A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A Song of Smoke and Fire
A Song of Smoke and Fire is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 38th of 102 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2019). They are ranked #3572 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2019
latest Jun 25, 2021 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.59 · weakest Chicken (156.09)
Road miles
31
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$53K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.08 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to A Song of Smoke and Fire, each with one reason worth a look.
149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1525
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to A Song of Smoke and Fire)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team A Song of Smoke and Fire has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
Level with A Song of Smoke and Fire on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,571 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before A Song of Smoke and Fire's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 913 BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1656 | 143.9656 | 156.09 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 156.5372 | 160.41 | top 66% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 155.3712 | 160.98 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1312 | 156.5028 | 162.59 | top 51% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2 | 46 | 0 | top 46% | Jun 25, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
386
finished ahead 248 times, behind 315
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Mar 13, 2020 → Mar 19, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20195 milestones
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2280 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best overall score658.2280 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1312 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1502) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 25, 2021 |
| +4.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 27, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 13, 2020 |
| -8.2 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 19, 2021 |
| -3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 90.9% | 89.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 91.4% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2021 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 46 / 145 (654.1944) | 75 (161.6800) | 86 (160.5028) | 48 (165.7144) | 41 (166.2972) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 62 / 70 (632.3652) | 69 (147.3828) | 43 (166.2512) | 60 (155.9312) | 51 (162.8000) |
| Mar 13, 2020 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 62 / 68 (619.8168) | 68 (143.9656) | 58 (156.5372) | 57 (161.0856) | 51 (158.2284) |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 38 / 102 (658.2280) | 53 (165.1656) | 77 (157.1200) | 41 (166.8112) | 20 (169.1312) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 112 / 183 (635.7940) | 75 (162.2628) | 85 (161.6572) | 142 (155.3712) | 111 (156.5028) |