A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKIN IN STYLE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2018-04-07
Best ToY finish
#1467
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.58
last 3 Master vs avg 631.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.81 · weakest Pork (153.90)
Road miles
359
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
631.58 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
4.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.8 years, then back at *Smoke on the Border (2018-04-07).
- last seen 2013-06-07
- back 2018-04-07
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.
SMOKIN IN STYLE BBQ 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 150 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.
#4154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN IN STYLE BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN IN STYLE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN IN STYLE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SMOKIN IN STYLE BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2854 | 161.7142 | 163.81 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 149.1200 | 158.47 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0000 | 152.5710 | 153.90 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 145.0516 | 155.40 | top 76% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2018-04-07
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.81 · weakest Pork (153.90)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.58
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
28–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
359
3 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4.8 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2018-04-07
Power rating
1480
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokelawn
- Career-best overall score642.2858 Smokelawn
- Peak power rating (1500) Smokelawn
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2854 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Smoke on the Border
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Smokelawn | 2013-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) | 2013-06-07 |
| -9.4 | *Smoke on the Border | 2018-04-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-07 | *Smoke on the Border Gravette, AR | 30 / 33 (610.7544) | 18 (163.4400) | 28 (149.1200) | 31 (153.1428) | 29 (145.0516) |
| 2013-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR | 35 / 40 (641.7134) | 25 (166.2854) | 31 (163.4286) | 39 (152.5710) | 37 (159.4284) |
| 2013-05-03 | Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR | 21 / 41 (642.2858) | 24 (161.7142) | 16 (162.8572) | 28 (156.0000) | 19 (161.7144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2501 (58 pts) | #1854 (93 pts) | #2496 (58 pts) | #2507 (58 pts) | #2504 (58 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1467 (151 pts) | #1681 (136 pts) | #1460 (176 pts) | #1759 (131 pts) | #1466 (161 pts) |