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
- 2016-09-10
Smoke 'Em All BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2016-01-15
latest 2022-10-28
Best ToY finish
#1046
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 7 contests
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
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±18.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.17 · weakest Brisket (161.13)
Road miles
5,713
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 4898 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.38 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
326.24 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (7 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.
Their season
2016
their best year
2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 69%.
- 4 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 69%
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.05 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 29%.
- Brisket avg 161.13
- Chicken avg 167.17
- 3 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BURROS BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
5.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.5 years, then back at Railyard BBQ Brawl (2022-10-28).
- last seen 2017-04-22
- back 2022-10-28
The long haul
5,713
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,713 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,898 miles to Railyard BBQ Brawl.
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 4,898 mi
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.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4327 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#4311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4335 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke 'Em All BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4332 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Smoke 'Em All BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4341 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4315 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 | 176.0000 | 155.9656 | 164.07 | top 78% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 170% |
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 118% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 67% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.8 yrs
2016-01-15 → 2022-10-28
Busiest season
2016
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IT
4 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.17 · weakest Brisket (161.13)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
29%
2 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
655.38
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
326.24
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
128
66–126 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,713
7 mapped stops · furthest 4,898 mi
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.5 yrs
2017-04-22 → 2022-10-28
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #4326 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- 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 score672.0000 Brixia 4 Star Championship
- 2017
- First category win (Pork Ribs) W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0000 W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1489) W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
- 2022
- Most recent contest Railyard BBQ Brawl
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.4 | Brixia 4 Star Championship | 2016-09-10 |
| +6.2 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 2017-01-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 | 2016-01-15 |
| -11.1 | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition | 2017-04-22 |
| -8.2 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 | 2016-06-11 |
| -3.3 | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition | 2016-06-25 |
| -2.2 | Railyard BBQ Brawl | 2022-10-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-28 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 🏅 Madison, AL | 17 / 10 (326.2400) | 12 (165.0856) | 15 (161.1544) | — | — |
| 2017-04-22 | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia, 10098 | 25 / 28 (651.3828) | 22 (165.1428) | 21 (165.7028) | 24 (162.2628) | 22 (158.2744) |
| 2017-01-14 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 11 / 30 (666.8228) | 19 (163.4400) | 1 (176.0000) | 21 (161.7144) | 10 (165.6684) |
| 2016-09-10 | Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, IT | 10 / 26 (672.0000) | 8 (171.4400) | 24 (157.7028) | 10 (168.0000) | 2 (174.8572) |
| 2016-06-25 | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition Parabiago, IT | 10 / 15 (662.2516) | 7 (169.7144) | 13 (162.8572) | 8 (165.1084) | 8 (164.5716) |
| 2016-06-11 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, IT | 23 / 29 (663.9204) | 13 (171.4288) | 17 (169.1316) | 22 (164.5256) | 25 (158.8344) |
| 2016-01-15 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, IT | 27 / 30 (615.9200) | 13 (163.9656) | 25 (155.9656) | 25 (151.4400) | 29 (144.5488) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1455 (178 pts) | #1652 (153 pts) | #1026 (353 pts) | #1735 (133 pts) | #1419 (198 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1046 (305 pts) | #909 (405 pts) | #1273 (250 pts) | #1070 (330 pts) | #847 (440 pts) |