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.
VNM SUPPLY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-03-21
latest 2016-03-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.87
last 3 Master vs avg 630.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.76 · weakest Brisket (147.74)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Master avg
630.87 / 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.
VNM SUPPLY 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 145 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.
#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#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#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after VNM SUPPLY did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with VNM SUPPLY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 161.0972 | 163.60 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2740 | 144.4800 | 155.76 | top 78% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 160.5028 | 163.76 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.7888 | 142.7656 | 147.74 | top 93% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-03-21 → 2016-03-25
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
LA
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 163.76 · weakest Brisket (147.74)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
630.87
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
16–156 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1586
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-03-21 → 2015-03-27
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Hammond BBQ
- Peak power rating (1491) Hammond BBQ
- 2016
- Career-best overall score636.9832 Hamond BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 Hamond BBQ
- Most recent contest Hamond BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Hamond BBQ | 2016-03-25 |
| -9.3 | Hammond BBQ | 2014-03-21 |
| -8.9 | Smokin Blues & BBQ | 2015-03-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-25 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | 55 / 58 (636.9832) | 52 (161.0972) | 56 (156.5372) | 24 (168.5600) | 56 (150.7888) |
| 2015-03-27 | Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA | 50 / 56 (620.9828) | 37 (164.5944) | 53 (144.4800) | 39 (162.2284) | 48 (149.6800) |
| 2014-03-21 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | 54 / 61 (634.6508) | 43 (165.1084) | 26 (166.2740) | 42 (160.5028) | 59 (142.7656) |