2025-07-26 – 2025-07-27 · Didsbury, AB · CANADA · 📍 Didsbury AG Society Grounds
Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK
Grand Champion: SmellaQue (700.5600) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2021 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
700.5600 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 693.6684 Home Cookin' BBQ set in 2024.
Chicken places 5–6: Hunny & Hooch BBQ and Q Cartel tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: Hunny & Hooch BBQ and EFFIN'EH GRAY'S tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: SMELLAQUE and PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMELLAQUE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
EFFIN'EH GRAY'S turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
This contest usually draws about 23 teams
32 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 23.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-03 | Didsbury, AB | Didsbury, Al T0M 0W0 | 26 | 658.1712 | Frozen Toque BBQ | MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury, AB | AG Society Grounds | 19 | 673.1084 | Motley Que | Kreiser Barbecue |
| 2023-08-05 | Didsbury, AB | AG Society Grounds | 17 | 688.5484 | The Notorious P.I.G. | Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury, AB | Didsbury AG Society Grounds | 28 | 693.6684 | Home Cookin' BBQ | SMELLAQUE |
| 2025-07-26 ← this one | Didsbury, AB | Didsbury AG Society Grounds | 32 | 700.5600 | SmellaQue | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 172.5600 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 173.1200 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 167.9772 |
32 entries · top 700.5600 · median 667.8514
32 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.4114
32 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.3886
32 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.8228
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
2 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pew Pew Bar-B-Que | |
| 2 | Hot Dogs |