High-water mark
685.6344
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6344 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
Meat + Smoke Collective
Meat + Smoke Collective is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 127th of 401 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025). They finished #1065 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Nov 5, 2025
latest Sep 30, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.98 · weakest Brisket (165.97)
Road miles
12
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$144K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
675.60 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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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 | 173.1200 | 170.8344 | 171.98 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 167.3828 | 170.83 | top 45% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 159.9544 | 166.83 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 164.5372 | 165.97 | top 62% |
“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
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
525
finished ahead 364 times, behind 395
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.6344 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score685.6344 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
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 75% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 270 / 360 (665.5660) | 160 (170.8344) | 247 (167.3828) | 309 (159.9544) | 205 (167.3944) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 127 / 401 (685.6344) | 132 (173.1200) | 82 (174.2744) | 117 (173.7028) | 268 (164.5372) |