Jun 15–16, 2019 · Edmonton, Canada · CANADA · 📍 Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Reps: Kathleen McIntosh, Kelly McIntosh
SMELLAQUE won Grand Champion at the Porkapalooza BBQ Festival on June 15, 2019 in Edmonton, T6E 5K1 at Edmonton, Alberta Canada, scoring 690.9256 in a field of 44 teams. PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.8344. Category winners: Chicken — SMELLAQUE (176.5828); Pork Ribs — ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ (177.7372); Brisket — Kreiser Barbecue (173.7372). This is the 6th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ; the next was held in 2021.
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, 2014 to 2022 — 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.
690.9256 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 672.5716 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ set in 2018.
3 of 8 tracked editions
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 8 tracked editions.
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. Brisket places 3–4: 403 BBQ CO edged D'Arcy's Meat Masters by 0.0116.
SMELLAQUE took the title on 2 calls from 3 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 11th.
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ turned in 177.7372 in pork ribs — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ (won 2015, 2016, 2017), PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ (won 2018).
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2014 | Edmonton Alberta Canada | Edmonton Alberta Canada, T6J 0S4 | 29 | 655.3484 | Prairie Smoke & Spice | HOUSE OF Q |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Edmonton Alberta | Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 30 | 669.6456 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | SMELLAQUE |
| Jun 18, 2016 | Edmonton, CA | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 42 | 668.5372 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | SMELLAQUE |
| Jun 10, 2017 | Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 39 | 666.2056 | ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | SMELLAQUE |
| Jun 16, 2018 | Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 51 | 672.5716 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | SMELLAQUE |
| Jun 15, 2019 ← this one | Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 44 | 690.9256 | SmellaQue | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ |
| May 30, 2020 | Edmonton Alberta | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2021 | Sherwood Park, AB | HALFMOON LAKE RESORT | 25 | 692.6056 | SmellaQue | ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS |
| May 28, 2022 | Sherwood Park, AB | Half Moon Lake Resort | 39 | 695.4284 | Arrowhead North | 333BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 170.8572 | 166.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.3200 | 168 |
| Brisket | 173.7372 | 169.7256 | 168 |
44 entries · top 690.9256 · median 633.4742
44 entries · top 176.5828 · median 159.7258
44 entries · top 177.7372 · median 157.7372
44 entries · top 173.7372 · median 157.4286
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.
44 entries · top 173.7144 · median 160.3028
26 entries · top 175.4172 · median 160.8742
9 entries · top 171.9772 · median 156.0572