Aug 14–15, 2021 · Sherwood Park, AB · CANADA · 📍 HALFMOON LAKE RESORT
Reps: Brenda Black, Ken Black
SMELLAQUE won Grand Champion at the Porkapalooza BBQ Festival on August 14, 2021 in SHERWOOD PARK, AB at HALFMOON LAKE RESORT, scoring 692.6056 in a field of 25 teams. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 649.6112. Category winners: Chicken — SMELLAQUE (169.1428); Pork Ribs — SMELLAQUE (170.8572); Pork — SMELLAQUE (178.3200); Brisket — SMELLAQUE (174.2856). This is the 7th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by SmellaQue; the next was held in 2022.
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.
SMELLAQUE holds the KCBS record for widest championship margin — 42.9944 points clear of the runner-up, over ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
SMELLAQUE won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork, Brisket — a clean sweep of the meats, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
692.6056 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.9256 SmellaQue set in 2019.
SmellaQue won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
Wider than 100% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 42.9944 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
3 of 8 tracked editions
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB edged Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Fire BBQ edged Homestead Smoke Shack by 0.0228. Chicken places 5–6: Homestead Smoke Shack edged Gettin' Sauced BBQ by 0.0232.
SMELLAQUE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 4 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 1st.
SMELLAQUE turned in 178.3200 in pork — past the 175.4400 that had stood across 6 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SmellaQue (won 2019).
This contest was away for 2.2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-06-15.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| 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 | Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 44 | 690.9256 | SmellaQue | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ |
| May 30, 2020 | Edmonton Alberta | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2021 ← this one | 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 | 169.1428 | 162.8344 | 160 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.8572 | 164.0344 | 161.1316 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 165.1428 | 158.8800 |
| Brisket | 174.2856 | 162.2744 | 158.2856 |
25 entries · top 692.6056 · median 630.8228
25 entries · top 169.1428 · median 157.7144
25 entries · top 170.8572 · median 157.7488
25 entries · top 178.3200 · median 157.7372
25 entries · top 174.2856 · median 154.2628