FIRE & SMOKE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5438

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1452 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-22

latest 2019-06-07

Best ToY finish

#738

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 78%

overall standings

Best overall

654.1600 / 720

Master · Derby BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

634.33 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 622.15 (+12.19)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8456

Chicken · Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest

Consistency

±46.17

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.83 · weakest Chicken (145.51)

Road miles

586

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

622.15 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 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.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Lucky D's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Lucky D's BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−16.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.33 points below their pork, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 22%.

Chicken avg 145.51
Pork avg 161.83
1 calls in 9 entries

Pork nemesis

5 of 5 shared pork entries lost

GREAT PLAINS BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GREAT PLAINS BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork entries.

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.

110 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SOPHISTICATED REDNECKS

#5442 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FIRE & SMOKE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FIRE & SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-07-01

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' CARR BBQ

#5426 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FIRE & SMOKE)

Fewer contests behind them than FIRE & SMOKE has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN ELVISES

#5424 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1605

1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to FIRE & SMOKE)

They've been 1605 at their best, 153 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 89 contests
last seen 2026-04-10

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE JUMPERS

#5439 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

Level with FIRE & SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-06-16

⚔ Head-to-head

BURNT OFFERINGS

#5437 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-05-28

⚔ Head-to-head

2 DUDES BACKYARD BBQ

#5453 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Lucky D's BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
WICHITA SWINEMEN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	174.8456	20.0000	145.51	top 70%
Pork Ribs	9	0	166.8456	146.2172	158.64	top 70%
Pork	9	2	173.7028	153.7372	161.83	top 63%
Brisket	9	0	167.4516	147.3828	156.17	top 72%

“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 84%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 70%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Sertoma 48 BBQ	3	26	0	top 71%	2018-05-04

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.8 yrs 2014-08-22 → 2019-06-07

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.83 · weakest Chicken (145.51)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 622.15 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 238 81–276 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 586 9 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi

Schedule strength 1553 average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests

Purse competed for $9,900 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1452 peak 1452 · #5438 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Aug 22 First tracked contest When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1486) When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In
Sep 12 First call Derby BBQ Festival
Sep 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1600 Derby BBQ Festival
Sep 12 Career-best overall score654.1600 Derby BBQ Festival
2016
Sep 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest
2019
Jun 7 Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+1	*Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL)	2017-05-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In	2014-08-22
-11.2	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	2019-06-07
-8.6	Wheatstock Grill Off	2015-05-08
-6.5	Sertoma 48 BBQ	2016-05-06
-5	Derby BBQ Festival	2014-09-12

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 95%	82.7%	82.7%
2018	2	50%	top 69%	90.1%	89.3%
2017	1	0%	top 59%	89.8%	89.8%
2016	2	50%	top 74%	89.4%	88.5%
2015	1	0%	top 84%	89.3%	89.3%
2014	2	50%	top 87%	90.9%	80.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-07	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	37 / 39 (595.2228)	37 (146.7772)	37 (146.2172)	31 (154.8456)	38 (147.3828)
2018-06-08	*Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	26 / 40 (648.5484)	24 (165.1656)	17 (166.8456)	15 (167.4400)	38 (149.0972)
2018-05-04	*Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	30 / 41 (637.6228)	37 (152.5372)	22 (161.0856)	7 (172.0228)	32 (151.9772)
2017-05-05	*Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS	26 / 44 (646.2740)	28 (161.7372)	22 (165.1084)	34 (157.1200)	19 (162.3084)
2016-09-23	Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS	26 / 39 (644.0000)	4 (174.8456)	29 (157.7144)	35 (153.7372)	25 (157.7028)
2016-05-06	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	34 / 42 (630.7884)	23 (167.4172)	33 (158.2512)	39 (157.1428)	37 (147.9772)
2015-05-08	Wheatstock Grill Off Abilene, KS	27 / 32 (642.7656)	27 (159.9656)	27 (157.1200)	28 (158.2284)	14 (167.4516)
2014-09-12	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	28 / 38 (654.1600)	29 (161.1200)	23 (162.2516)	4 (173.7028)	30 (157.0856)
2014-08-22	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	36 / 36 (499.9316)	36 (20.0000)	32 (153.1316)	26 (162.2628)	22 (164.5372)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1168 (80 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1011 (110 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#738 (198 pts)	#602 (313 pts)	#984 (158 pts)	#736 (213 pts)	#787 (198 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#954 (130 pts)	#1155 (110 pts)	#800 (235 pts)	#1236 (90 pts)	#1139 (110 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1566 (125 pts)	#1397 (175 pts)	#1071 (275 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2218 (75 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2079 (90 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1183 (280 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2752 (57 pts)	#2749 (57 pts)	#2757 (57 pts)	#2768 (57 pts)	#1940 (112 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2658 (63 pts)	#2670 (63 pts)	#2505 (73 pts)	#1404 (213 pts)	#2668 (63 pts)