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.
BULL'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2022-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
584.26
last 3 Master vs avg 584.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±48.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.12 · weakest Chicken (114.86)
Road miles
43
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
584.26 / 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
6.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.3 years, then back at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2019-09-27).
- last seen 2013-06-07
- back 2019-09-27
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.
BULL'S 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BULL'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with BULL'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BULL'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 20.0000 | 114.86 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 148.5144 | 161.11 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1430 | 156.5372 | 161.12 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 133.5200 | 147.16 | top 82% |
“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 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2022-09-23
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 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
Pork
averages 161.12 · weakest Chicken (114.86)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
584.26
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
21–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
43
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$26,400
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2019-09-27
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1485) Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- Career-best overall score627.3256 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7256 Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.4 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) | 2013-06-07 |
| -4.9 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival | 2022-09-23 |
| -3.6 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2019-09-27 |
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)
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 | 0% | top 79% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 71.8% | 71.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-23 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 26 / 33 (608.2972) | 14 (169.7256) | 29 (148.5144) | 25 (156.5372) | 29 (133.5200) |
| 2019-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 29 / 43 (627.3256) | 30 (154.8572) | 15 (166.8228) | 29 (157.6912) | 29 (147.9544) |
| 2013-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR | 40 / 40 (517.1430) | 40 (20.0000) | 19 (168.0000) | 20 (169.1430) | 36 (160.0000) |