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Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta

Jun 3–5, 2022 · Bassano, AB · CANADA · 📍 610 2 Ave

Reps: Brenda Black, Ken Black

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PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ
697.1200 · Master Series — Overall
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ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ
691.4056 · Master Series — Overall
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SMELLAQUE
686.8912 · Master Series — Overall

PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta on June 3, 2022 in Bassano, AB at 610 2 Ave, scoring 697.1200 in a field of 31 teams. ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.4056. Category winners: Chicken — Gettin' Sauced BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — YOU NEED A BBQ (177.1544); Pork — ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — SMELLAQUE (180.0000).

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 178.88
  • Pork Ribs 177.15
  • Pork 177.14
  • Brisket 180 🔥
124.50 180

Entries

31
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

697.1200

Winning margin

5.7144
GC over RC

Field average

653.17
562.83697.12
median 660.47 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
SMELLAQUE (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork
4.0228 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

664.5484
562.83697.12
10th place overall

Field spread

134.2856
winner to last place

Most consistent

PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 4.5600 pts — SMELLAQUE

How hot was the win?

Top 45%
beats 55% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,538
avg power rating going in · stronger than 28% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMELLAQUE
rated 1800 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 4th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • SMELLAQUE · Brisket

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8800170.8572168.5600
Pork Ribs177.1544172.5600170.8800
Pork177.1428173.1200168.5600
Brisket180172169.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 697.1200 · median 660.4684

#TeamScore
1 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 697.1200
2 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 691.4056
3 SMELLAQUE 686.8912
4 Gettin' Sauced BBQ 677.1428
5 YOU NEED A BBQ 674.9144
6 403 BBQ CO 673.1888
7 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewer'y 669.6456
8 The Devil Made Me Q It 666.1484
9 MOTLEY QUE 664.5828
10 Home Cookin' BBQ 664.5484
11 Kreiser Barbecue 663.3712
12 Brisket Butts 663.3256
13 Smokapalooza 662.8688
14 Bad to the Brisket 662.2632
15 Fire BBQ 661.8172
16 SmellaQue 660.4684
17 Homestead Smoke Shack 659.3600
18 Notorious P.I.G. 658.2172
19 Gilded Swine 652.5372
20 MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ 652.0232
21 GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS 651.3604
22 Halkirk Hurricanes 642.7996
23 Rack Addicts BBQ Team 639.9316
24 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 638.7084
25 Mark's Meats and Treats 638.2744
26 Primitive Road Show 634.8572
27 Brown Dog Que 630.2628
28 Flaming Seahorses BBQ 626.2288
29 Iron Grill BBQ 616.5484
30 Laird of the Reeking Lum 604.5600
31 At the Train Station 562.8344

Chicken

31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.3712

#TeamScore
1 Gettin' Sauced BBQ 178.8800
2 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 175.4056
3 Home Cookin' BBQ 173.7256
4 Fire BBQ 173.1772
5 GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS 170.8572
6 SMELLAQUE 170.3084
7 Smokapalooza 170.2972
8 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 170.2628
9 MOTLEY QUE 168.5828
10 Homestead Smoke Shack 168.5600
11 The Devil Made Me Q It 168.5256
12 MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ 167.4172
13 Halkirk Hurricanes 164.5712
14 Rack Addicts BBQ Team 164
15 403 BBQ CO 163.4172
16 Brisket Butts 163.3712
17 Notorious P.I.G. 161.6684
18 SmellaQue 160
19 Laird of the Reeking Lum 158.8800
20 Bad to the Brisket 158.2400
21 Iron Grill BBQ 157.7028
22 Brown Dog Que 156.6172
23 Flaming Seahorses BBQ 155.9656
24 Gilded Swine 155.9656
25 At the Train Station 155.4400
26 YOU NEED A BBQ 155.3828
27 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 154.8000
28 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewer'y 154.7884
29 Kreiser Barbecue 153.7028
30 Mark's Meats and Treats 152.5488
31 Primitive Road Show 151.4400

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 YOU NEED A BBQ 177.1544
2 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 176.0344
3 403 BBQ CO 174.8800
4 Bad to the Brisket 173.7256
5 SMELLAQUE 172.5600
6 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 172.0116
7 SmellaQue 171.9772
8 MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ 171.4860
9 Fire BBQ 171.4628
10 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewer'y 170.8800
11 The Devil Made Me Q It 170.8228
12 Gettin' Sauced BBQ 169.7028
13 Brisket Butts 169.1200
14 Smokapalooza 168
15 Homestead Smoke Shack 167.9884
16 Home Cookin' BBQ 166.2628
17 MOTLEY QUE 164.5600
18 Notorious P.I.G. 164.5488
19 GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS 163.9888
20 Mark's Meats and Treats 163.4400
21 Gilded Swine 161.7372
22 Kreiser Barbecue 160.5256
23 Halkirk Hurricanes 158.2628
24 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 157.0972
25 Brown Dog Que 156.5600
26 Flaming Seahorses BBQ 155.9888
27 Primitive Road Show 149.7488
28 At the Train Station 141.7144
29 Iron Grill BBQ 138.8572
30 Rack Addicts BBQ Team 138.2060
31 Laird of the Reeking Lum 135.3600

Pork

31 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7144

#TeamScore
1 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 177.1428
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 176.5828
3 YOU NEED A BBQ 176.0572
4 Kreiser Barbecue 173.7028
5 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 173.1200
6 Notorious P.I.G. 172.5828
7 MOTLEY QUE 172.5600
8 403 BBQ CO 172.0228
9 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewer'y 171.9772
10 MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ 168.5600
11 Brisket Butts 166.2744
12 Primitive Road Show 166.2628
13 Brown Dog Que 165.7256
14 Gilded Swine 165.7144
15 GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS 165.7144
16 Bad to the Brisket 165.7144
17 Smokapalooza 165.1544
18 Fire BBQ 165.1544
19 Mark's Meats and Treats 165.1428
20 SMELLAQUE 164.0228
21 Rack Addicts BBQ Team 164
22 Home Cookin' BBQ 162.8800
23 Homestead Smoke Shack 161.1316
24 Iron Grill BBQ 160.5484
25 Halkirk Hurricanes 159.4400
26 SmellaQue 158.7884
27 Gettin' Sauced BBQ 157.1428
28 The Devil Made Me Q It 155.9428
29 Laird of the Reeking Lum 155.4744
30 Flaming Seahorses BBQ 155.3944
31 At the Train Station 141.1772

Brisket

31 entries · top 180 · median 161.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMELLAQUE 180 🔥
2 Kreiser Barbecue 175.4400
3 Rack Addicts BBQ Team 173.7256
4 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 172.5600
5 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewer'y 172
6 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 171.9884
7 Gettin' Sauced BBQ 171.4172
8 The Devil Made Me Q It 170.8572
9 SmellaQue 169.7028
10 Gilded Swine 169.1200
11 Primitive Road Show 167.4056
12 YOU NEED A BBQ 166.3200
13 Bad to the Brisket 164.5832
14 Brisket Butts 164.5600
15 403 BBQ CO 162.8688
16 Homestead Smoke Shack 161.6800
17 Home Cookin' BBQ 161.6800
18 Halkirk Hurricanes 160.5256
19 Iron Grill BBQ 159.4400
20 Notorious P.I.G. 159.4172
21 Smokapalooza 159.4172
22 MOTLEY QUE 158.8800
23 Flaming Seahorses BBQ 158.8800
24 Mark's Meats and Treats 157.1428
25 Laird of the Reeking Lum 154.8456
26 Fire BBQ 152.0228
27 Brown Dog Que 151.3600
28 GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS 150.8000
29 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 150.2284
30 MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ 144.5600
31 At the Train Station 124.5028

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 — Backyard Steak

14 entries · top 173.1428 · median 155.1942

#TeamScore
1 Tbar Cookers 173.1428
2 Blond Bomber BBQ 169.1084
3 BT Butter Steak 168.0572
4 Rockit BBQ 165.7828
5 Blind Princess BBQ 165.7600
6 Angus & T-Bone 156.5256
7 From A to BBQ 156.0456
8 Just Katie 154.3428
9 Spice Girls 153.7256
10 RedBone BBQer 150.8800
11 Meat Massacre 148.1256
12 Fire Bandit 148.0456
13 K&S Cookers 145.1544
14 Up in Smoke 144.0116

Kids-Q — Kid'S Q - Chicken

3 entries · top 169.6800 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 Fantastic Meats 169.6800
2 Grizzly Cub 166.8572
3 Iron BBQ 166.8344

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