The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
2025-07-19 – 2025-07-20 · Bible Hill, NS · CANADA · 📍 73 Ryland Ave
Reps: CRAIG MAIDENS, HEATHER MAIDENS
Grand Champion: Good Googly Goo BBQ (710.8228) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Cook the books
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 24.1032 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 5–6: Rub Sweat and Beers and Double D BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Hogs Harbour edged Sun Poke by 0.0116. Brisket places 3–4: Pit Hoss edged Cook the books by 0.0116.
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 | 177.7028 | 169.6684 | 166.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 169.1200 | 154.8228 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 170.2972 | 161.6800 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 167.4172 | 157.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
11 entries · top 710.8228 · median 670.7428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 2 | Cook the books | |
| 3 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 4 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 5 | Just 2 Guys Smokin | |
| 6 | Back 40 Smoke Co | |
| 7 | Double D BBQ | |
| 8 | Royal Nova BBQ | |
| 9 | Pit Hoss | |
| 10 | Sun Poke | |
| 11 | Wild Hog |
Chicken
11 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 2 | Back 40 Smoke Co | |
| 3 | Just 2 Guys Smokin | |
| 4 | Royal Nova BBQ | |
| 5 | Cook the books | |
| 6 | Wild Hog | |
| 7 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 8 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 9 | Sun Poke | |
| 10 | Double D BBQ | |
| 11 | Pit Hoss |
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 2 | Cook the books | |
| 3 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 4 | Just 2 Guys Smokin | |
| 5 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 6 | Double D BBQ | |
| 7 | Back 40 Smoke Co | |
| 8 | Pit Hoss | |
| 9 | Royal Nova BBQ | |
| 10 | Sun Poke | |
| 11 | Wild Hog |
Pork
11 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 2 | Cook the books | |
| 3 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 4 | Just 2 Guys Smokin | |
| 5 | Royal Nova BBQ | |
| 6 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 7 | Sun Poke | |
| 8 | Double D BBQ | |
| 9 | Pit Hoss | |
| 10 | Back 40 Smoke Co | |
| 11 | Wild Hog |
Brisket
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 2 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 3 | Pit Hoss | |
| 4 | Cook the books | |
| 5 | Double D BBQ | |
| 6 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 7 | Wild Hog | |
| 8 | Back 40 Smoke Co | |
| 9 | Sun Poke | |
| 10 | Just 2 Guys Smokin | |
| 11 | Royal Nova BBQ |