Perfect scores on the board
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.8574 at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
LOTTA BULL BBQ has finished one call ahead of QUETPIES 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.08 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BLIND HOG BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.
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.
114 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with QUETPIES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6684 | 168.27 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 146.2860 | 158.20 | top 63% |
| Pork | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 174.2858 | 165.1428 | 169.28 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2858 | 142.2854 | 159.21 | top 56% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 4 | 0 | top 45% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 41% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.7 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2013-03-15 |
| +11.1 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) | 2013-06-07 |
| +7.3 | Smokelawn | 2013-05-03 |
| +2.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-03-08 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Hammond Blues and BBQ | 2013-03-22 |
| -3.5 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | 2013-10-04 |
| -2.6 | Rock'n Freedom | 2013-06-20 |
| -2.5 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash | 2013-10-19 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75% | top 47% | 96% | 91% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-19 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 17 / 25 (633.0056) | 19 (161.6684) | 23 (148.5028) | 9 (170.2744) | 18 (152.5600) |
| 2013-10-04 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR | 14 / 22 (649.0056) | 12 (164.5256) | 18 (154.2516) | 9 (168.5600) | 12 (161.6684) |
| 2013-06-20 | Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO | 30 / 50 (660.5710) | 9 (170.8570) | 18 (167.4286) | 17 (169.1428) | 46 (153.1426) |
| 2013-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR | 7 / 40 (690.8574) | 1 (180.0000) | 18 (168.5716) | 26 (168.0000) | 7 (174.2858) |
| 2013-05-03 | Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR | 12 / 41 (658.8574) | 9 (169.1428) | 38 (146.2860) | 5 (174.2858) | 8 (169.1428) |
| 2013-03-22 | Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA | 41 / 50 (638.2854) | 31 (165.1428) | 18 (165.7144) | 24 (165.1428) | 50 (142.2854) |
| 2013-03-15 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 14 / 100 (675.9998) | 12 (172.5714) | 37 (165.7142) | 13 (170.8570) | 37 (166.8572) |
| 2013-03-08 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX | 13 / 29 (633.1430) | 12 (162.2858) | 24 (149.1430) | 4 (168.0000) | 15 (153.7142) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #386 (785 pts) | #287 (1015 pts) | #573 (580 pts) | #321 (925 pts) | #418 (745 pts) |