High-water mark
672.4800
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.4800 at Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 5, 2022
Dances With Smoke
Dances With Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 6th of 22 at the Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 25, 2019
latest Feb 5, 2022 · 2.7 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.55 · weakest Chicken (163.98)
Road miles
278
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 278 mi
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
672.46 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 159.3944 | 163.98 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 167.3712 | 169.69 | top 26% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 171.9772 | 172.55 | top 10% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 159.9428 | 166.25 | top 40% |
“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
Opponents faced
53
finished ahead 41 times, behind 13
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
May 25, 2019 → Feb 5, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score672.4800 Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
20195 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall top-10 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.4340 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2022 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship 🏅 Puyallup, WA | 6 / 22 (672.4800) | 10 (168.5600) | 5 (172) | 2 (171.9772) | 13 (159.9428) |
| May 25, 2019 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 9 / 34 (672.4340) | 23 (159.3944) | 10 (167.3712) | 4 (173.1200) | 7 (172.5484) |