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La Classique What the Pork?

Aug 1–2, 2025 · Sainte-Perpetue, QC · CANADA · 📍 113 Rue Saint-Charles QC JOC 1R0

Reps: Craig Maidens, Heather Maidens

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702.8228 · Master Series — Overall
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693.6912 · Master Series — Overall
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693.1428 · Master Series — Overall

BBQ WorX won Grand Champion at the La Classique What the Pork? on August 1, 2025 in Sainte-Perpetue, QC at 113 Rue Saint-Charles QC JOC 1R0, scoring 702.8228 in a field of 18 teams. 73-BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.6912. Category winners: Chicken — SweetMax BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — BBQ LA MAISON (177.1772); Pork — SweetMax BBQ (178.2972); Brisket — BBQ WorX (178.8572).

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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 177.18
  • Pork 178.30
  • Brisket 178.86
149.66 178.86

Entries

18
4 judged meats

Top score

702.8228

Winning margin

9.1316
GC over RC

Field average

675.21
637.61702.82
median 677.08 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
4.5372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.9652
637.61702.82
10th place overall

Field spread

65.2116
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2744 pts — BBQ WorX

How hot was the win?

Top 22%
beats 78% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Weak
ρ = -0.18 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,498
avg power rating going in · stronger than 0% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1611 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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.

An upset on the books

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

BBQ WorX came in rated below the field's top team, CycloneBBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1490
  • top seed 1611

A first Grand Championship

9 tracked contests to get there

This was BBQ WorX's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 9th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point

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.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 7–8 · 0.0116
  • Chicken 5–6 · 0.0228
  • Brisket 2–3 · 0.0228

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SweetMax BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BBQ WorX took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.

  • Chicken 8th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • 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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572173.7256170.3084
Pork Ribs177.1772172.5600167.9656
Pork178.2972171.9888165.7028
Brisket178.8572174.3200169.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 702.8228 · median 677.0796

#TeamScore
1 BBQ WorX 702.8228
2 73-BBQ 693.6912
3 SweetMax BBQ 693.1428
4 Team Sunrise BBQ 692.0116
5 CycloneBBQ 690.2628
6 MooseBBQ 687.4856
7 Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ 683.4284
8 Smoke and fire society 681.1428
9 Smokin Boys & Hot Grills 678.1940
10 SHOP BOYS BBQ 675.9652
11 BBQ LA MAISON 673.7260
12 ML BBQ 669.1316
13 BBQ NOMADE 665.7256
14 JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER 661.0396
15 Why Not BBQ 660.5028
16 Les gros lards fums 657.6344
17 Bounty Hunters BBQ 650.1828
18 Des Bill's bbq 637.6112

Chicken

18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5828

#TeamScore
1 SweetMax BBQ 178.8572
2 Bounty Hunters BBQ 177.1428
3 Smokin Boys & Hot Grills 175.4172
4 73-BBQ 174.2856
5 SHOP BOYS BBQ 173.7256
6 BBQ LA MAISON 173.7028
7 CycloneBBQ 173.1200
8 BBQ WorX 173.1200
9 Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ 170.8572
10 JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER 170.3084
11 ML BBQ 169.7028
12 MooseBBQ 169.1428
13 Les gros lards fums 169.1200
14 Team Sunrise BBQ 167.9884
15 Smoke and fire society 167.4284
16 BBQ NOMADE 166.2856
17 Why Not BBQ 163.4172
18 Des Bill's bbq 154.2628

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 177.1772 · median 168.5486

#TeamScore
1 BBQ LA MAISON 177.1772
2 Team Sunrise BBQ 175.4516
3 BBQ WorX 173.7028
4 Smoke and fire society 173.1544
5 CycloneBBQ 172.5600
6 SweetMax BBQ 172.0228
7 73-BBQ 170.8800
8 MooseBBQ 170.3200
9 Bounty Hunters BBQ 169.1316
10 Smokin Boys & Hot Grills 167.9656
11 Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ 166.8456
12 ML BBQ 166.3088
13 SHOP BOYS BBQ 165.7028
14 JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER 165.6684
15 Les gros lards fums 163.9888
16 BBQ NOMADE 163.4400
17 Des Bill's bbq 163.3828
18 Why Not BBQ 159.9656

Pork

18 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2800

#TeamScore
1 SweetMax BBQ 178.2972
2 BBQ WorX 177.1428
3 MooseBBQ 173.7028
4 CycloneBBQ 172.5944
5 Team Sunrise BBQ 171.9888
6 73-BBQ 171.9656
7 Why Not BBQ 169.7028
8 Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ 169.6912
9 Smoke and fire society 166.8572
10 Les gros lards fums 165.7028
11 SHOP BOYS BBQ 165.6912
12 Smokin Boys & Hot Grills 165.1084
13 JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER 164.5256
14 ML BBQ 164
15 BBQ NOMADE 163.4400
16 Des Bill's bbq 160.5484
17 BBQ LA MAISON 159.9888
18 Bounty Hunters BBQ 154.2512

Brisket

18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2742

#TeamScore
1 BBQ WorX 178.8572
2 Team Sunrise BBQ 176.5828
3 73-BBQ 176.5600
4 Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ 176.0344
5 MooseBBQ 174.3200
6 Smoke and fire society 173.7028
7 BBQ NOMADE 172.5600
8 CycloneBBQ 171.9884
9 SHOP BOYS BBQ 170.8456
10 Smokin Boys & Hot Grills 169.7028
11 ML BBQ 169.1200
12 Why Not BBQ 167.4172
13 SweetMax BBQ 163.9656
14 BBQ LA MAISON 162.8572
15 JEANSON BBQ/SMOKER 160.5372
16 Des Bill's bbq 159.4172
17 Les gros lards fums 158.8228
18 Bounty Hunters BBQ 149.6572

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