They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 12 of 18 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
FAT TIGER BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1525
peak 1541 · rated over 17 contests ⓘ
Contests
18
in the data
First seen
2017-06-16
latest 2023-08-04
Best ToY finish
#546
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 18 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.72 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 638.88 (+9.84)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±17.30
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.68 · weakest Brisket (155.93)
Road miles
3,398
mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 557 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.88 / 720
17 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (13 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.
High-water mark
666.1368
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1368 at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-06-03
The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
What the Pork? has finished one call ahead of FAT TIGER BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2018
their best year
2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 37%.
- 5 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 37%
A tough matchup
12–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 92% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.75 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 35%.
- Brisket avg 155.93
- Chicken avg 162.68
- 5 calls in 17 entries
A strong matchup
9–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 82% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SHOP BOYS BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
The comeback
3.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.6 years, then back at New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) (2023-04-21).
- last seen 2019-09-07
- back 2023-04-21
Chicken nemesis
8 of 11
shared chicken entries lost
PADDY MCQ'S ahead 73% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, PADDY MCQ'S has out-cooked them in 8 of 11 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
3×
one call behind them
NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 3 times.
A June team
Top 42%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 42% across 6 contests, versus top 51% the rest of the year.
- 6 June contests
- top 51% the rest of the year
The long haul
3,398
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,398 miles across 18 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 557 miles to Capital BBQ Festival.
- 18 mapped stops
- furthest 557 mi
The metronome
±2.40%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.40% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 88.7% of a perfect score
- 18 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.
84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1525
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to FAT TIGER BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — FAT TIGER BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2339 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 30% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Level with FAT TIGER BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2333 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after FAT TIGER BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What the Pork? | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| WALLY BBQ | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SHOP BOYS BBQ | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| piratesBBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| BOYMEETSGRILL | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Prime BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Q+BREW | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Up-2 BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 176.5600 | 147.9200 | 162.68 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 145.6572 | 158.23 | top 57% |
| Pork | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 172.5600 | 143.3484 | 162.03 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 138.7428 | 155.93 | top 58% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| QC | 4 | 0 | top 50% |
| NJ | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| VT | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| ME | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
| NY | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| ON | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| NH | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 84% | 2023-04-22 |
| Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 45% | 2019-09-07 |
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 55% | 2019-07-05 |
| *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 55% | 2018-06-15 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.1 yrs
2017-06-16 → 2023-08-04
Busiest season
2019
6 contests
Contests a season
3.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
QC
4 of 18 contests · 7 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
13
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
17 entries · 1 win · 6 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.68 · weakest Brisket (155.93)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 12 of 18 contests
Overall top-10 rate
22%
4 of 18 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
638.88
out of 720 · 17 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
249
250–279 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,398
18 mapped stops · furthest 557 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,725
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.6 yrs
2019-09-07 → 2023-04-21
Power rating
1525
peak 1541 · #2336 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016
- 2017
- First call *Wolf BBQ FEst Richmond 2017
- First category win (Pork) Capital BBQ Festival
- 2018
- First overall top-10 *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8684 *Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- 2019
- 10th tracked contest Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1541) Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- 2023
- Career-best overall score666.1368 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Most recent contest La Classique BBQ Labonte
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival | 2018-06-01 |
| +9.9 | *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 | 2018-06-15 |
| +6.7 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2018-07-06 |
| +6.2 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2019-09-07 |
| +5.5 | *Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park | 2018-08-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2023-04-21 |
| -9.5 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2023-04-22 |
| -8.4 | *Wolf BBQ FEst Richmond 2017 | 2017-06-16 |
| -2.9 | Capital BBQ Festival | 2017-08-05 |
| -2.6 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2019-07-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 64% | 92.5% | 89.7% |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 46% | 91.8% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 91% | 88.8% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 72% | 86.2% | 84.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 15 / 33 (638.8800) | 17 (160.0344) | 20 (159.4284) | 19 (156.5372) | 13 (162.8800) |
| 2023-06-03 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH | 17 / 39 (666.1368) | 10 (173.1200) | 32 (161.6456) | 19 (165.6684) | 15 (165.7028) |
| 2023-04-22 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 24 / 30 (649.5888) | 23 (159.9428) | 24 (161.1316) | 22 (164.5600) | 18 (163.9544) |
| 2023-04-21 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 32 / 36 (627.8744) | 34 (147.9200) | 30 (154.8228) | 26 (164.5944) | 26 (160.5372) |
| 2019-09-07 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT | 12 / 31 (661.1316) | 19 (164.5828) | 12 (163.9656) | 12 (165.7144) | 14 (166.8688) |
| 2019-08-10 | Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark 🏅 Saco, ME | 14 / 28 (653.6572) | 12 (170.2744) | 13 (163.4288) | 7 (169.7372) | 23 (150.2168) |
| 2019-07-05 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY | 22 / 32 (632.4916) | 13 (165.6916) | 14 (159.4400) | 18 (161.6800) | 29 (145.6800) |
| 2019-06-15 | 514 BBQ Saint-Léonard, QC | 10 / 23 (638.2288) | 8 (165.7372) | 17 (151.9772) | 14 (161.0972) | 10 (159.4172) |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec, G1G 4C7 | 8 / 24 (630.7888) | 1 (172.6172) | 21 (145.6572) | 13 (151.4288) | 7 (161.0856) |
| 2019-05-25 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 19 / 43 (653.6000) | 18 (164.5600) | 19 (161.6916) | 27 (157.6684) | 7 (169.6800) |
| 2018-09-08 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Randolph, VT | 17 / 33 (646.7204) | 2 (176.5600) | 17 (164.0116) | 9 (164.5372) | 31 (141.6116) |
| 2018-08-11 | *Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park Saco, ME | 13 / 30 (654.8684) | 12 (163.4744) | 15 (161.1428) | 18 (163.4056) | 9 (166.8456) |
| 2018-07-06 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 16 / 39 (629.6460) | 30 (152.5488) | 6 (162.8572) | 4 (165.1428) | 27 (149.0972) |
| 2018-06-15 | *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 Richmond, QC | 5 / 18 (625.2116) | 2 (161.1772) | 8 (154.8800) | 5 (158.2744) | 9 (150.8800) |
| 2018-06-01 | *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival Quebec City, G1R 4W6 | 5 / 22 (638.8112) | 10 (156.5828) | 10 (159.4172) | 3 (168.5828) | 12 (154.2284) |
| 2017-08-05 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 26 / 42 (620.9600) | 31 (155.4172) | 26 (154.2400) | 1 (172.5600) | 37 (138.7428) |
| 2017-06-16 | *Wolf BBQ FEst Richmond 2017 Richmond, QC | 14 / 17 (592.4000) | 11 (155.3828) | 10 (150.2516) | 15 (143.3484) | 14 (143.4172) |
| 2016-06-11 | Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016 Richmond, Qu JOB2H0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | #546 (328 pts) | #550 (358 pts) | #743 (263 pts) | #596 (308 pts) | #511 (378 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #910 (301 pts) | #915 (321 pts) | #889 (346 pts) | #845 (371 pts) | #1140 (231 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #624 (543 pts) | #545 (683 pts) | #678 (533 pts) | #495 (743 pts) | #902 (358 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1558 (157 pts) | #1571 (172 pts) | #1550 (177 pts) | #983 (377 pts) | #1619 (157 pts) |