High-water mark
672.5260
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5260 at Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 28, 2023
Wise Smoke Ranch
Wise Smoke Ranch is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship (2022). They finished #1055 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1520
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 29, 2022
latest Apr 28, 2023 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.42 · weakest Brisket (161.70)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.53 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.63 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 1 GC
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.3088 | 157.6572 | 165.98 | top 18% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 167.9772 | 165.0972 | 166.54 | top 41% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 171.4172 | 171.42 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 161.7028 | 161.70 | top 56% |
“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.
More numbers
First title
Apr 29, 2022
3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
Opponents faced
51
finished ahead 49 times, behind 12
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score672.5260 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.3088 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
20228 milestones
- First tracked contest 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First call 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First category win (Pork Ribs) 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First overall podium 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First Grand Championship 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First state championship 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.6344 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2023 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 13 / 27 (672.5260) | 6 (174.3088) | 21 (165.0972) | 9 (171.4172) | 15 (161.7028) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 1 / 29 (325.6344) | 4 (157.6572) | 1 (167.9772) | — | — |