CAT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before FAT CAT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before FAT CAT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 154.2856 | 156.43 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 151.3484 | 160.54 | top 51% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 171.4056 | 153.0856 | 163.07 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 156.5484 | 159.60 | top 48% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 50% | Mar 9, 2024 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.7 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 10, 2023 |
| +1.8 | SMOKIN on the Summit | Jun 7, 2013 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 9, 2024 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2024 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 20 / 28 (317.0512) | 19 (158.2628) | 19 (158.7884) | 27 (153.0856) | — |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 9 / 31 (493.0400) | 21 (157.6800) | 12 (163.9544) | 4 (171.4056) | — |
| May 3, 2019 | UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest (Invitational Competitor's Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 9 / 16 (643.3484) | 12 (155.9428) | 7 (161.7372) | 7 (162.2856) | 7 (163.3828) |
| May 4, 2018 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 8 / 14 (634.1364) | 10 (155.9540) | 12 (151.3484) | 2 (170.2856) | 8 (156.5484) |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2013 | SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO | 37 / 81 (638.2856) | 60 (154.2856) | 16 (166.8572) | 50 (158.2858) | 35 (158.8570) |
| — | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest unrated Kansas City, MO | 259 (155.4172) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.