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Barbeque on the Bow Festival

2024-08-31 – 2024-09-02 · Calgary, AB · CANADA · 📍 5151 101 St. NW

Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK

Grand Champion: Colorado Bulldawg BBQ (699.4172) · 35 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMELLAQUE

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Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
699.4172 · Master Series — Overall
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SMELLAQUE
696.5488 · Master Series — Overall
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Brisket Butts
694.2628 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 176.00
  • Pork 176.00
  • Brisket 177.14
130.83 177.70

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

2023-09-02 — 702.2972 (Meat Sweats BBQ) 2024-08-31 — 699.4172 (Colorado Bulldawg BBQ) 2025-08-30 — 697.6684 (SmellaQue) 699.42 2023 2025

Entries

35
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

699.4172

Winning margin

2.8684
GC over RC

Field average

663.56
494.19699.42
median 670.24 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.6344
494.19699.42
10th place overall

Field spread

205.2228
winner to last place

Most consistent

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.1312 pts — Colorado Bulldawg BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 34%
beats 66% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

43%
23 of 54 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1547
avg power rating going in · stronger than 35% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMELLAQUE
rated 1827 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: DIDY SMOKE IT and HOME COOKIN' BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: Brisket Butts and Colorado Bulldawg BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Colorado Bulldawg BBQ and Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 1–2 · tie
  • Pork 2–3 · tie
  • Brisket 1–2 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 18th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 18th
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 1st

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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2023-09-02 Calgary, AB 5151 101 St. NW 40 702.2972 Meat Sweats BBQ Brisket Butts
2024-08-31 ← this one Calgary, AB 5151 101 St. NW 35 699.4172 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ SMELLAQUE
2025-08-30 Calgary, AB 5151 101 Street NW 38 697.6684 SmellaQue Q Cartel
2026-09-04 Calgary, AB — — — — —

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028174.2972171.9656
Pork Ribs176.0000174.2628172.5600
Pork176.0000173.7144170.2972
Brisket177.1428176.0000173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 699.4172 · median 670.2400

#TeamScore
1 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 699.4172
2 SMELLAQUE 696.5488
3 Brisket Butts 694.2628
4 Kreiser Barbecue 693.1084
5 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 688.5256
6 Notorious P.I.G. 688.5144
7 Q Cartel 687.4288
8 Panther BBQ 685.1088
9 Homestead Smoke Shack 682.7888
10 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 681.6344
11 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 681.1084
12 Just Katie 681.0968
13 DIDY SMOKE IT 676.4800
14 ROKER Q 675.3832
15 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 674.7884
16 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 672.4452
17 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 671.9084
18 Honey & Hooch BBQ 670.2400
19 Fire BBQ 670.2400
20 MOTLEY QUE 669.1204
21 Bottle Hill BBQ 664.0344
22 Mark's Meats and Treats 662.8456
23 KillerbunnyBBQ 659.3484
24 Just Smoke It! BBQ 658.2060
25 EFFIN'EH GRAY'S 658.1256
26 Slam Dunk BBQ 653.6228
27 Prohibition BBQ 652.4916
28 The Big LebowsQ 652.4228
29 Beauties and the Beef 651.9544
30 Rollin Smoke BBQ 651.9312
31 SMOKAPALOOZA 643.8396
32 Murfy's BBQ Co. 635.4176
33 LaSt pLaCe aGAin! 624.3660
34 Better Then Last Place 621.6232
35 Bad to the Brisket 494.1944

Chicken

35 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.7028

#TeamScore
1 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 177.7028
2 MOTLEY QUE 176.5716
3 DIDY SMOKE IT 175.4172
4 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 175.4172
5 SMELLAQUE 174.2972
6 Bad to the Brisket 174.2628
7 Kreiser Barbecue 173.7028
8 SMOKAPALOOZA 173.1772
9 Notorious P.I.G. 171.9772
10 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 171.9656
11 Honey & Hooch BBQ 171.4284
12 Panther BBQ 171.4172
13 Just Smoke It! BBQ 170.8916
14 Murfy's BBQ Co. 170.8800
15 Just Katie 170.2856
16 ROKER Q 170.2628
17 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 169.7256
18 Beauties and the Beef 169.7028
19 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 169.6684
20 Rollin Smoke BBQ 169.6684
21 Bottle Hill BBQ 169.1428
22 KillerbunnyBBQ 168.5256
23 Brisket Butts 168.0000
24 Fire BBQ 167.9772
25 The Big LebowsQ 167.3944
26 Slam Dunk BBQ 167.3828
27 EFFIN'EH GRAY'S 167.3828
28 Homestead Smoke Shack 166.2628
29 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 166.2512
30 LaSt pLaCe aGAin! 165.0856
31 Q Cartel 164.5600
32 Prohibition BBQ 164.5600
33 Better Then Last Place 164.0232
34 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 162.2284
35 Mark's Meats and Treats 153.6912

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.5716

#TeamScore
1 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 176.0000
2 Kreiser Barbecue 175.4628
3 SMELLAQUE 175.4172
4 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 174.2972
5 Brisket Butts 174.2628
6 Q Cartel 173.7260
7 Just Katie 173.1428
8 Notorious P.I.G. 173.1200
9 Panther BBQ 172.5828
10 Homestead Smoke Shack 172.5600
11 DIDY SMOKE IT 171.4400
12 Fire BBQ 171.4172
13 Murfy's BBQ Co. 169.7260
14 Mark's Meats and Treats 169.7144
15 MOTLEY QUE 169.1656
16 The Big LebowsQ 169.1200
17 ROKER Q 168.5832
18 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 168.5716
19 Honey & Hooch BBQ 168.0116
20 Rollin Smoke BBQ 167.9772
21 Just Smoke It! BBQ 166.2400
22 Beauties and the Beef 164.5944
23 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 164.5488
24 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 164.0116
25 Prohibition BBQ 163.3944
26 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 162.2512
27 KillerbunnyBBQ 160.5600
28 Slam Dunk BBQ 160.5372
29 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 158.8684
30 Bottle Hill BBQ 156.5716
31 SMOKAPALOOZA 154.8228
32 Bad to the Brisket 154.2516
33 EFFIN'EH GRAY'S 154.2056
34 Better Then Last Place 150.2172
35 LaSt pLaCe aGAin! 147.3832

Pork

35 entries · top 176.0000 · median 165.6912

#TeamScore
1 Brisket Butts 176.0000
2 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 176.0000
3 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 176.0000
4 Bottle Hill BBQ 174.2628
5 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 173.7144
6 Q Cartel 173.7028
7 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 173.1200
8 SMELLAQUE 171.4172
9 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 170.8228
10 Notorious P.I.G. 170.2972
11 MOTLEY QUE 170.2744
12 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 170.2628
13 Panther BBQ 170.2628
14 Kreiser Barbecue 168.5372
15 Prohibition BBQ 167.9772
16 ROKER Q 167.9772
17 Homestead Smoke Shack 167.4060
18 The Big LebowsQ 165.6912
19 Bad to the Brisket 165.6800
20 Mark's Meats and Treats 165.1428
21 KillerbunnyBBQ 165.1428
22 Fire BBQ 165.1312
23 Just Smoke It! BBQ 165.1200
24 Just Katie 165.1200
25 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 164.5256
26 Murfy's BBQ Co. 163.9772
27 EFFIN'EH GRAY'S 163.4172
28 Slam Dunk BBQ 162.2856
29 Honey & Hooch BBQ 162.2400
30 DIDY SMOKE IT 160.5028
31 Rollin Smoke BBQ 160.0456
32 Beauties and the Beef 159.9656
33 SMOKAPALOOZA 159.9312
34 LaSt pLaCe aGAin! 155.3600
35 Better Then Last Place 151.4400

Brisket

34 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.8400

#TeamScore
1 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 177.1428
2 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 177.1428
3 Homestead Smoke Shack 176.5600
4 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 176.5600
5 Brisket Butts 176.0000
6 Q Cartel 175.4400
7 SMELLAQUE 175.4172
8 Kreiser Barbecue 175.4056
9 Mark's Meats and Treats 174.2972
10 EFFIN'EH GRAY'S 173.1200
11 Notorious P.I.G. 173.1200
12 Just Katie 172.5484
13 Panther BBQ 170.8460
14 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 169.7028
15 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 169.6800
16 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 169.6684
17 DIDY SMOKE IT 169.1200
18 Honey & Hooch BBQ 168.5600
19 ROKER Q 168.5600
20 Fire BBQ 165.7144
21 KillerbunnyBBQ 165.1200
22 Bottle Hill BBQ 164.0572
23 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 163.9772
24 Slam Dunk BBQ 163.4172
25 Beauties and the Beef 157.6916
26 Prohibition BBQ 156.5600
27 LaSt pLaCe aGAin! 156.5372
28 Just Smoke It! BBQ 155.9544
29 Better Then Last Place 155.9428
30 SMOKAPALOOZA 155.9084
31 Rollin Smoke BBQ 154.2400
32 MOTLEY QUE 153.1088
33 The Big LebowsQ 150.2172
34 Murfy's BBQ Co. 130.8344

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Sausage

9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Lil Meat Sweats 180.0000 🔥
2 Pew Pew BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 Billy's Que 180.0000 🔥
4 Rollin Smoke Jr 176.5716
5 Lil Smokas 176.0000
6 The Little Lebowski 171.9656
7 The Hawt Dawgs 165.1428
8 3000 Degrees 165.1200
9 The Gillenium Falcon 160.5600

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