A new contest record
704.5484
highest overall ever cooked here
704.5484 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 684.0344 Cyclone BBQ set in 2025.
- old record 684.0344
- set 2025 by Cyclone BBQ
JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition 2026
May 23–24, 2026 · La Salette, ON · CANADA · 📍 Ramblin' Road Brewery
Reps: Craig Maidens, Heather Maidens
MEAN MOE'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition on May 23, 2026 in La Salette, ON at Ramblin' Road Brewery, scoring 704.5484 in a field of 20 teams. PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3600. Category winners: Chicken — WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE (178.8572); Pork Ribs — PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (176.5600); Pork — Rub Sweat and Beers (177.1428); Brisket — HASHTAG BBQ (176.5600). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Cyclone BBQ.
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.
635.30
median 669.93
704.55 🏆
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 176.56
- Pork 177.14
- Brisket 176.56
146.19
178.86
Entries
20
4 judged meats
Top score
704.5484
Winning margin
5.1884
GC over RC
Field average
671.01
635.30704.55
median 669.93 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
3.4172 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
670.2172
635.30704.55
10th place overall
Field spread
69.2456
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 16%
beats 84% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
54%
14 of 26 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.51 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,512
avg power rating going in · stronger than 8% of contests
Storylines (4 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.
Won without a category win
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
MEAN MOE'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 3rd
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point
Brisket places 2–3: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and MEAN MOE'S BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Stuttering John's Smokehouse and GQue BBQ tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ edged MEAN MOE'S BBQ by 0.0116.
- Brisket 2–3 · tie
- Brisket 5–6 · tie
- Pork 2–3 · 0.0116
- Brisket 7–8 · 0.0116
A contest record in chicken
178.8572
best chicken ever cooked here
WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 176.5828 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 176.5828
- across 1 past editions
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 | La Salette, ON | Ramblin' Road Brewery | 26 | 684.0344 | Cyclone BBQ | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ |
| May 23, 2026 ← this one | La Salette, ON | Ramblin' Road Brewery | 20 | 704.5484 | Mean Moe's BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 167.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 173.1428 | 169.1428 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 173.7028 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 171.4056 | 166.2512 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 704.5484 · median 669.9316
Chicken
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9714
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.1256
Pork
20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.2856
Brisket
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2456