Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown
2025-06-30 – 2025-07-01 · Winnipeg, MB · CANADA · 📍 315 Chancellor Matheson Road
Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK
Grand Champion: Bigg Smoak BBQ (703.4056) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Brisket Butts
Entries
24
4 judged meats
Top score
703.4056
Winning margin
4.0228
GC over RC
Field average
663.28
median 665.97
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
670.1712
10th place overall
Field spread
84.5596
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 32%
beats 68% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data
Traveled in
67%
of the 24 teams with a home region came from outside MB
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.45 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1550
avg power rating going in · stronger than 56% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
BIGG SMOAK BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Yankee Twang BBQ Co. and Brisket Butts tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Meat Injectors and Smoking Renegades tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: OWENS BBQ and SMELLAQUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 172.5600 | 168.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.2744 | 169.1428 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 167.3944 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
24 entries · top 703.4056 · median 665.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 2 | Brisket Butts | |
| 3 | Q Cartel | |
| 4 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | Smooth Smokin' | |
| 6 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 7 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | |
| 8 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 9 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 10 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 11 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 12 | Phantom Smoke & BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoking Renegades | |
| 14 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 15 | Grassmere Family Restaurant | |
| 16 | Meatheads | |
| 17 | Let's Smoke and Get Sauced | |
| 18 | Meat Injectors | |
| 19 | Brews and Ques BBQ | |
| 20 | Big W BBQ | |
| 21 | Butcher Boys BBQ | |
| 22 | toma-HACK BBQ | |
| 23 | The Trailer Pork Boys | |
| 24 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. |
Chicken
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 2 | Smooth Smokin' | |
| 3 | Q Cartel | |
| 4 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 5 | toma-HACK BBQ | |
| 6 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 7 | Brisket Butts | |
| 8 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 9 | Meat Injectors | |
| 10 | Smoking Renegades | |
| 11 | Phantom Smoke & BBQ | |
| 12 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | |
| 13 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 14 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 15 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 16 | Brews and Ques BBQ | |
| 17 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 18 | Let's Smoke and Get Sauced | |
| 19 | Butcher Boys BBQ | |
| 20 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 21 | Grassmere Family Restaurant | |
| 22 | Big W BBQ | |
| 23 | Meatheads | |
| 24 | The Trailer Pork Boys |
Pork Ribs
24 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q Cartel | |
| 2 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 3 | Brisket Butts | |
| 4 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | Big W BBQ | |
| 6 | Let's Smoke and Get Sauced | |
| 7 | Phantom Smoke & BBQ | |
| 8 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 9 | Meatheads | |
| 10 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 11 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 12 | Brews and Ques BBQ | |
| 13 | The Trailer Pork Boys | |
| 14 | Smooth Smokin' | |
| 15 | Smoking Renegades | |
| 16 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | |
| 17 | Grassmere Family Restaurant | |
| 18 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 19 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 20 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 21 | Butcher Boys BBQ | |
| 22 | Meat Injectors | |
| 23 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 24 | toma-HACK BBQ |
Pork
24 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grassmere Family Restaurant | |
| 2 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 3 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 4 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | Brisket Butts | |
| 6 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | |
| 7 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoking Renegades | |
| 9 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 10 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 11 | Meatheads | |
| 12 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 13 | Smooth Smokin' | |
| 14 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 15 | Q Cartel | |
| 16 | Meat Injectors | |
| 17 | toma-HACK BBQ | |
| 18 | Phantom Smoke & BBQ | |
| 19 | Brews and Ques BBQ | |
| 20 | Big W BBQ | |
| 21 | Let's Smoke and Get Sauced | |
| 22 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 23 | The Trailer Pork Boys | |
| 24 | Butcher Boys BBQ |
Brisket
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1544 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisket Butts | |
| 2 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 3 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 4 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | |
| 5 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 6 | Smooth Smokin' | |
| 7 | Butcher Boys BBQ | |
| 8 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 9 | Q Cartel | |
| 10 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 11 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 12 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 13 | The Trailer Pork Boys | |
| 14 | Phantom Smoke & BBQ | |
| 15 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 16 | Meat Injectors | |
| 17 | Let's Smoke and Get Sauced | |
| 18 | Meatheads | |
| 19 | Smoking Renegades | |
| 20 | Grassmere Family Restaurant | |
| 21 | Brews and Ques BBQ | |
| 22 | Big W BBQ | |
| 23 | toma-HACK BBQ | |
| 24 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. |