Team of the Year

Team profile

The Fat is Where It's At

Contests
55
Grand Championships GC
7
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
6
Overall top 10s
38
Average overall score
559.625
Best overall score
703.954
Seasons active
2019–2026
Sanctioning bodies
KCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 36%

Entries
53
Firsts
4
Top 10s
29

Ribs

Typical finishTop 39%

Entries
55
Firsts
4
Top 10s
31

Pork

Typical finishTop 34%

Entries
40
Firsts
1
Top 10s
25

Brisket

Typical finishTop 29%

Entries
27
Firsts
2
Top 10s
16

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for The Fat is Where It's At Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2019 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2022 with 13 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 051015 2019: 2 contests, 1 top 10 2 2019 2020: 3 contests, 2 top 10s 3 2020 2021: 9 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 6 top 10s 9 2021 2022: 13 contests, 3 Grand Championships, 12 top 10s 13 2022 2023: 6 contests, 4 top 10s 6 2023 2024: 10 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 7 top 10s 10 2024 2025: 4 contests, 3 top 10s 4 2025 2026: 6 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 3 top 10s 6 2026
Overall contests by year for The Fat is Where It's At
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2019201473.371
2020302442.602
2021916410.471
202213312448.876
2023604680.859
20241027687.626
2025403692.929
2026613687.139
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for The Fat is Where It's At Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 692.929 in 2025. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 300400500600700800 2019: average overall score 473.371473.4 2019 2020: average overall score 442.602442.6 2020 2021: average overall score 410.471410.5 2021 2022: average overall score 448.876448.9 2022 2023: average overall score 680.859680.9 2023 2024: average overall score 687.626687.6 2024 2025: average overall score 692.929692.9 2025 2026: average overall score 687.139687.1 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  1. 7th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

    Jul 25, 2026KCBS PA 39 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    695.92
  2. 27th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

    Jul 24, 2026KCBS PA 43 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    675.302
  3. 1stGC

    Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)

    May 16, 2026KCBS Morgantown, PA 17 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    703.943
  4. 8th

    Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)

    May 15, 2026KCBS Morgantown, PA 25 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    682.148
  5. 34th

    Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT)

    May 2, 2026KCBS Ulster County Fairgrounds 249 Libertyville Rd New Paltz, NY 59 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    676.457
  6. 11th

    Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES)

    May 1, 2026KCBS Ulster County Fairgrounds 249 Libertyville Rd New Paltz, NY 43 teams

    689.063
  7. 14th

    Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open)

    Aug 2, 2025KCBS New Century Festivals 517 Neversink Dr. Port Jervis, NY 47 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    692.48
  8. 4th

    Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES)

    Aug 1, 2025KCBS New Century Festivals 517 Neversink Dr. Port Jervis, NY 34 teams

    703.383
  9. 9th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

    Jul 26, 2025KCBS PA 27 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    680.469
  10. 6th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

    Jul 25, 2025KCBS PA 30 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    695.383
  11. 63rd

    Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

    Oct 11, 2024KCBS Wiseman Park Lynchburg, TN 87 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    667.337
  12. 6th

    Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

    Oct 4, 2024KCBS Harrisburg, PA 25 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    689.063

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