A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LUNA SMOKE - Italy ahead in 100% of their meetings
LUNA SMOKE - Italy has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Jack & Place
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1457
peak 1457 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-01-16
latest 2025-09-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.84 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 632.99 (+2.85)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.16 · weakest Brisket (154.45)
Road miles
397
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
632.99 / 720
6 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 weak link
−7.7
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.71 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Brisket avg 154.45
- Pork avg 162.16
- 0 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
7.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.2 years, then back at FO.G & SMOKE (2022-09-17).
- last seen 2015-06-20
- back 2022-09-17
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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Jack & Place's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5192 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Level with Jack & Place on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#5225 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Jack & Place'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 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 141.7028 | 156.47 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 144.0000 | 159.90 | top 62% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 154.2744 | 162.16 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 146.2288 | 154.45 | top 86% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 82% | 2025-09-20 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.7 yrs
2015-01-16 → 2025-09-20
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.16 · weakest Brisket (154.45)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
632.99
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
24–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
397
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Longest layoff
7.2 yrs
2015-06-20 → 2022-09-17
Power rating
1457
peak 1457 · #5206 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- First call 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1316 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Peak power rating (1490) Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
- 2022
- First overall top-10 FO.G & SMOKE
- 2023
- Career-best overall score644.5716 FO.G & Smoke 2023
- 2025
- Most recent contest Fo.G & Smoke 2025
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 | 2015-06-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol | 2015-01-16 |
| -11.3 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 | 2024-09-21 |
| -10.5 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | 2025-09-20 |
| -6 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 | 2023-09-16 |
| -4.9 | FO.G & SMOKE | 2022-09-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 88.7% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-20 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto, I-41057 | 22 / 24 (613.6228) | 21 (158.2628) | 23 (144.0000) | 18 (163.9656) | 23 (147.3944) |
| 2024-09-21 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO), | 18 / 19 (638.7888) | 16 (160.0000) | 11 (166.8572) | 19 (154.2744) | 16 (157.6572) |
| 2023-09-16 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It | 12 / 15 (644.5716) | 14 (155.4400) | 8 (163.4516) | 12 (162.8228) | 12 (162.8572) |
| 2022-09-17 | FO.G & SMOKE Spilamberto, Mo | 9 / 12 (643.4516) | 9 (162.2972) | 10 (158.2972) | 6 (167.4400) | 12 (155.4172) |
| 2015-06-20 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 Percorso Verde, Perugia, | 12 / 24 (638.7884) | 13 (161.1428) | 15 (157.6800) | 14 (162.8228) | 14 (157.1428) |
| 2015-01-16 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, | 21 / 24 (618.7204) | 24 (141.7028) | 5 (169.1316) | 16 (161.6572) | 23 (146.2288) |