High-water mark
663.9652
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.9652 at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 8, 2023
Native Smoke
Native Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 46th of 99 at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2023). They finished #1255 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Sep 8, 2023
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.41 · weakest Brisket (159.99)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 171.4056 | 171.41 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 170.2628 | 170.26 | top 33% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3084 | 162.3084 | 162.31 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9884 | 159.9884 | 159.99 | top 65% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 46 / 99 (663.9652) | 26 (171.4056) | 33 (170.2628) | 71 (162.3084) | 64 (159.9884) |