SMOKE AND FIRE

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

Power ranking

#913

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1614

peak 1614 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-08

latest 2020-01-18

Best ToY finish

#257

Master 2017

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

687.4860 / 720

Master · Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.66 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 659.27 (+3.39)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7372

Chicken · Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland

Consistency

±16.64

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.95 · weakest Brisket (163.63)

Road miles

15,788

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 5289 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.27 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (16 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 heartbreaker

3.4172 points from the title

Came within 3.4172 points of the Grand Championship at Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) (2018-05-25).

Happy hunting ground

Top 12% average finish here

Brew N Q is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 12%

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest (2017-01-14).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 29 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 29 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

687.4860 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.4860 at Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-05-25

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

IQ - NETHERLANDS has finished one call ahead of SMOKE AND FIRE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 24%.

8 contests
5 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 24%

A tough matchup

16–2 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 89% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 16 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.33 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 38% of the time against 48%.

Brisket avg 163.63
Chicken avg 167.95
11 calls in 29 entries

A strong matchup

12–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 18 shared chicken entries lost

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 12 of 18 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

White Squirrel BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 24% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 24% across 8 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.

8 September contests
top 37% the rest of the year

The long haul

15,788 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,788 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,289 miles to LuLu's Brew & Que.

29 mapped stops
furthest 5,289 mi

The metronome

±2.31% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.31% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.6% of a perfect score
29 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest every year from 2017 to 2020 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 3rd

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Pig Destroyer

#916 of the rated field

1613 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1623

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 36 contests to 29, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2025-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ

#915 of the rated field

1613 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1636

No shared contest yet.

36 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2024-03-01

⚔ Head-to-head

2 DRUNK 2 QUE

#914 of the rated field

1613 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1638

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 48 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

CRIMSON Q

#911 of the rated field

1614 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1640

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 60 contests to 29.

rated over 60 contests
last seen 2019-07-12

⚔ Head-to-head

HUMPHREY'S BBQ

#910 of the rated field

1614 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 71
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1636

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 71 contests to 29.

rated over 67 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

MONSOON BBQ

#912 of the rated field

1614 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 68
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1634

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 68 contests to 29.

rated over 68 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROKENDE REGAHS	21	12	9	57%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	19	8	11	42%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY THE BOAR	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	14	2	7	177.7372	154.8456	167.95	top 40%
Pork Ribs	29	14	0	2	173.7372	144.5028	164.05	top 42%
Pork	29	7	0	2	176.5600	143.9884	163.65	top 49%
Brisket	29	11	1	3	175.4172	145.6800	163.63	top 40%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
BZ	4	top 26%
BE	2	top 56%
CO	1	top 68%
NL	1	top 20%
DE	1	top 60%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 68%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 31%
Large (40+)	10	top 37%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	4	3	top 26%	2020-01-18
Brew N Q	2	2	top 12%	2018-05-26
Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	2	5	top 28%	2018-05-12
Eastern BBQ Contest	2	18	top 54%	2018-03-31

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.7 yrs 2016-05-08 → 2020-01-18

Busiest season 2018 11 contests

Contests a season 5.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in BZ 4 of 29 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 23 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 29 entries · 2 wins · 14 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.95 · weakest Brisket (163.63)

Walk rate 79% a top-10 call in 23 of 29 contests

Overall top-10 rate 55% 16 of 29 contests

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 659.27 out of 720 · 29 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 337 703–345 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 15,788 29 mapped stops · furthest 5,289 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Purse competed for $10,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1614 peak 1614 · #913 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
May 8 First tracked contest Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
Sep 17 First call Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 17 First overall top-10 Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7028 Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland
2017
Jan 14 First category win (Chicken) W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jan 14 First overall podium W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jan 14 First multi-meat day W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Sep 16 10th tracked contest Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017
2018
May 25 First Reserve Championship Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
May 25 Career-best overall score687.4860 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
Sep 15 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7372 Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland
2019
Feb 16 25th tracked contest Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE
2020
Jan 18 Peak power rating (1614) W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jan 18 Most recent contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.8	Farm Meat	2017-09-09
+13.8	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017	2017-09-22
+13.7	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	2017-01-14
+12.9	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	2018-05-12
+12.3	Brew N Q	2018-05-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.7	Springbreak BBQ Contest	2018-03-24
-9.2	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice	2018-02-17
-8.7	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	2016-05-08
-7.2	LuLu's Brew & Que	2019-04-26
-2.7	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	2018-01-13

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	1	0	100%	top 29%	93.4%	93.4%
2019	5	3	0	100%	top 39%	94.4%	92.2%
2018	11	5	1	73%	top 42%	95.5%	91.4%
2017	8	5	2	88%	top 24%	94.2%	92%
2016	4	2	0	50%	top 48%	93.1%	90%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-01-18	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	8 / 28 (672.5372)	10 (167.9540)	9 (167.4516)	6 (173.7488)	13 (163.3828)
2019-11-30	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800	10 / 31 (654.1600)	5 (170.2972)	7 (167.4172)	16 (161.0856)	20 (155.3600)
2019-09-21	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100	12 / 36 (654.8232)	2 (176.0572)	19 (161.1316)	15 (164.5372)	24 (153.0972)
2019-04-26	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	27 / 40 (654.1832)	32 (162.2516)	30 (158.2744)	2 (172.5484)	24 (161.1088)
2019-02-16	Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762	6 / 12 (677.6112)	8 (171.4056)	10 (164.5600)	8 (166.2284)	2 (175.4172)
2019-01-19	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	4 / 30 (679.4404)	3 (177.1428)	6 (172.5944)	14 (167.4288)	21 (162.2744)
2018-09-22	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop,	6 / 73 (662.3088)	2 (176.0572)	13 (165.1200)	36 (158.2744)	21 (162.8572)
2018-09-15	Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100	9 / 31 (666.7772)	1 (177.7372)	8 (166.2856)	30 (150.7772)	7 (171.9772)
2018-06-30	PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, 31018	14 / 18 (657.5540)	16 (161.6684)	9 (168.0000)	13 (166.2400)	14 (161.6456)
2018-05-26	Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	5 / 34 (676.5260)	10 (169.6916)	6 (170.2972)	13 (166.8344)	6 (169.7028)
2018-05-25	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	2 / 24 (687.4860)	8 (170.3428)	4 (168.5372)	4 (174.3088)	4 (174.2972)
2018-05-12	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt, 3800	5 / 51 (669.2232)	36 (161.7144)	6 (168.0460)	11 (169.7600)	6 (169.7028)
2018-05-11	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt, 3800	17 / 37 (645.5884)	21 (164.0112)	14 (162.8228)	32 (151.9316)	11 (166.8228)
2018-03-31	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, 9400	18 / 33 (647.3256)	18 (163.4400)	28 (153.0972)	13 (167.3828)	13 (163.4056)
2018-03-24	Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium , 3920	34 / 39 (610.7200)	21 (161.6800)	35 (144.5028)	30 (153.7144)	30 (150.8228)
2018-02-17	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice Weissensee, 9762	13 / 17 (659.3716)	2 (173.7372)	11 (161.6800)	9 (166.8572)	14 (157.0972)
2018-01-13	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	16 / 30 (653.0172)	13 (167.3712)	8 (166.8688)	23 (155.3716)	17 (163.4056)
2017-10-07	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp, 6515 DE	12 / 47 (665.6228)	16 (169.1428)	14 (168.0000)	30 (163.9428)	15 (164.5372)
2017-09-22	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany,	3 / 66 (678.3316)	11 (170.3428)	19 (165.1200)	13 (169.6916)	2 (173.1772)
2017-09-16	Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas, 9100	6 / 31 (666.2512)	3 (175.4056)	18 (159.9656)	11 (167.4172)	8 (163.4628)
2017-09-09	Farm Meat Dongen, 5106NC	3 / 38 (673.6684)	9 (167.3940)	20 (161.1316)	2 (176.5600)	4 (168.5828)
2017-08-26	Regahfest 2017 The Hague,	7 / 28 (653.0400)	5 (173.1084)	24 (151.9772)	10 (163.3944)	7 (164.5600)
2017-05-13	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt, 3800	22 / 50 (645.6568)	16 (166.8340)	6 (167.4172)	49 (143.9884)	9 (167.4172)
2017-04-15	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium, g400	22 / 41 (639.9656)	29 (159.9884)	2 (172.0228)	21 (162.2744)	35 (145.6800)
2017-01-14	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	3 / 30 (676.5600)	1 (173.7256)	13 (169.7028)	24 (160.0116)	1 (173.1200)
2016-10-08	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	9 / 46 (670.2400)	31 (163.4056)	7 (173.7372)	16 (166.2744)	12 (166.8228)
2016-09-24	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	40 / 67 (637.7032)	54 (154.8456)	46 (155.3944)	20 (165.7488)	22 (161.7144)
2016-09-17	Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland Nikiaas, Belgium, BE	9 / 29 (653.7028)	20 (160.5256)	3 (170.8456)	16 (159.4516)	11 (162.8800)
2016-05-08	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE	32 / 40 (629.5540)	24 (163.3712)	26 (155.4172)	23 (159.9656)	35 (150.8000)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#395 (279 pts)	#383 (309 pts)	#405 (299 pts)	#426 (269 pts)	#547 (194 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#487 (673 pts)	#371 (863 pts)	#586 (593 pts)	#482 (713 pts)	#652 (523 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#282 (1140 pts)	#205 (1345 pts)	#277 (1115 pts)	#466 (795 pts)	#290 (1090 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#257 (1304 pts)	#255 (1234 pts)	#383 (989 pts)	#427 (894 pts)	#228 (1374 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#960 (344 pts)	#1445 (199 pts)	#858 (454 pts)	#1181 (289 pts)	#1052 (324 pts)