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Prairie Dog on the Bow

2024-08-31 – 2024-09-01 · Calgary, AB · CANADA

Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK

Grand Champion: Q Cartel (690.2400) · 24 teams

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690.2400 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
690.2056 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
685.1084 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

24
4 categories

Top score

690.2400

Winning margin

0.0344
GC over RC

Field average

668.50
median 673.70

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
4.0000 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

676.5716
what a walk cost here

Field spread

56.5256
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 4.5828 pts — ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 61%
beats 39% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1550
avg power rating going in · stronger than 55% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1760 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.

🃏 An upset on the books

Q Cartel came in rated below the field's top team, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

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)

This contest over the years

DateWhereTeamsHigh scoreGrand Champion
2019-09-01 Alberta, T2P 2M2 13 690.9256 SmellaQue
2021-09-03 Alberta, T3B 0N2
2024-08-31 ← this one Calgary, AB 24 690.2400 Q Cartel

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

24 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8286

#TeamScore
1 Brisket Butts 178.2972
2 Bad to the Brisket 176.0000
3 Just Katie 174.2856
4 Kreiser Barbecue 173.7028
5 Q Cartel 173.7028
6 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 169.1084
7 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 167.4172
8 Homestead Smoke Shack 166.8456
9 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 166.8112
10 MOTLEY QUE 166.2400
11 Honey & Hooch BBQ 165.1312
12 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 162.8344
13 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 162.8228
14 Slam Dunk BBQ 162.2744
15 SMELLAQUE 162.2628
16 Notorious P.I.G. 161.6800
17 Mark's Meats and Treats 161.1088
18 The Big LebowsQ 158.8688
19 DIDY SMOKE IT 158.8112
20 SMOKAPALOOZA 157.1660
21 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 155.3944
22 Fire BBQ 152.5828
23 Murfy's BBQ Co. 152.0116
24 Just Smoke It! BBQ 145.6804

Master Series — Chicken

24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 175.4172
3 Q Cartel 174.8456
4 Fire BBQ 174.3200
5 Kreiser Barbecue 172.5600
6 Honey & Hooch BBQ 172.0000
7 Slam Dunk BBQ 172.0000
8 Just Smoke It! BBQ 171.9884
9 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 171.4172
10 SMELLAQUE 171.4056
11 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 170.2972
12 Brisket Butts 169.7256
13 The Big LebowsQ 169.7144
14 Notorious P.I.G. 169.1316
15 DIDY SMOKE IT 167.9772
16 MOTLEY QUE 167.9656
17 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 167.4400
18 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 167.3944
19 Homestead Smoke Shack 165.7484
20 Murfy's BBQ Co. 165.1428
21 Mark's Meats and Treats 164.0000
22 SMOKAPALOOZA 162.8800
23 Just Katie 161.7144
24 Bad to the Brisket 153.6916

Master Series — Overall

24 entries · top 690.2400 · median 673.6974

#TeamScore
1 Q Cartel 690.2400
2 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 690.2056
3 SMELLAQUE 685.1084
4 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 682.8344
5 Brisket Butts 682.2400
6 Bad to the Brisket 681.7832
7 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 681.6684
8 Kreiser Barbecue 681.0628
9 Honey & Hooch BBQ 679.9196
10 Slam Dunk BBQ 676.5716
11 Homestead Smoke Shack 675.9768
12 Just Katie 674.8688
13 Notorious P.I.G. 672.5260
14 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 669.0744
15 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 667.2916
16 MOTLEY QUE 663.8400
17 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 661.6800
18 DIDY SMOKE IT 654.1372
19 The Big LebowsQ 653.0632
20 SMOKAPALOOZA 648.0120
21 Mark's Meats and Treats 647.9204
22 Fire BBQ 646.2972
23 Just Smoke It! BBQ 643.8744
24 Murfy's BBQ Co. 633.7144

Master Series — Pork

24 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9714

#TeamScore
1 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 177.7028
2 Honey & Hooch BBQ 175.4056
3 Bad to the Brisket 174.9144
4 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 173.7028
5 Notorious P.I.G. 173.1428
6 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 173.1200
7 SMELLAQUE 172.5828
8 Brisket Butts 171.9772
9 Just Katie 170.2628
10 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 169.7028
11 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 168.5716
12 Q Cartel 167.9772
13 Homestead Smoke Shack 167.9656
14 MOTLEY QUE 167.3828
15 Kreiser Barbecue 166.2628
16 DIDY SMOKE IT 166.2516
17 SMOKAPALOOZA 165.7144
18 Slam Dunk BBQ 165.7028
19 Fire BBQ 165.1200
20 Mark's Meats and Treats 164.5372
21 The Big LebowsQ 161.0856
22 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 157.7028
23 Just Smoke It! BBQ 155.9428
24 Murfy's BBQ Co. 153.1428

Master Series — Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5486

#TeamScore
1 SMELLAQUE 178.8572
2 Bad to the Brisket 177.1772
3 Slam Dunk BBQ 176.5944
4 Homestead Smoke Shack 175.4172
5 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 174.8572
6 Q Cartel 173.7144
7 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 173.7028
8 Just Smoke It! BBQ 170.2628
9 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 169.6916
10 Just Katie 168.6060
11 Notorious P.I.G. 168.5716
12 MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB 168.5600
13 Kreiser Barbecue 168.5372
14 Honey & Hooch BBQ 167.3828
15 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 165.1428
16 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 163.9428
17 Murfy's BBQ Co. 163.4172
18 The Big LebowsQ 163.3944
19 MOTLEY QUE 162.2516
20 SMOKAPALOOZA 162.2516
21 Brisket Butts 162.2400
22 DIDY SMOKE IT 161.0972
23 Mark's Meats and Treats 158.2744
24 Fire BBQ 154.2744

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