High-water mark
670.2852
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2852 at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-06-07
Flying Ducks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2016-06-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.68
last 4 Master vs avg 641.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.99 · weakest Brisket (155.55)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Master avg
641.68 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Delta Smoke BBQ Contest every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 24th
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.
Flying Ducks has 4 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 144 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.
#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with Flying Ducks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7140 | 147.9884 | 158.28 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5714 | 158.8800 | 164.99 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 161.1428 | 162.85 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7142 | 145.1088 | 155.55 | top 84% |
“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 92% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 4 | 24 | 0 | top 85% | 2016-06-10 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2016-06-10
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.99 · weakest Brisket (155.55)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
641.68
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
26–147 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2014-06-13
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #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)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2852 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score670.2852 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5714 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1498) Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
- 2016
- Most recent contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2014-06-13 |
| -11.5 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) | 2015-06-12 |
| -9.7 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2016-06-10 |
| -2.3 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) | 2013-06-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-10 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 36 / 39 (634.7544) | 35 (161.6912) | 32 (161.1200) | 31 (166.8344) | 38 (145.1088) |
| 2015-06-12 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) Wynne, AR | 46 / 49 (637.1084) | 47 (153.7256) | 25 (167.4056) | 45 (161.1428) | 45 (154.8344) |
| 2014-06-13 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 45 / 49 (624.5600) | 49 (147.9884) | 41 (158.8800) | 37 (161.1544) | 41 (156.5372) |
| 2013-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR | 24 / 40 (670.2852) | 19 (169.7140) | 12 (172.5714) | 33 (162.2856) | 26 (165.7142) |