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.
Longtime Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2015-08-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.58
last 3 Master vs avg 638.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.76 · weakest Brisket (151.00)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
638.58 / 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.
Longtime 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 133 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with Longtime Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 153.7028 | 164.76 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 153.6916 | 162.09 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 151.8968 | 160.73 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 143.9432 | 151.00 | top 92% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stand By Your Grill | 3 | 48 | 0 | top 89% | 2015-08-14 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2015-08-14
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.76 · weakest Brisket (151.00)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
638.58
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
110
22–159 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
- Peak power rating (1487) Stand By Your Grill
- 2014
- First call Stand By Your Grill
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1488 Stand By Your Grill
- Career-best overall score650.1488 Stand By Your Grill
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Stand By Your Grill
- 2015
- Most recent contest Stand By Your Grill
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Stand By Your Grill | 2013-08-16 |
| -11.8 | Stand By Your Grill | 2015-08-14 |
| -4.9 | Stand By Your Grill | 2014-08-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-14 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 56 / 57 (634.2172) | 57 (153.7028) | 23 (168.0000) | 44 (161.7144) | 56 (150.8000) |
| 2014-08-15 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 48 / 65 (650.1488) | 10 (175.4172) | 41 (164.5832) | 62 (151.8968) | 51 (158.2516) |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 58 / 62 (631.3720) | 38 (165.1656) | 60 (153.6916) | 19 (168.5716) | 62 (143.9432) |