Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ
2019-05-25 – 2019-05-26 · Mountain View, AB · CANADA · 📍 4148 Hiahway 580
Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK
Grand Champion: Arrowhead North BBQ (677.7140) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIGG SMOAK BBQ
Entries
22
4 judged meats
Top score
677.7140
Winning margin
5.1656
GC over RC
Field average
628.85
median 622.21
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
6.3544 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
629.6228
10th place overall
Field spread
93.0628
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 96%
beats 4% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data
Traveled in
9%
of the 22 teams with a home region came from outside AB
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.04 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1500
avg power rating going in · stronger than 2% of contests
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ and Kreiser Barbecue tied on 167.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: DIDY SMOKE IT edged Smoke'em If You Got'em by 0.0112. Chicken places 6–7: Kreiser Barbecue edged GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS by 0.0228.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 167.4400 | 161.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.2000 | 166.8456 | 155.9660 |
| Pork | 175.4400 | 168.5716 | 159.4284 |
| Brisket | 172.0228 | 164.5484 | 158.8572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 677.7140 · median 622.2058
Chicken
22 entries · top 175.4172 · median 160.8056
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 173.2000 · median 153.3714
Pork
22 entries · top 175.4400 · median 158.2456
Brisket
22 entries · top 172.0228 · median 156.3144