Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
2022-06-03 – 2022-06-05 · Bassano, AB · CANADA · 📍 610 2 Ave
Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK
Grand Champion: Prairie Smoke & Spice (697.1200) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: SMELLAQUE edged Smokapalooza by 0.0112. Master Series — Brisket places 5–6: Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewer'y edged ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ by 0.0116. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: MOTLEY QUE edged Homestead Smoke Shack by 0.0228.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8800 | 170.8572 | 168.5600 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 172.5600 | 170.8800 |
| Master Series — Pork | 177.1428 | 173.1200 | 168.5600 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 172.0000 | 169.1200 |
| Kids-Q — Chicken | 169.6800 | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
31 entries · top 697.1200 · median 660.4684
Chicken
31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.3712
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2628
Pork
31 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7144
Brisket
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Kids-Q
Chicken
3 entries · top 169.6800 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fantastic Meats | |
| 2 | Grizzly Cub | |
| 3 | Iron BBQ |
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
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tbar Cookers | |
| 2 | Blond Bomber BBQ | |
| 3 | BT Butter Steak | |
| 4 | Rockit BBQ | |
| 5 | Blind Princess BBQ | |
| 6 | Angus & T-Bone | |
| 7 | From A to BBQ | |
| 8 | Just Katie | |
| 9 | Spice Girls | |
| 10 | RedBone BBQer | |
| 11 | Meat Massacre | |
| 12 | Fire Bandit | |
| 13 | K&S Cookers | |
| 14 | Up in Smoke |