The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Making BBQ Great Again has finished one call ahead of Two Fat Guys Burnin' Meat 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Two Fat Guys Burnin' Meat
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1449 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2022-06-17
latest 2026-08-28
Best ToY finish
#1083
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
597.71
last 5 Master vs avg 597.71 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 152.50 · weakest Chicken (143.36)
Road miles
35
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
597.71 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.1
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.14 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Chicken avg 143.36
- Pork Ribs avg 152.50
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival (2026-08-28).
- last seen 2024-08-23
- back 2026-08-28
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.
112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Level with Two Fat Guys Burnin' Meat on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Two Fat Guys Burnin' Meat's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5530 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Two Fat Guys Burnin' Meat's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 118.6056 | 143.36 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0628 | 145.6456 | 152.50 | top 89% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 134.1828 | 150.80 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2172 | 142.7888 | 151.04 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2022-06-17 → 2026-08-28
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 152.50 · weakest Chicken (143.36)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
597.71
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
108
9–149 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
35
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1593
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$22,400
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2024-08-23 → 2026-08-28
Power rating
1449
peak 1449 · #5541 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"
- Peak power rating (1488) Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"
- Career-best overall score626.6972 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.2972 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival
- 2026
- Most recent contest East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" | 2022-06-17 |
| -10.7 | East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival | 2026-08-28 |
| -10.2 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship - Paola Roots Festival | 2023-08-26 |
| -10.2 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship | 2024-08-23 |
| -7.2 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival | 2022-08-26 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81% | 81% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS | 30 / 31 (583.7944) | 31 (133.7144) | 29 (145.6456) | 29 (146.2172) | 24 (158.2172) |
| 2024-08-23 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship 🏅 Paola, KS | 41 / 42 (609.5316) | 41 (152.5372) | 39 (153.6800) | 36 (160.5256) | 39 (142.7888) |
| 2023-08-26 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship - Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS | 16 / 16 (583.1656) | 16 (149.6572) | 15 (152.4800) | 16 (134.1828) | 16 (146.8456) |
| 2022-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS | 38 / 45 (626.6972) | 32 (162.2972) | 34 (157.0628) | 42 (154.2400) | 35 (153.0972) |
| 2022-06-17 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 29 / 29 (585.3376) | 29 (118.6056) | 26 (153.6460) | 26 (158.8116) | 24 (154.2744) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1143 (86 pts) | #1212 (86 pts) | #1313 (91 pts) | #1184 (86 pts) | #1191 (86 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1083 (114 pts) | #1136 (114 pts) | #1188 (114 pts) | #1125 (114 pts) | #1088 (119 pts) |