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.
%22L%22 IF I KNOW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-09-23
latest 2023-09-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.44
last 3 Master vs avg 635.44 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.01 · weakest Brisket (153.07)
Road miles
80
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.44 / 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.
%22L%22 IF I KNOW 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 125 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.
#3970 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1484
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to %22L%22 IF I KNOW)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team %22L%22 IF I KNOW has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with %22L%22 IF I KNOW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before %22L%22 IF I KNOW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before %22L%22 IF I KNOW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 157.0972 | 163.01 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 149.6684 | 160.73 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 153.6684 | 158.62 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 150.1828 | 153.07 | top 86% |
“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 (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2022-09-23 → 2023-09-29
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
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
Chicken
averages 163.01 · weakest Brisket (153.07)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.44
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
61
19–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
80
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,900
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score645.0056 Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1499) Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.3828 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2023-06-09 |
| -6.6 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2023-09-29 |
| -0.6 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival | 2022-09-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.1% | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-29 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 20 / 25 (627.1996) | 15 (165.6684) | 23 (149.6684) | 19 (161.6800) | 22 (150.1828) |
| 2023-06-09 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 24 / 26 (634.1256) | 23 (157.0972) | 18 (167.3828) | 26 (153.6684) | 25 (155.9772) |
| 2022-09-23 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 21 / 33 (645.0056) | 18 (166.2744) | 18 (165.1428) | 22 (160.5256) | 24 (153.0628) |