#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headSmoke, Wind and Fire
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1496 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-05-24
latest 2014-07-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.69 · weakest Chicken (152.55)
Road miles
19
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
635.35 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Smoke, Wind and Fire has 2 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 125 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.
#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Smoke, Wind and Fire did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke, Wind and Fire on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 148.5712 | 152.55 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 149.7144 | 157.99 | top 58% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5714 | 162.8116 | 165.69 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 154.2858 | 159.13 | top 46% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-05-24 → 2014-07-11
Busiest season
2014
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.69 · weakest Chicken (152.55)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
635.35
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
36–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
19
2 mapped stops
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2013-05-24 → 2014-07-11
Power rating
1496
peak 1496 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5714 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- 2014
- First call Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5656 Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score649.5656 Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-11 | Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest St. Charles, IL | 14 / 34 (649.5656) | 23 (156.5256) | 11 (166.2628) | 18 (162.8116) | 9 (163.9656) |
| 2013-05-24 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL | 54 / 70 (621.1428) | 66 (148.5712) | 59 (149.7144) | 16 (168.5714) | 46 (154.2858) |