Smokey North BBQ
Smokey North BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 42nd of 46 at the ND BBQ Championship (2025). They finished #1020 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2025
latest May 1, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.81 · weakest Brisket (153.95)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.41 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 155.3600 | 162.81 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 155.9884 | 160.71 | top 75% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 150.7772 | 154.23 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 149.0744 | 153.95 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND BBQ Championship | 2 | 42 | 0 | top 92% | May 1, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ND
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
81
finished ahead 9 times, behind 106
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score632.9600 ND BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2628 ND BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship
20251 milestone
- First tracked contest ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 66 / 71 (632.9600) | 29 (170.2628) | 56 (162.8456) | 68 (150.7772) | 69 (149.0744) |
| May 1, 2026 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 18 (165.1316) | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2025 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 42 / 46 (627.8512) | 43 (155.3600) | 42 (155.9884) | 39 (157.6800) | 36 (158.8228) |
| Oct 3, 2025 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 19 (158.8688) | — | — |