Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS
ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 12 at the Q Fest (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2155 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “ALL SMOKE, NO KNICKERS”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1532
peak 1533 · rated over 6 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 29, 2017
latest Sep 4, 2021 · 4.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
63% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.66
last 5 Master vs avg 651.90 (-0.25)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.06
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.21 · weakest Brisket (161.77)
Road miles
386
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Master avg
651.90 / 720
8 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 ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS, each with one reason worth a look.
82 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,145 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1533
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,162 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1532
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1533
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
Level with ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,157 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKENDE REGAHS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 156.5372 | 164.21 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 169.6916 | 150.2400 | 162.72 | top 48% |
| Pork | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 154.2744 | 163.20 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 173.7372 | 153.0744 | 161.77 | top 50% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 59% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brew N Q | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 59% | May 26, 2018 |
| Smoke on the Waters | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 48% | Sep 4, 2021 |
| Q'Fest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 29% | Jun 16, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 80 times, behind 77
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 7, 2019 → Sep 4, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Waters
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1533) Smoke on the Waters
20183 milestones
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | Q Fest | Apr 29, 2017 |
| +12 | Brew N Q | May 26, 2018 |
| +8.3 | Smoke on the Waters | Sep 7, 2019 |
| +6 | Q'Fest | Jun 16, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Brew N Q (OPEN) | May 27, 2017 |
| -0.3 | Smoke on the Waters | Sep 4, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 47% | 93.4% | 91.4% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 51% | 92% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2021 | Smoke on the Waters Devon | 5 / 8 (629.2004) | 6 (157.7488) | 6 (160.5828) | 7 (154.8572) | 5 (156.0116) |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Waters Devon | 5 / 15 (654.3432) | 5 (166.3316) | 2 (167.4744) | 10 (154.2744) | 4 (166.2628) |
| Jun 16, 2018 | Q'Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon | 5 / 12 (640.5372) | 4 (162.8112) | 2 (164.0344) | 7 (155.9656) | 6 (157.7260) |
| May 26, 2018 | Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent | 8 / 34 (672.6060) | 12 (169.1772) | 15 (165.1660) | 1 (179.4400) | 26 (158.8228) |
| May 25, 2018 | Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent | 18 / 24 (661.5884) | 18 (164.5484) | 17 (163.3944) | 15 (165.6800) | 13 (167.9656) |
| May 27, 2017 | Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent | 28 / 34 (642.7088) | 32 (156.5372) | 14 (169.6916) | 23 (163.4056) | 30 (153.0744) |
| May 26, 2017 | Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent | 14 / 26 (662.2056) | 8 (171.4056) | 25 (150.2400) | 13 (166.8228) | 2 (173.7372) |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Q Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon | 2 / 12 (652.0228) | 5 (165.1428) | 3 (161.1544) | 4 (165.1656) | 4 (160.5600) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.