High-water mark
341.7144
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 341.7144 at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 94.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Oct 17, 2025
All Things Covered in Smoke
All Things Covered in Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 39 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 18, 2024
latest Oct 17, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.13 · weakest Chicken (161.71)
Road miles
7
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$8,600
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
328.85 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 156.5712 | 161.71 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 159.4056 | 167.13 | top 47% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 59% | Oct 17, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
68
finished ahead 34 times, behind 53
Longest layoff
6.5 yrs
May 4, 2018 → Oct 18, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First call WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.7144 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score341.7144 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2025 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 14 / 39 (341.7144) | 22 (166.8572) | 8 (174.8572) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 41 / 50 (315.9768) | 44 (156.5712) | 37 (159.4056) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |