High-water mark
687.3256
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3256 at Go Hog Wild BBQ — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-10-06
FAT HEAD HOLLER BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1512 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-09-23
latest 2023-10-06
Best ToY finish
#778
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.32
last 3 Master vs avg 658.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.36 · weakest Brisket (160.32)
Road miles
143
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.32 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead 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.
FAT HEAD HOLLER 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 116 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.
#2756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with FAT HEAD HOLLER BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before FAT HEAD HOLLER BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before FAT HEAD HOLLER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2745 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before FAT HEAD HOLLER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before FAT HEAD HOLLER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 157.1200 | 161.49 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 169.6800 | 172.36 | top 30% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 157.0856 | 164.16 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 151.3372 | 160.32 | top 55% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go Hog Wild BBQ | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 42% | 2023-10-06 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2022-09-23 → 2023-10-06
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
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
Pork Ribs
averages 172.36 · weakest Brisket (160.32)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
658.32
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
43–39 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
143
3 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,800
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1512
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4344 Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- First call Go Hog Wild BBQ
- 2023
- First overall top-10 Go Hog Wild BBQ
- Career-best overall score687.3256 Go Hog Wild BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 Go Hog Wild BBQ
- Peak power rating (1512) Go Hog Wild BBQ
- Most recent contest Go Hog Wild BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Go Hog Wild BBQ | 2023-10-06 |
| +4.9 | Go Hog Wild BBQ | 2022-10-07 |
| +0.4 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival | 2022-09-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 90.1% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-06 | Go Hog Wild BBQ 🏅 Sheridan, AR | 10 / 26 (687.3256) | 13 (169.6684) | 8 (174.2744) | 9 (172.5600) | 10 (170.8228) |
| 2022-10-07 | Go Hog Wild BBQ 🏅 Sheridan, AR | 12 / 26 (639.2112) | 16 (157.6684) | 5 (173.1200) | 17 (157.0856) | 18 (151.3372) |
| 2022-09-23 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 20 / 33 (648.4344) | 26 (157.1200) | 13 (169.6800) | 21 (162.8228) | 19 (158.8116) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #778 (199 pts) | #940 (154 pts) | #702 (294 pts) | #908 (169 pts) | #867 (174 pts) |