Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
2025-09-12 – 2025-09-14 · Leduc, AB · CANADA · 📍 Leduc Lions Campground & RV Park
Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK
Grand Champion: Brisket Butts (694.8000) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 EFFIN'EH GRAY'S
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
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Kreiser Barbecue and Phantom Smoke & BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Phantom Smoke & BBQ and BIGG SMOAK BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: No Measurements BBQ and KillerbunnyBBQ tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 ← this one | Leduc, AB | Leduc Lions Campground & RV Park | 16 | 694.8000 | Brisket Butts | EFFIN'EH GRAY'S |
| 2026-09-11 | Leduc, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 171.4172 | 169.1656 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 172.5600 | 168.5256 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 167.9772 | 163.9772 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 171.4400 | 164.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 694.8000 · median 673.3428
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.9714
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.9828
Pork
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2628
Brisket
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
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.
Kids-Q — Kids Que
4 entries · top 177.1428 · median 172.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Phantom | |
| 2 | Rye Rye the BBQ Kid | |
| 3 | Totally Not Burnt | |
| 4 | Hot Dogs |