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
- 2015-05-29
SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2014-07-10
latest 2015-09-11
Best ToY finish
#1123
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.30
last 5 Master vs avg 648.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.14
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.58 · weakest Chicken (158.82)
Road miles
891
mi 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
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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Backwoods BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Backwoods BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.8
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.77 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 33%.
- Chicken avg 158.82
- Pork avg 165.58
- 1 calls in 5 entries
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.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 60% | 2015-09-11 |
| SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 67 | 0 | top 77% | 2015-07-09 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2014-07-10 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.58 · weakest Chicken (158.82)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
648.30
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
184
85–179 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
891
6 mapped stops · furthest 313 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1491
peak 1503 · #3569 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series)
- First call Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series)
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.9944 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
- 2015
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-05-29 |
| +2.4 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2014-09-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2014-07-10 |
| -6 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-07-09 |
| -5.2 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2015-09-11 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 21 / 29 (654.6856) | 22 (162.8000) | 25 (158.2400) | 15 (168.5256) | 14 (165.1200) |
| 2015-07-09 | 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) |
| 2015-05-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN | 11 / 29 (679.8856) | 10 (172.5600) | 22 (165.6800) | 4 (174.2628) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2014-09-19 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 17 / 35 (652.9944) | 29 (154.7772) | 16 (164.5600) | 17 (165.1200) | 10 (168.5372) |
| 2014-07-10 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 68 / 86 (621.6004) | 62 (158.2972) | 62 (158.2400) | 49 (159.4288) | 77 (145.6344) |
| 2013-09-20 | Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series) Fort Mills, SC | — | — | 3 (168.6056) | 4 (169.6684) | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1123 (258 pts) | #1192 (258 pts) | #1224 (253 pts) | #962 (368 pts) | #1165 (258 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1471 (175 pts) | #1834 (135 pts) | #1513 (180 pts) | #1563 (175 pts) | #1379 (210 pts) |