Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 610+ reviewed
Reviewed
JUNE 2024
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Bread & Butter FatBoy 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The FatBoy is one of those paddles where the more I played it, the more it grew on me. Lower swing weight than I expected for a widebody, with a sweet spot that's huge.
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$189.99
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 57.6 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 4.8%
- Serve speed z-score
- -1.908
- Punch volley speed
- 37.6 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 16.1%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -1.005
- Spin
- 2078 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 5.6%
- Spin z-score
- -1.750
- Swing weight
- 110.41
- Swing weight percentile
- 22.1%
- Swing weight z-score
- -0.707
- Twist weight
- 7.31
- Twist weight percentile
- 94.6%
- Twist weight z-score
- 1.644
- Static weight
- 8.19 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 83.4%
- Static weight z-score
- 0.960
- Balance point
- 23.3 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 5.5%
- Balance point z-score
- -1.612
- Firepower
- 10/100
- Control score
- 100/100
- Power rating
- 1/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Spin rating
- 1/5
- Pop rating
- 1/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 5/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 4/5
- Touch shots rating
- 4/5
- Feel rating
- 2/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.1 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Widebody
- Length
- 15.88 in
- Width
- 8 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- T700 Carbon Fiber and Aramid Weave
- Core material
- Polypropylene Honeycomb
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Normal)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 2
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #421 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics