High-water mark
672.0000
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.0000 at Brixia 4 Star Championship — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 10, 2016
Smoke 'Em All BBQ
Smoke 'Em All BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 10th of 26 at the Brixia 4 Star Championship (2016). They are ranked #4360 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKE'EM ALL BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jan 15, 2016
latest Oct 28, 2022 · 6.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.28 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 655.38 (+7.89)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.17 · weakest Brisket (161.13)
Road miles
5,713
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 4,898 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
655.38 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
326.24 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 'Em All BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,380 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1503
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Smoke 'Em All BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
They turned up 9 years after Smoke 'Em All BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#4,365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
Level with Smoke 'Em All BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,374 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 163.4400 | 167.17 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 155.9656 | 164.07 | top 78% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 151.4400 | 162.18 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 144.5488 | 161.13 | top 59% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 118% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 67% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 170% |
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IT
4 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Opponents faced
128
finished ahead 66 times, behind 126
Longest layoff
5.5 yrs
Apr 22, 2017 → Oct 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Railyard BBQ Brawl
20173 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1489) W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
20165 milestones
- First tracked contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9204 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- First call Rugby Sound BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Rugby Sound BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score672 Brixia 4 Star Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.4 | Brixia 4 Star Championship | Sep 10, 2016 |
| +6.1 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | Jan 14, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| -11.2 | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition | Apr 22, 2017 |
| -8.2 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 | Jun 11, 2016 |
| -3.3 | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition | Jun 25, 2016 |
| -2.2 | Railyard BBQ Brawl | Oct 28, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 170% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 63% | 92.6% | 91.5% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 93.3% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2022 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 🏅 Madison, AL | 17 / 10 (326.2400) | 12 (165.0856) | 15 (161.1544) | — | — |
| Apr 22, 2017 | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia | 25 / 28 (651.3828) | 22 (165.1428) | 21 (165.7028) | 24 (162.2628) | 22 (158.2744) |
| Jan 14, 2017 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 11 / 30 (666.8228) | 19 (163.4400) | 1 (176) | 21 (161.7144) | 10 (165.6684) |
| Sep 10, 2016 | Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, Italy | 10 / 26 (672) | 8 (171.4400) | 24 (157.7028) | 10 (168) | 2 (174.8572) |
| Jun 25, 2016 | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition Parabiago, Italy | 10 / 15 (662.2516) | 7 (169.7144) | 13 (162.8572) | 8 (165.1084) | 8 (164.5716) |
| Jun 11, 2016 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, Italy | 23 / 29 (663.9204) | 13 (171.4288) | 17 (169.1316) | 22 (164.5256) | 25 (158.8344) |
| Jan 15, 2016 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, Italy | 27 / 30 (615.9200) | 13 (163.9656) | 25 (155.9656) | 25 (151.4400) | 29 (144.5488) |