High-water mark
678.2516
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2516 at Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-07-29
FIRE & SMOKE SHAK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1511 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-07-29
latest 2019-11-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.26
last 3 Master vs avg 673.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±4.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 174.28 · weakest Brisket (163.01)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
93%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1640)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
673.26 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The comeback
2.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at *Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake (2018-11-02).
- last seen 2016-07-29
- back 2018-11-02
They cook the hard rooms
1640
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 93% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1640 power rating — a tougher draw than 93% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
FIRE & SMOKE SHAK 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 108 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.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with FIRE & SMOKE SHAK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before FIRE & SMOKE SHAK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before FIRE & SMOKE SHAK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before FIRE & SMOKE SHAK'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 166.2744 | 168.75 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 162.8572 | 167.22 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 176.0000 | 171.9772 | 174.28 | top 19% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.3712 | 163.01 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 73% | 2019-11-01 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.3 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2019-11-01
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 174.28 · weakest Brisket (163.01)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
673.26
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
36
20–29 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1640
average field rating faced — tougher than 93% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2018-11-02
Power rating
1505
peak 1511 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- First call Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2516 Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- Career-best overall score678.2516 Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0000 Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1511) *Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake
- 2019
- Most recent contest Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.6 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival | 2016-07-29 |
| +5.3 | *Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake | 2018-11-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.8 | Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake | 2019-11-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-01 | Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake 🏅 Summerville, SC | 13 / 15 (667.3600) | 9 (170.3200) | 12 (164.5372) | 5 (171.9772) | 13 (160.5256) |
| 2018-11-02 | *Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake Summerville, SC | 9 / 15 (674.1712) | 10 (169.6684) | 6 (174.2744) | 2 (174.8572) | 13 (155.3712) |
| 2016-07-29 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival Summerville, SC | 10 / 22 (678.2516) | 17 (166.2744) | 14 (162.8572) | 2 (176.0000) | 5 (173.1200) |