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FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack
FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down (2013). They are ranked #1963 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings .
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At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating 1540
peak 1550 · rated over 7 contests
First seen May 17, 2013
latest May 9, 2014 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs 1
0 reserve · wins it all 14% of the time
Overall top-10s 4
57% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run 2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish top 33%
overall standings
Best overall 682.2744 / 720
Current form 660.04 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 656.60 (+3.44)
Walk rate 71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency ±17.82
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat Chicken
avg 165.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.64)
Road miles 1,000
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 226 mi
Schedule strength 12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg 656.60 / 720
7 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines (8 found in their record)
Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.
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Against the odds
24-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down (Oct 11, 2013) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
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On the rise
+31
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 31 points across 7 contests since May 17, 2013 — from 1508 up to 1540.
7 contests since May 17, 2013 now 1540
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Giant slayer
55
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 55-team field at Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down .
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High-water mark
682.2744
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.2744 at Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
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Their season
2013
1 Grand Championship
2013 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 20%.
5 contests 4 overall top-10s 0 category wins average top 20%
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A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PICKIN' PORKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PICKIN' PORKERS
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The weak link
−5.3
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.32 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 43%.
Pork Ribs avg 160.64 Chicken avg 165.96 2 calls in 7 entries
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A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BEAN CAN BBQ
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Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack, each with one reason worth a look.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS
#1,958 of the rated field
1540
power rating
Contests 7
GCs 0
Top-10s 29%
Peak 1540
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’
#1,961 of the rated field
1540
power rating
Contests 9
GCs 0
Top-10s 44%
Peak 1540
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
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HEAVY SMOKERS
#1,973 of the rated field
1539
power rating
Contests 9
GCs 0
Top-10s 44%
Peak 1542
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
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Boozin Booyaa bbq
#1,959 of the rated field
1540
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 60%
Peak 1540
Level with FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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Uncle Vic's BBQ
#1,970 of the rated field
1539
power rating
Contests 7
GCs 0
Top-10s 0%
Peak 1539
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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HELMUTH BBQ
#1,975 of the rated field
1539
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 40%
Peak 1539
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
By meat
“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 field size and state
By contest size
Field Contests GCs Avg finish
Medium (20–39) 3 0 top 20% Large (40+) 4 1 top 42%
By state / province (where the contests were held)
Where Contests GCs Avg finish
NC 4 1 top 42% VA 2 0 top 21% SC 1 0 top 17%
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Busiest season
2013
5 contests · 1 GC
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Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
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Most contests held in
NC
4 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
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Contests visited
7
a different one every time
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First title
Oct 11, 2013
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
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Opponents faced
238
finished ahead 224 times, behind 124
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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)
2014 2 0 0 0
50%
top 63%
89.9%
89%
2013 5 1 4 0
80%
top 20%
94.8%
92.1%
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Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
Date Event Overall Chicken Ribs Pork Brisket
May 9, 2014
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC 39 / 80 (647.3944) 40 (162.8684) 59 (156.5716) 7 (173.7256) 59 (154.2288)
Apr 18, 2014
17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC 43 / 55 (634.1604) 43 (159.4172) 46 (152.5372) 49 (155.9544) 17 (166.2516)
Nov 15, 2013
Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Charleston, SC 6 / 35 (673.0748) 13 (165.6916) 6 (170.8460) 8 (166.8228) 6 (169.7144)
Oct 11, 2013
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC 1 / 55 (682.2744) 2 (173.7372) 12 (167.9772) 8 (167.4400) 3 (173.1200)
Sep 20, 2013
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 29 / 72 (663.2796) 20 (170.2628) 48 (161.0856) 43 (165.1200) 29 (166.8112)
Jun 28, 2013
Covington Cork and Pork Festival Covington, VA 4 / 25 (664) 7 (168.5714) 6 (166.2858) 10 (162.2856) 7 (166.8572)
May 17, 2013
Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-off Chesapeake, VA 9 / 34 (632.0002) 9 (161.1428) 18 (149.1430) 13 (161.7144) 7 (160)
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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