La Classique What the Pork?
2025-08-01 – 2025-08-02 · Sainte-Perpetue, QC · CANADA · 📍 113 Rue Saint-Charles QC JOC 1R0
Reps: CRAIG MAIDENS, HEATHER MAIDENS
Grand Champion: BBQ WorX (702.8228) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 73-BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
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 9.1316 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
BBQ WorX took the Grand Championship home to ON.
🧹 A double category winner
SweetMax BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: CycloneBBQ and BBQ WorX tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: Why Not BBQ edged Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 5–6: SHOP BOYS BBQ edged BBQ LA MAISON by 0.0228.
🃏 An upset on the books
BBQ WorX came in rated below the field's top team, CycloneBBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-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)
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 | 178.8572 | 173.7256 | 170.3084 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 172.5600 | 167.9656 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 171.9888 | 165.7028 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.3200 | 169.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
18 entries · top 702.8228 · median 677.0796
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ WorX | |
| 2 | 73-BBQ | |
| 3 | SweetMax BBQ | |
| 4 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 5 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 6 | MooseBBQ | |
| 7 | Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoke and fire society | |
| 9 | Smokin Boys & Hot Grills | |
| 10 | SHOP BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ LA MAISON | |
| 12 | ML BBQ | |
| 13 | BBQ NOMADE | |
| 14 | JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER | |
| 15 | Why Not BBQ | |
| 16 | Les gros lards fums | |
| 17 | Bounty Hunters BBQ | |
| 18 | Des Bill's bbq |
Chicken
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SweetMax BBQ | |
| 2 | Bounty Hunters BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin Boys & Hot Grills | |
| 4 | 73-BBQ | |
| 5 | SHOP BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ LA MAISON | |
| 7 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ WorX | |
| 9 | Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ | |
| 10 | JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER | |
| 11 | ML BBQ | |
| 12 | MooseBBQ | |
| 13 | Les gros lards fums | |
| 14 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoke and fire society | |
| 16 | BBQ NOMADE | |
| 17 | Why Not BBQ | |
| 18 | Des Bill's bbq |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 177.1772 · median 168.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ LA MAISON | |
| 2 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ WorX | |
| 4 | Smoke and fire society | |
| 5 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 6 | SweetMax BBQ | |
| 7 | 73-BBQ | |
| 8 | MooseBBQ | |
| 9 | Bounty Hunters BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Boys & Hot Grills | |
| 11 | Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ | |
| 12 | ML BBQ | |
| 13 | SHOP BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER | |
| 15 | Les gros lards fums | |
| 16 | BBQ NOMADE | |
| 17 | Des Bill's bbq | |
| 18 | Why Not BBQ |
Pork
18 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SweetMax BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ WorX | |
| 3 | MooseBBQ | |
| 4 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 5 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 6 | 73-BBQ | |
| 7 | Why Not BBQ | |
| 8 | Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke and fire society | |
| 10 | Les gros lards fums | |
| 11 | SHOP BOYS BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin Boys & Hot Grills | |
| 13 | JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER | |
| 14 | ML BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ NOMADE | |
| 16 | Des Bill's bbq | |
| 17 | BBQ LA MAISON | |
| 18 | Bounty Hunters BBQ |
Brisket
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ WorX | |
| 2 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 3 | 73-BBQ | |
| 4 | Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ | |
| 5 | MooseBBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke and fire society | |
| 7 | BBQ NOMADE | |
| 8 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 9 | SHOP BOYS BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Boys & Hot Grills | |
| 11 | ML BBQ | |
| 12 | Why Not BBQ | |
| 13 | SweetMax BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ LA MAISON | |
| 15 | JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER | |
| 16 | Des Bill's bbq | |
| 17 | Les gros lards fums | |
| 18 | Bounty Hunters BBQ |