High-water mark
677.0284
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0284 at BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 24, 2025
That's All Smoke
That's All Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 26 at the BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay (2025). They are ranked #4162 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1503 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2025
latest Sep 4, 2026 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.83 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 670.19 (-1.37)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.40
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.89 · weakest Brisket (165.68)
Road miles
1,902
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 475 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$84K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.19 / 720
6 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 That's All Smoke, each with one reason worth a look.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with That's All Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,182 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before That's All Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,188 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
They were already cooking in 2018, 7 years before That's All Smoke's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,163 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before That's All Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, 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 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 162.8116 | 169.70 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 158.2516 | 166.18 | top 68% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8800 | 162.2516 | 169.89 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.9656 | 165.68 | top 71% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ID
5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
124
finished ahead 56 times, behind 153
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8800 Meat & Tater BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest Meat & Tater BBQ Fest
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.0284 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best overall score677.0284 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Peak power rating (1503) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 24, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Smoke-N-Wings | Jun 26, 2026 |
| -7.1 | Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 19, 2025 |
| -5 | Smoke-N-Wings | Jun 27, 2025 |
| -2.1 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest | Aug 29, 2025 |
| -1.3 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest | Sep 4, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 82% | 93.8% | 93.5% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 69% | 94% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID | 38 / 52 (675.3828) | 43 (167.4056) | 45 (163.9772) | 2 (178.8800) | 44 (165.1200) |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Meridian, ID | — | — | 10 (173.7372) | — | — |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 28 / 31 (670.7204) | 20 (173.1432) | 31 (162.8000) | 25 (169.6684) | 25 (165.1088) |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID | 29 / 39 (676.5260) | 20 (170.8344) | 35 (158.8344) | 12 (173.7372) | 10 (173.1200) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 27 / 35 (656.4916) | 10 (175.4400) | 34 (158.2516) | 22 (166.8344) | 30 (155.9656) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 24 / 32 (665.0060) | 25 (162.8116) | 13 (172.5600) | 30 (162.2516) | 25 (167.3828) |
| May 24, 2025 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 13 / 26 (677.0284) | 11 (168.5372) | 8 (173.1200) | 15 (167.9884) | 18 (167.3828) |