FAT DAD'S BBQ

FAT DAD'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Battle of the Bones (2015). They are ranked #1805 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,805

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1547

peak 1547 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 22, 2015

latest May 26, 2018 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1102

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

33% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0968 / 720

Master · Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.19 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 661.89 (-7.70)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Battle of the Bones

Consistency

±18.30

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.74 · weakest Brisket (159.85)

Road miles

1,224

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 353 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Master avg

661.89 / 720

9 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Battle of the Bones (Jun 26, 2015).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

89% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 89% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.0968 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0968 at Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 3, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of FAT DAD'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings

SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.90 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 56%.

Brisket avg 159.85
Pork Ribs avg 168.74
3 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

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Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

PIGGY D'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 14th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#1102 (283 pts)	#816 (473 pts)	#1029 (343 pts)	#1482 (203 pts)	#1430 (203 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to FAT DAD'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

64 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Smoke 44

#1,798 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1552

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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#1,813 of the rated field

1547 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1547

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO.

#1,796 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1560

They turned up 8 years after FAT DAD'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 25, 2026

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SOAKED IN SMOKE

#1,807 of the rated field

1547 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1547

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before FAT DAD'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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Bourbon Barrel Smokers

#1,803 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1548

Level with FAT DAD'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ

#1,811 of the rated field

1547 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1547

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2014

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
PIGGY D'S BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BOOTIES BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
503BACKYARDBBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BIG BITE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
MADDDOG'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	4	1	3	178.8572	157.7144	168.06	top 38%
Pork Ribs	9	5	0	3	176.5828	154.8344	168.74	top 29%
Pork	9	5	1	1	174.2628	150.2056	165.24	top 43%
Brisket	9	3	0	0	172.5484	146.2516	159.85	top 57%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 29%
Medium (20–39)	5	1	top 36%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 46%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OR	6	1	top 33%
CA	3	0	top 44%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)	4	14	0	top 40%	May 26, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OR 6 of 9 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them more than once

First title Jun 26, 2015 Battle of the Bones

Opponents faced 176 finished ahead 181 times, behind 114

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20182 milestones

May 26 Peak power rating (1547) BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)
May 26 Most recent contest BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)

20161 milestone

Jun 3 Career-best overall score689.0968 Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition

20159 milestones

May 22 First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8000 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Jun 26 First call Battle of the Bones
Jun 26 First category win (Chicken) Battle of the Bones
Jun 26 First overall top-10 Battle of the Bones
Jun 26 First overall podium Battle of the Bones
Jun 26 First Grand Championship Battle of the Bones
Jun 26 First multi-meat day Battle of the Bones
Jun 26 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Battle of the Bones

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Battle of the Bones	Jun 26, 2015
+8.8	Redwood Coast Grills Gone Wild	Sep 2, 2017
+8.1	Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2016
+4.8	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 22, 2015
+3.7	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)	May 27, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.8	Smoke on the River	Oct 14, 2016

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)
2018	1	0	0	0	100%	top 40%	91.9%	91.9%
2017	2	0	1	0	100%	top 34%	93.4%	93.1%
2016	4	0	1	0	100%	top 45%	95.7%	90.6%
2015	2	1	1	2	50%	top 22%	94.7%	93.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 26, 2018	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	14 / 35 (661.6344)	21 (163.4288)	12 (169.1200)	24 (156.5372)	6 (172.5484)
Sep 2, 2017	Redwood Coast Grills Gone Wild Crescent City, CA	4 / 15 (667.8856)	4 (169.7028)	3 (172.5600)	4 (170.8228)	11 (154.8000)
May 27, 2017	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	15 / 37 (672.5256)	17 (166.2628)	2 (176.5828)	9 (170.8572)	26 (158.8228)
Oct 14, 2016	Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA	21 / 38 (626.1260)	18 (161.6916)	8 (167.9772)	26 (150.2056)	28 (146.2516)
Sep 16, 2016	2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	31 / 61 (642.7888)	44 (157.7144)	41 (154.8344)	7 (174.2628)	41 (155.9772)
Jun 3, 2016	Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition Florence, OR	4 / 13 (689.0968)	2 (177.7028)	3 (175.4056)	7 (168.5484)	7 (167.4400)
May 28, 2016	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	18 / 43 (652.4912)	3 (175.4400)	11 (168.5600)	25 (158.2628)	37 (150.2284)
Jun 26, 2015	Battle of the Bones Central Point, OR	1 / 25 (681.6684)	1 (178.8572)	4 (167.4056)	1 (172.5484)	7 (162.8572)
May 22, 2015	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	15 / 38 (662.8000)	24 (161.7372)	18 (166.2516)	26 (165.1084)	15 (169.7028)

FAT DAD'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)