The heartbreaker
3.9888
points from the title
Came within 3.9888 points of the Grand Championship at Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2 (Oct 30, 2021).
All You Can Smoke BBQ Team
All You Can Smoke BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 15 at the W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #2229 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
peak 1540 · rated over 5 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2021
latest Feb 24, 2024 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.81 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 665.64 (-1.83)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.28
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.50 · weakest Brisket (164.47)
Road miles
10,000
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 4,844 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Master avg
665.64 / 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 All You Can Smoke BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before All You Can Smoke BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,239 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1530
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before All You Can Smoke BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
Level with All You Can Smoke BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,226 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before All You Can Smoke BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before All You Can Smoke BBQ Team'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LUNA SMOKE - Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 153.6572 | 165.21 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 170.8916 | 160.5028 | 166.46 | top 57% |
| Pork | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 158.8112 | 169.50 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 173.1200 | 152.5372 | 164.47 | top 46% |
“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 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
BZ
2 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 45 times, behind 115
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
Oct 14, 2022 → Feb 24, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Most recent contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
20221 milestone
- Peak power rating (1540) W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
20218 milestones
- First tracked contest FO.G & SMOKE
- First call FO.G & SMOKE
- First category win (Chicken) FO.G & SMOKE
- First overall top-10 FO.G & SMOKE
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8000 FO.G & SMOKE
- First overall podium Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2
- First Reserve Championship Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2
- Career-best overall score687.3712 Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.8 | Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2 | Oct 30, 2021 |
| +15.3 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | Mar 12, 2022 |
| +7.4 | FO.G & SMOKE | Sep 25, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Feb 24, 2024 |
| -0.3 | The War of Barbeque | Jun 18, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 57% | 94.2% | 91.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 28% | 95.5% | 94.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2024 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ | 21 / 26 (648.4228) | 25 (153.6572) | 21 (160.5028) | 4 (178.8572) | 21 (155.4056) |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 81 / 83 (647.8856) | 77 (158.2400) | 75 (161.6800) | 80 (158.8112) | 38 (169.1544) |
| Jun 18, 2022 | The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR) | 9 / 15 (657.0628) | 9 (164.5600) | 4 (169.6800) | 7 (170.2856) | 11 (152.5372) |
| Mar 12, 2022 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 2 / 15 (678.2972) | 6 (169.1084) | 3 (170.8916) | 5 (170.2628) | 3 (168.0344) |
| Oct 30, 2021 | Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2 Catigliano, Vicenza | 2 / 11 (687.3712) | 7 (168.5484) | 7 (168) | 1 (177.7028) | 2 (173.1200) |
| Sep 25, 2021 | FO.G & SMOKE Modena | 6 / 16 (674.8000) | 1 (177.1544) | 10 (168) | 11 (161.0856) | 6 (168.5600) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.