#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headSmoke, Wind & Fire
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2013-10-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.15 · weakest Pork (146.85)
Road miles
14
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
615.39 / 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 & 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 145 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 13 years after Smoke, Wind & Fire did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke, Wind & Fire on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Smoke, Wind & Fire's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9998 | 162.2972 | 165.15 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 139.4286 | 147.13 | top 77% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1426 | 136.5484 | 146.85 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1426 | 155.3944 | 156.27 | top 48% |
“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 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2013-10-11
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Cooks most in
MD
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.15 · weakest Pork (146.85)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
615.39
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
77
31–58 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
2 mapped stops
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
- First call Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score621.7136 Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9998 Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest 3rd Annual High Point BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 67% | 86.3% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ Clarksburg, MD | 23 / 31 (609.0744) | 15 (162.2972) | 19 (154.8344) | 27 (136.5484) | 15 (155.3944) |
| 2013-06-14 | Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival Frederick, MD | 38 / 63 (621.7136) | 10 (167.9998) | 58 (139.4286) | 29 (157.1426) | 30 (157.1426) |