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.
BOONDOCK SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2022-04-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.01
last 3 Master vs avg 629.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.21 · weakest Brisket (154.63)
Road miles
5
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.01 / 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
2.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at Southaven Springfest (2021-10-29).
- last seen 2019-04-26
- back 2021-10-29
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.
BOONDOCK SMOKERS 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 140 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.
#4623 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1470
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BOONDOCK SMOKERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BOONDOCK SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4604 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1470
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BOONDOCK SMOKERS)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with BOONDOCK SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BOONDOCK SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BOONDOCK SMOKERS'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 | 163.4056 | 155.9772 | 159.21 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 153.0972 | 157.68 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 156.5256 | 157.49 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 153.6688 | 154.63 | top 88% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven Springfest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 92% | 2021-10-29 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-04-26 → 2022-04-22
Busiest season
—
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.21 · weakest Brisket (154.63)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
629.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
107
22–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$50,350
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
2019-04-26 → 2021-10-29
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Southern Hotwing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- 2019
- Peak power rating (1489) Southaven Springfest
- 2022
- Career-best overall score637.0168 Southaven Springfest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.4056 Southaven Springfest
- Most recent contest Southaven Springfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Southaven Springfest | 2019-04-26 |
| -10.1 | Southaven Springfest | 2021-10-29 |
| -9.2 | Southaven Springfest | 2022-04-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-22 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 33 / 36 (637.0168) | 32 (163.4056) | 32 (160.5484) | 32 (158.2400) | 31 (154.8228) |
| 2021-10-29 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 34 / 36 (627.2916) | 34 (155.9772) | 32 (159.3944) | 33 (156.5256) | 30 (155.3944) |
| 2019-04-26 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 28 / 31 (622.7088) | 29 (158.2400) | 29 (153.0972) | 29 (157.7028) | 29 (153.6688) |
| Southern Hotwing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Memphis, TN | 21 (168.5140) | — | — | — | — |