Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
2025-06-08 · Upper Onslow, NS · CANADA · 📍 16 Hub Center Dr.
Reps: CRAIG MAIDENS, HEATHER MAIDENS · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Praire Smoke & Spice (707.4284) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Cook the books
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ and SMELLAQUE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Cook the books and Slam Dunk BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Rub Sweat and Beers edged Cook the books by 0.0116.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-08 ← this one | Upper Onslow, NS | 16 Hub Center Dr. | 12 | 707.4284 | Praire Smoke & Spice | Cook the books |
| 2026-06-06 | Upper Onslow, NS | 16 Hub Centre Drive | 15 | 717.7144 | Prairie Smoke & Spice BBQ | Cook the books |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.8456 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 172.0228 | 158.2284 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 173.1428 | 159.9884 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 170.2972 | 159.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
12 entries · top 707.4284 · median 679.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 2 | Cook the books | |
| 3 | BBQ WorX | |
| 4 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 5 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 6 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 7 | MEAN MOE'S BBQ | |
| 8 | 73-BBQ | |
| 9 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 10 | BLK Bobbyflay | |
| 11 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 12 | 2 Boys Smokehouse |
Chicken
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.2856 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 2 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 3 | MEAN MOE'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 5 | Cook the books | |
| 6 | BLK Bobbyflay | |
| 7 | BBQ WorX | |
| 8 | 73-BBQ | |
| 9 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 10 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 11 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 12 | 2 Boys Smokehouse |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 2 | Cook the books | |
| 3 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 4 | BBQ WorX | |
| 5 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 6 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 7 | MEAN MOE'S BBQ | |
| 8 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 9 | 73-BBQ | |
| 10 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 11 | BLK Bobbyflay | |
| 12 | 2 Boys Smokehouse |
Pork
12 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.1486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 73-BBQ | |
| 2 | Cook the books | |
| 3 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 4 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | MEAN MOE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | BLK Bobbyflay | |
| 7 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 8 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ WorX | |
| 10 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 11 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 12 | 2 Boys Smokehouse |
Brisket
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2742 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ WorX | |
| 3 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 4 | Cook the books | |
| 5 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 6 | 73-BBQ | |
| 7 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 8 | BLK Bobbyflay | |
| 9 | Slam Dunk BBQ | |
| 10 | MEAN MOE'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 12 | 2 Boys Smokehouse |
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 — Blueberry Maple
7 entries · top 170.8572 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAN MOE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 3 | BLK Bobbyflay | |
| 4 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 6 | BBQ WorX | |
| 7 | SMELLAQUE |
Ancillary — Turkey
8 entries · top 169.7372 · median 164.5544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 2 | BBQ WorX | |
| 3 | Cook the books | |
| 4 | 73-BBQ | |
| 5 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 6 | BLK Bobbyflay | |
| 7 | MEAN MOE'S BBQ | |
| 8 | Barbecue Heaven |