Alberta BBQ Festival
2026-07-03 – 2026-07-04 · Millet, AB · CANADA · 📍 5400 45 Ave
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM
Grand Champion: EFFIN'EH GRAY'S (700.5488) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIGG SMOAK BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 12.6056 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
EFFIN'EH GRAY'S won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 4–5: Mc Que It and Bottle Hill BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Tommy Boy Grillin edged Mc Que It by 0.0112. Brisket places 8–9: KillerBunnyBBQ edged Mc Que It by 0.0112.
🃏 An upset on the books
EFFIN'EH GRAY'S came in rated below the field's top team, BIGG SMOAK BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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 | 177.7144 | 170.2628 | 161.6572 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 169.6684 | 162.2516 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 171.4172 | 165.0972 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 167.4172 | 157.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
11 entries · top 700.5488 · median 673.6000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | |
| 2 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 4 | Bottle Hill BBQ | |
| 5 | Syndicate BBQ | |
| 6 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 7 | KillerBunnyBBQ | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023 | |
| 9 | Mc Que It | |
| 10 | ELBOW GREASE | |
| 11 | Tommy Boy Grillin |
Chicken
11 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 3 | Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023 | |
| 4 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 5 | Mc Que It | |
| 6 | ELBOW GREASE | |
| 7 | Bottle Hill BBQ | |
| 8 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 9 | Syndicate BBQ | |
| 10 | Tommy Boy Grillin | |
| 11 | KillerBunnyBBQ |
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 174.2628 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KillerBunnyBBQ | |
| 2 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 3 | Bottle Hill BBQ | |
| 4 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 5 | Syndicate BBQ | |
| 6 | EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023 | |
| 9 | Tommy Boy Grillin | |
| 10 | Mc Que It | |
| 11 | ELBOW GREASE |
Pork
11 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | |
| 2 | KillerBunnyBBQ | |
| 3 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 4 | Mc Que It | |
| 5 | Bottle Hill BBQ | |
| 6 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 7 | ELBOW GREASE | |
| 8 | Tommy Boy Grillin | |
| 9 | Syndicate BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 11 | Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023 |
Brisket
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 3 | Syndicate BBQ | |
| 4 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 5 | Bottle Hill BBQ | |
| 6 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023 | |
| 8 | KillerBunnyBBQ | |
| 9 | Mc Que It | |
| 10 | ELBOW GREASE | |
| 11 | Tommy Boy Grillin |