May 24–25, 2025 · La Salette, ON · CANADA · 📍 Ramblin' Road Brewery
Reps: Craig Maidens, Heather Maidens
CycloneBBQ won Grand Champion at the Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition on May 24, 2025 in La Salette, ON at Ramblin' Road Brewery, scoring 684.0344 in a field of 26 teams. PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.8116. Category winners: Chicken — WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE (176.5828); Pork Ribs — PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ (175.4172); Pork — Black Bobby Flay (176.6172); Brisket — PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (178.8572). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2026.
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 77% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2228 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
CycloneBBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Shiggin aint easy, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CycloneBBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Cyclone BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 31st tracked contest.
Brisket places 8–9: Barrel and Blaze and HASHTAG BBQ tied on 165.7256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: BBQ WorX edged PARROTHEAD SMOKERS by 0.0004. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ edged BBQ WorX by 0.0112.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 ← this one | La Salette, ON | Ramblin' Road Brewery | 26 | 684.0344 | Cyclone BBQ | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ |
| May 23, 2026 | La Salette, ON | Ramblin' Road Brewery | 20 | 704.5484 | Mean Moe's BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 174.2628 | 168.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 167.4288 | 163.4172 |
| Pork | 176.6172 | 168.5484 | 165.6684 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 170.2972 | 165.1084 |
26 entries · top 684.0344 · median 645.8740
26 entries · top 176.5828 · median 161.1714
25 entries · top 175.4172 · median 160.0344
26 entries · top 176.6172 · median 164.2630
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.4056