A tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
BACK NINE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1457
peak 1457 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2016-08-13
Best ToY finish
#1613
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.24 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 635.47 (+0.77)
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.01 · weakest Brisket (152.17)
Road miles
465
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 74 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
635.47 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 weak link
−13.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.83 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 152.17
- Pork avg 166.01
- 0 calls in 9 entries
Pork nemesis
6 of 7
shared pork entries lost
CAVEMAN CUISINE ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, CAVEMAN CUISINE has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork entries.
The metronome
±1.86%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.86% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 88.3% of a perfect score
- 9 contests
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.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5214 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Level with BACK NINE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5230 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5217 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CAVEMAN CUISINE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLIND HOG BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Q-BONES BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQR'S DELIGHT | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOTTA BULL BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 148.5028 | 158.19 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 150.2516 | 159.10 | top 68% |
| Pork | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 174.8572 | 152.5372 | 166.01 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 139.9544 | 152.17 | top 80% |
“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) | 7 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Buck and Best Rack | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 75% | 2015-09-11 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.3 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2016-08-13
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.01 · weakest Brisket (152.17)
Walk rate
44%
a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
635.47
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
165
66–216 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
465
9 mapped stops · furthest 74 mi
Schedule strength
1563
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
Power rating
1457
peak 1457 · #5221 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokelawn
- Peak power rating (1492) Smokelawn
- First call Biggest Buck and Best Rack
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4460 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 14th Annual Bordertown Bash
- 2016
- Career-best overall score658.8456 * Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest * Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.3 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | 2014-09-12 |
| +1.2 | * Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff | 2016-08-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | 2015-09-11 |
| -7.7 | Smokelawn | 2013-05-03 |
| -7.3 | Bucks, Ducks & BBQ | 2014-07-18 |
| -7.3 | 14th Annual Bordertown Bash | 2015-07-10 |
| -6.8 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | 2013-10-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 91.5% | 89.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 92% | 86.4% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 69% | 90.6% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 88.3% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-13 | * Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff Russellville, AR | 17 / 28 (658.8456) | 8 (172.5828) | 7 (169.1544) | 16 (164.5484) | 22 (152.5600) |
| 2016-07-08 | 15th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 33 / 39 (627.3144) | 16 (170.2628) | 31 (159.3944) | 35 (152.5372) | 36 (145.1200) |
| 2015-09-11 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR | 24 / 25 (622.1600) | 25 (148.5028) | 12 (166.8572) | 18 (162.2400) | 24 (144.5600) |
| 2015-07-10 | 14th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 39 / 44 (620.4576) | 36 (155.3944) | 43 (150.2516) | 3 (174.8572) | 43 (139.9544) |
| 2014-09-12 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR | 14 / 27 (652.4456) | 14 (166.8344) | 11 (165.1200) | 8 (166.2628) | 21 (154.2284) |
| 2014-07-18 | Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR | 22 / 26 (648.4460) | 25 (155.3600) | 21 (161.1316) | 18 (167.3828) | 19 (164.5716) |
| 2014-05-02 | Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR | 28 / 39 (626.7888) | 36 (149.6916) | 33 (153.6800) | 13 (169.6800) | 27 (153.7372) |
| 2013-10-04 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR | 17 / 22 (635.9316) | 18 (152.5372) | 20 (153.1432) | 3 (171.9884) | 14 (158.2628) |
| 2013-05-03 | Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR | 31 / 41 (626.8570) | 37 (152.5712) | 28 (153.1430) | 15 (164.5712) | 28 (156.5716) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1613 (153 pts) | #1267 (253 pts) | #1388 (218 pts) | #1713 (158 pts) | #1787 (128 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1311 (235 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1905 (107 pts) | #1995 (107 pts) | #1898 (122 pts) | #1736 (147 pts) | #2515 (72 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2483 (66 pts) | #2521 (66 pts) | #2517 (66 pts) | #1843 (116 pts) | #2519 (66 pts) |