Newt's Smokehouse
Newt's Smokehouse is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 27th of 36 at the Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2025). They finished #326 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Best overall
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #326 (60 pts) | #319 (80 pts) | — | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 166.8228 | 169.40 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 162.8000 | 162.80 | top 72% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 161.1200 | 162.56 | 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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score493.6228 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score493.6228 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 52 / 125 (171.9772) | 21 (171.9772) | — | 42 (161.1200) | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 27 / 36 (493.6228) | 19 (166.8228) | 26 (162.8000) | 28 (164) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.