2016-09-03 – 2016-09-04 · Calgary, Alberta, CA · CANADA · 📍 Montgomery Community
Grand Champion: SMELLAQUE (681.7144) · 35 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ARROWHEAD NORTH 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, 2013 to 2021 — 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.
681.7144 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 671.9312 Bordertown Bar-B-Que set in 2015.
SMELLAQUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SMELLAQUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 15th tracked contest.
Wider than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.3772 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
2 of 8 tracked editions
SMELLAQUE has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: HOUSE OF Q and ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: SMELLAQUE and ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: WILD HOGS BBQ edged COWTOWN SMOKE AND GRILLERS by 0.0004.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS turned in 176.0344 in brisket — past the 170.3088 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: HOUSE OF Q (won 2013).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-31 | Calgary, Alberta, CA | Calgary, Alberta, Ca | 26 | 657.6796 | HOUSE OF Q | ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS |
| 2015-09-05 | Calgary, AB | Calgary, Alberta, T2W3J6 | 35 | 671.9312 | Bordertown Bar-B-Que | SMELLAQUE |
| 2016-09-03 ← this one | Calgary, Alberta, CA | Montgomery Community | 35 | 681.7144 | SMELLAQUE | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ |
| 2017-09-02 | Calgary, T2W3J6 | Montgomery Community Association | 42 | 666.2400 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | SMELLAQUE |
| 2018-09-01 | Calgary, T2W3J6 | Montgomery Community Association | 43 | 677.7140 | HOME COOKIN' BBQ | BIGG SMOAK BBQ |
| 2019-08-31 | Calgary, T3B 0H7 | 5003 16 Ave NW | 37 | 670.2972 | SmellaQue | RUSTY'S BBQ |
| 2020-09-26 | Didsbury, AB | Didsbury, Alberta, | 21 | 662.7656 | Prairie Smoke & Spice | SMELLAQUE |
| 2021-09-04 | Didsbury, AB | Rosebud Valley Campground | 29 | 677.7712 | Meat Sweats | THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2744 | 170.2856 | 162.8684 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.9772 | 167.4172 | 163.4172 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 167.9772 | 164.5828 |
| Brisket | 176.0344 | 169.7144 | 165.6800 |
35 entries · top 681.7144 · median 631.9200
35 entries · top 174.2744 · median 158.2628
35 entries · top 171.9772 · median 157.6800
35 entries · top 175.4172 · median 159.3944
35 entries · top 176.0344 · median 158.8000
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.
22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 160.8514