High-water mark
681.1428
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.1428 at La Classique What the Pork? — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 1, 2025
Smoke and fire society
Smoke and fire society is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 18 at the La Classique What the Pork? (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 4, 2023
latest Aug 1, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.03
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.51 · weakest Pork (157.35)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
653.17 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.9028 | 156.5828 | 164.97 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 153.1544 | 161.33 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 141.7028 | 157.35 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 163.4172 | 169.51 | top 30% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Classique BBQ Labonte | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 56% | Aug 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
QC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
50
finished ahead 34 times, behind 40
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- Career-best overall score681.1428 La Classique What the Pork?
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 La Classique What the Pork?
- Peak power rating (1502) La Classique What the Pork?
- Most recent contest La Classique What the Pork?
20243 milestones
- First call La Classique BBQ Labonte
- First overall top-10 La Classique BBQ Labonte
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4968 La Classique BBQ Labonte
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest La Classique BBQ Labonte
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 8 / 18 (681.1428) | 15 (167.4284) | 4 (173.1544) | 9 (166.8572) | 6 (173.7028) |
| Aug 2, 2024 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 8 / 26 (663.4968) | 4 (170.9028) | 22 (157.6912) | 19 (163.4856) | 5 (171.4172) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 27 / 33 (614.8572) | 22 (156.5828) | 27 (153.1544) | 32 (141.7028) | 12 (163.4172) |