High-water mark
682.7656
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.7656 at Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 14, 2025
Sequoia Smoke
Sequoia Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 26 at the Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest (2025). They finished #712 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2024
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.48
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.98)
Road miles
302
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 113 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.32 / 720
4 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 164.5372 | 171.85 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 151.9888 | 161.98 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 161.6572 | 165.10 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 154.2284 | 164.39 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 3 | 16 | 0 | top 77% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
56
finished ahead 31 times, behind 76
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
20254 milestones
- First call Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
- Career-best overall score682.7656 Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1494) Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9432 Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.7 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | Apr 25, 2025 |
| +0.2 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | Mar 14, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | Mar 20, 2026 |
| -6.7 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | Mar 15, 2024 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 94.8% | 94% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA | 24 / 27 (644.3772) | 22 (164.5372) | 23 (160.5260) | 23 (165.0856) | 24 (154.2284) |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 18 / 31 (670.1944) | 3 (178.8572) | 28 (160.5600) | 24 (163.3944) | 14 (167.3828) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA | 16 / 26 (682.7656) | 3 (177.1428) | 8 (174.8456) | 24 (161.6572) | 14 (169.1200) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA | 22 / 27 (655.9432) | 14 (166.8572) | 27 (151.9888) | 13 (170.2744) | 17 (166.8228) |