High-water mark
679.8856
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.8856 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 29, 2015
SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT
SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 11th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015). They are ranked #3582 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 10, 2014
latest Sep 11, 2015 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.14
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.58 · weakest Chicken (158.82)
Road miles
891
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 313 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
648.30 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT, each with one reason worth a look.
148 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
They turned up 10 years after SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#3,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
Level with SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 145.6460 | 158.82 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8228 | 158.2400 | 164.36 | top 51% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 156.5028 | 165.58 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 145.6344 | 161.20 | top 58% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 60% | Sep 11, 2015 |
| SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 67 | 0 | top 77% | Jul 9, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
184
finished ahead 85 times, behind 179
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20154 milestones
- Career-best overall score679.8856 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1503) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
20141 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.9944 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
20132 milestones
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | May 29, 2015 |
| +2.4 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | Sep 19, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 10, 2014 |
| -6 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | Jul 9, 2015 |
| -5.2 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | Sep 11, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 62% | 94.4% | 91.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 90.7% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2015 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 21 / 29 (654.6856) | 22 (162.8000) | 25 (158.2400) | 15 (168.5256) | 14 (165.1200) |
| Jul 9, 2015 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC | 67 / 90 (632.3200) | 85 (145.6460) | 11 (170.8228) | 73 (156.5028) | 55 (159.3484) |
| May 29, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN | 11 / 29 (679.8856) | 10 (172.5600) | 22 (165.6800) | 4 (174.2628) | 18 (167.3828) |
| Sep 19, 2014 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 17 / 35 (652.9944) | 29 (154.7772) | 16 (164.5600) | 17 (165.1200) | 10 (168.5372) |
| Jul 10, 2014 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 68 / 86 (621.6004) | 62 (158.2972) | 62 (158.2400) | 49 (159.4288) | 77 (145.6344) |
| Sep 20, 2013 | Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series) Fort Mills, SC | — | — | 3 (168.6056) | 4 (169.6684) | — |