High-water mark
683.9316
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9316 at Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-05-02
HEARTS ON FIRE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-20
latest 2014-05-02
Best ToY finish
#1053
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.50
last 3 Master vs avg 669.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±13.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.25 · weakest Brisket (160.93)
Road miles
470
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 372 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
669.50 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
HEARTS ON FIRE has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 88 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where HEARTS ON FIRE's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after HEARTS ON FIRE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with HEARTS ON FIRE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 164.0000 | 167.24 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 168.0000 | 170.08 | top 25% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 166.2856 | 171.25 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 153.1428 | 160.93 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2013-06-20 → 2014-05-02
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.25 · weakest Brisket (160.93)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
669.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
104
67–42 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
470
3 mapped stops · furthest 372 mi
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Rock'n Freedom
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4284 Rock'n Freedom
- First call Biggest Buck and Best Rack
- First overall top-10 Biggest Buck and Best Rack
- 2014
- Career-best overall score683.9316 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1521) Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | 2014-05-02 |
| +12.9 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | 2013-10-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | Rock'n Freedom | 2013-06-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 95% | 95% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 45% | 93.5% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-02 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS | 5 / 40 (683.9316) | 27 (166.8344) | 5 (172.5600) | 2 (178.2972) | 19 (166.2400) |
| 2013-10-04 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR | 4 / 22 (673.1432) | 5 (170.8800) | 7 (169.6916) | 5 (169.1772) | 10 (163.3944) |
| 2013-06-20 | Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO | 36 / 50 (651.4284) | 34 (164.0000) | 16 (168.0000) | 25 (166.2856) | 45 (153.1428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1416 (190 pts) | #2633 (65 pts) | #1481 (190 pts) | #1206 (265 pts) | #2037 (95 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1053 (272 pts) | #1166 (247 pts) | #1113 (272 pts) | #1177 (247 pts) | #1333 (197 pts) |