A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Dats Cool
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-06-07
latest 2025-06-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.76 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 638.63 (+1.13)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.63 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.69)
Road miles
6
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)
Purse competed for
$65K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.63 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (2021-06-11).
- last seen 2019-06-07
- back 2021-06-11
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.
125 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5283 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5248 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dats Cool on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#5268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Dats Cool's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5263 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Dats Cool's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Dats Cool's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Kermit's Ex | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Greenway Equipment | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BLIND HOG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Through The Night | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cowboy Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK AVENUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Key corner cookers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 158.2400 | 160.53 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 139.3712 | 157.69 | top 88% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 150.7884 | 160.63 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 155.9656 | 159.78 | top 80% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 3 | 32 | 0 | top 90% | 2022-06-10 |
| Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 83% | 2024-06-07 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2019-06-07 → 2025-06-06
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.63 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
638.63
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
110
26–179 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1597
average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$64,500
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-06-07 → 2021-06-11
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #5261 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1491) Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6456 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score657.6456 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2022-06-10 |
| -9.3 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2019-06-07 |
| -7.7 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2021-06-11 |
| -6.5 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2025-06-06 |
| -6.2 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2024-06-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85% | 85% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 27 / 30 (657.6456) | 27 (163.9656) | 29 (162.8572) | 16 (173.7028) | 30 (157.1200) |
| 2024-06-07 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 28 / 33 (644.4456) | 33 (158.8344) | 31 (158.8000) | 21 (166.2628) | 26 (160.5484) |
| 2023-06-09 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 21 / 26 (647.3372) | 20 (162.2400) | 20 (164.5600) | 25 (156.5600) | 16 (163.9772) |
| 2022-06-10 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 32 / 33 (612.3540) | 31 (159.3944) | 32 (139.3712) | 30 (157.0856) | 30 (156.5028) |
| 2021-06-11 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 33 / 38 (636.9940) | 31 (160.5256) | 33 (161.1428) | 36 (150.7884) | 27 (164.5372) |
| 2019-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 44 / 51 (632.9940) | 45 (158.2400) | 39 (159.3828) | 42 (159.4056) | 41 (155.9656) |