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Dakota Smoke BBQ

Dakota Smoke BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 9th of 44 at the Original SD BBQ Championships (2016). They are ranked #3087 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,087
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1503
peak 1522 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

Jun 6, 2014
latest Jul 20, 2018 · 4.1 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
25% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 55%
overall standings

Best overall

674.2748 / 720
Master · Original SD BBQ Championships

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

652.59 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 652.05 (+0.53)

Walk rate

38%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400
Brisket · Original SD BBQ Championships

Consistency

±18.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 165.18 · weakest Brisket (160.98)

Road miles

327
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi

Schedule strength

41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

Master avg

652.05 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

674.2748 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2748 at Original SD BBQ Championships — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jun 3, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Eggspert BBQ has finished one call ahead of Dakota Smoke BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.20 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 25%.

  • Brisket avg 160.98
  • Pork Ribs avg 165.18
  • 1 call in 8 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SHAGAN PIT in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

6 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

SIN CIRCLE BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SIN CIRCLE BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SIN CIRCLE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Dakota Smoke BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Spark BBQ
#3,100 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1514
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Dakota Smoke BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Dakota Smoke BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 29, 2025
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BURNT WOOD BBQ
#3,077 of the rated field
1504 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1522
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Dakota Smoke BBQ)

21 contests to 8: their number has had years to settle where Dakota Smoke BBQ's is still finding its level.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen May 1, 2026
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Rolling Smoke Q
#3,084 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1537

They've been 1537 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2026
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Sadie Beth Barbeque Company
#3,089 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1503

They turned up 11 years after Dakota Smoke BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Jul 9, 2026
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MEET MY MEAT
#3,095 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1505

Level with Dakota Smoke BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Apr 27, 2018
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TEX-A-LINA COOKERS
#3,096 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1506

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Oct 20, 2017
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SIN CIRCLE BBQ 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 8 1 7 13% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 8 1 7 13% ⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 8 0 8 0% ⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 7 3 4 43% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
Pigtamer BBQ 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
RICHIE Z's 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
Eggspert BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
SHAGAN PIT 5 5 0 100% ⚔ compare
BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE 5 5 0 100% ⚔ compare
Hogs Breath BBQ SD 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
Backroads BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 1 0 0 170.2744 147.3828 164.05 top 52%
Pork Ribs 8 2 0 1 175.4056 151.9544 165.18 top 45%
Pork 8 0 0 0 166.2400 151.9884 161.84 top 64%
Brisket 8 1 0 1 175.4400 141.6572 160.98 top 55%

“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.

By field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)30top 57%
Large (40+)50top 54%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Original SD BBQ Championships 3 9 0 top 42% Jun 2, 2017
Cookin On Kampeska 2 24 0 top 71% Jul 20, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests
Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in SD 8 of 8 contests
Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 141 finished ahead 141 times, behind 167

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Cookin On Kampeska
20171 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1522) Cookin On Kampeska
20162 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score674.2748 Original SD BBQ Championships
  2. Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4400 Original SD BBQ Championships
20144 milestones
  1. First tracked contest SD BBQ Championships
  2. First call Cookin' on Kampeska
  3. First overall top-10 Cookin' on Kampeska
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6800 Cookin' on Kampeska

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+11.2Original SD BBQ ChampionshipsJun 3, 2016
+8.6Cookin' on KampeskaJul 18, 2014
+3Cookin On KampeskaJul 14, 2017
+3Original SD BBQ ChampionshipsJun 5, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-10.6Cookin On KampeskaJul 20, 2018
-8.1The Original SD BBQ ChampionshipsJun 1, 2018
-2.8SD BBQ ChampionshipsJun 6, 2014
-0.9Original SD BBQ ChampionshipsJun 2, 2017

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20182000 0% top 86% 87.5% 87.2%
20172000 0% top 55% 93.4% 92.5%
20161010 100% top 20% 93.6% 93.6%
20151000 100% top 46% 89.7% 89.7%
20142010 50% top 47% 93% 90.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 20, 2018 Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD 41 / 45 (626.1600) 23 (166.8572) 43 (151.9544) 40 (156.5256) 39 (150.8228)
Jun 1, 2018 The Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD 27 / 33 (630.1028) 17 (164.5600) 20 (161.6456) 22 (162.2400) 32 (141.6572)
Jul 14, 2017 Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD 24 / 48 (672.4800) 24 (168.5600) 18 (169.1428) 25 (166.2400) 22 (168.5372)
Jun 2, 2017 Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD 19 / 32 (659.9204) 19 (163.9772) 11 (168.5372) 20 (164.5488) 21 (162.8572)
Jun 3, 2016 Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD 9 / 44 (674.2748) 9 (170.2744) 25 (165.6916) 23 (162.8688) 3 (175.4400)
Jun 5, 2015 Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD 19 / 41 (645.6112) 38 (147.3828) 10 (169.7028) 15 (164.5828) 15 (163.9428)
Jul 18, 2014 Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD 9 / 31 (669.6800) 11 (167.4172) 2 (175.4056) 19 (165.7144) 22 (161.1428)
Jun 6, 2014 SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD 27 / 42 (638.2056) 23 (163.3828) 20 (159.3828) 38 (151.9884) 13 (163.4516)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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