Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
2019-06-15 – 2019-06-16 · Edmonton, T6E 5K1 · CANADA · 📍 Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH
Grand Champion: SmellaQue (690.9256) · 44 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ
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Perfect 180s
Tightest race
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How hot was the win?
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 8 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 8.0912 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 4–5: SMELLAQUE and Meat Mulisha tied on 174.3200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: YOU NEED A BBQ and THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Dos Smokin Bros edged SMELLAQUE by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ (won 2015, 2016, 2017), PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ (won 2018).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-14 | Edmonton Alberta Canada, T6J 0S4 | 29 | 655.3484 | Prairie Smoke & Spice | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 2015-06-19 | Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 30 | 669.6456 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | SMELLAQUE | |
| 2016-06-18 | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 42 | 668.5372 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | SMELLAQUE | |
| 2017-06-10 | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 39 | 666.2056 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | SMELLAQUE | |
| 2018-06-16 | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 51 | 672.5716 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | SMELLAQUE | |
| 2019-06-15 ← this one | Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 44 | 690.9256 | SmellaQue | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ |
| 2020-05-30 | Edmonton Alberta, T6J 0S4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-08-14 | SHERWOOD PARK, AB | HALFMOON LAKE RESORT | 25 | 692.6056 | SmellaQue | ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS |
| 2022-05-28 | SHERWOOD PARK, AB | Half Moon Lake Resort | 39 | 695.4284 | Arrowhead North | 333BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 170.8572 | 166.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.3200 | 168.0000 |
| Pork | 173.7144 | 171.9772 | 166.2744 |
| Brisket | 173.7372 | 169.7256 | 168.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
44 entries · top 690.9256 · median 633.4742
Chicken
44 entries · top 176.5828 · median 159.7258
Pork Ribs
44 entries · top 177.7372 · median 157.7372
Pork
44 entries · top 173.7144 · median 160.3028
Brisket
44 entries · top 173.7372 · median 157.4286
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.
Ancillary — Chef'S Challenge
26 entries · top 175.4172 · median 160.8742
Kids-Q — Kids Que
9 entries · top 171.9772 · median 156.0572