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.
BACK ALLEY BBQ
BACK ALLEY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 11th of 13 at the Bar-B-QC (Backyard) (2022). They finished #2428 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 5, 2013
latest Sep 9, 2022 · 9.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.14
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.55)
Road miles
367
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 366 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
622.02 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
487.90 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 141.0972 | 158.14 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 134.8344 | 154.55 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 143.9428 | 157.25 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 150.2288 | 158.06 | top 71% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
93
finished ahead 26 times, behind 87
Longest layoff
6.3 yrs
May 27, 2016 → Sep 9, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- First call Bar-B-QC (Backyard)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 Bar-B-QC (Backyard)
- Most recent contest Bar-B-QC (Backyard)
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1430 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score653.1430 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1497) Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off | May 27, 2016 |
| -7.9 | 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff | May 22, 2015 |
| -7.7 | Bar-B-QC (Backyard) | Sep 9, 2022 |
| -3.1 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | Apr 5, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2022 | Bar-B-QC (Backyard) Davenport, IA | 11 / 13 (487.8972) | 5 (170.8572) | 13 (156.5372) | 10 (160.5028) | — |
| May 27, 2016 | 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO | 27 / 28 (584.9832) | 27 (141.0972) | 27 (134.8344) | 24 (158.8228) | 26 (150.2288) |
| May 22, 2015 | 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO | 26 / 32 (627.9428) | 20 (164.6172) | 25 (158.8456) | 31 (143.9428) | 22 (160.5372) |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO | 27 / 44 (653.1430) | 44 (156) | 14 (168) | 27 (165.7144) | 22 (163.4286) |