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.
GOOD TIMES BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-03-27
latest 2017-03-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.03
last 3 Master vs avg 628.03 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.96
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.42 · weakest Pork (150.80)
Road miles
744
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 740 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)
Master avg
628.03 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
GOOD TIMES 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 146 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after GOOD TIMES BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with GOOD TIMES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 158.8572 | 163.42 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5484 | 146.7656 | 157.10 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6456 | 147.3484 | 150.80 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 142.1828 | 156.71 | top 73% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-03-27 → 2017-03-24
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
LA
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.42 · weakest Pork (150.80)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
628.03
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
15–151 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
744
5 mapped stops · furthest 740 mi
Schedule strength
1597
average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin Blues & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1488) Smokin Blues & BBQ
- 2016
- Career-best overall score647.8624 Hamond BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.7028 Hamond BBQ
- 2018
- Most recent contest Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Smokin Blues & BBQ | 2015-03-27 |
| -9.5 | Hammond BBQ | 2017-03-24 |
| -5.6 | Hamond BBQ | 2016-03-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 90% | 90% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-27 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-07-28 | Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-03-24 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | 52 / 55 (624.5028) | 48 (158.8572) | 46 (159.9884) | 55 (147.4172) | 46 (158.2400) |
| 2016-03-25 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | 48 / 58 (647.8624) | 37 (166.2628) | 38 (164.5484) | 57 (147.3484) | 21 (169.7028) |
| 2015-03-27 | Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA | 54 / 56 (611.7368) | 33 (165.1428) | 51 (146.7656) | 46 (157.6456) | 55 (142.1828) |