Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
2022-05-28 – 2022-05-29 · SHERWOOD PARK, AB · CANADA · 📍 Half Moon Lake Resort
Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK
Grand Champion: Arrowhead North (695.4284) · 39 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 333BBQ
Entries
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Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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Came back for more
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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 9.2112 points — a wider margin than 89% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Arrowhead North took the Grand Championship home to SK.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: 333BBQ and Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: SMELLAQUE and PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS edged Homestead Smoke Shack by 0.0112.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ (won 2015, 2016, 2017), PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ (won 2018), SmellaQue (won 2019, 2021).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 ← this one | 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 | 174.3200 | 170.2744 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 169.7028 | 166.8572 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 172.5828 | 167.9772 |
| Brisket | 174.2744 | 169.1200 | 165.6916 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
39 entries · top 695.4284 · median 642.1260
Chicken
39 entries · top 174.3200 · median 162.8228
Pork Ribs
39 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.2972
Pork
39 entries · top 178.2972 · median 159.9656
Brisket
39 entries · top 174.2744 · median 158.8456
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 — Honey
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Kids-Q — Kid'S-Que
7 entries · top 172.0000 · median 165.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire Bandit | |
| 2 | Fantastic Meats | |
| 3 | Smitty Q | |
| 4 | Austin Needs a BBQ | |
| 5 | Jr. Smokin' Outlaws | |
| 6 | Mini Meat Sweats | |
| 7 | Grizzly Cub |