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.
Bronco's & BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-03-13
latest 2017-03-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.84
last 3 Master vs avg 627.84 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.64 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.58)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Master avg
627.84 / 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.
Bronco'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 134 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.
#4510 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Bronco's & BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bronco's & BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Bronco's & BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bronco's & BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 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 | 163.3828 | 153.1200 | 157.68 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5260 | 142.2628 | 147.58 | top 95% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 151.3484 | 159.94 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 154.2056 | 162.64 | top 58% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2 | 63 | 0 | top 89% | 2017-03-17 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-03-13 → 2017-03-17
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.64 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.58)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
627.84
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
169
26–228 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1578
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-03-13 → 2016-03-18
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Peak power rating (1488) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- 2017
- Career-best overall score636.4912 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1428 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
- Most recent contest Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2015-03-13 |
| -8.4 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2017-03-17 |
| -7.6 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2016-03-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-17 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 63 / 68 (636.4912) | 64 (153.1200) | 66 (142.2628) | 35 (167.9656) | 18 (173.1428) |
| 2016-03-18 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 81 / 95 (627.8288) | 68 (163.3828) | 86 (152.5260) | 86 (151.3484) | 62 (160.5716) |
| 2015-03-13 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 87 / 94 (619.1996) | 90 (156.5372) | 91 (147.9428) | 70 (160.5140) | 76 (154.2056) |