Dave Smoke McCluskey is a Mohawk Chef, Miller, Native American Foodways lecturer and educator and the owner of Corn Mafia, makers of small batch hominy. Corn Mafia os recognized as one pf the few producers of true hominy with grinds such as grits, cornmeal, masa/flour and traditional whole hominy.

Chef McCluskey has over 35 years in the food industry and as a lecturer on Native American Foodways. He formed Corn Mafia during the pandemic, and has now expanded into the farming of rare traditional native corn varieties here in South Carolina.