Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
2022-08-13 – 2022-08-14 · Nova Scotia, B0W 1M0 · CANADA · 📍 Church Point, Digby County
Reps: DEBRA GAGE, MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN, WILLIAM GAGE
Grand Champion: Cook the books (693.6456) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 13.1656 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Cook the books won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: All Sauced Up-CA and The A Team tied on 168.5484 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: All Sauced Up-CA and RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: AtlantiQ edged Ye Olde Smokers 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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 168.5484 | 157.6456 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 165.1312 | 157.6572 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 166.2628 | 159.4172 |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 162.8572 | 152.5028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
11 entries · top 693.6456 · median 654.1600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook the books | |
| 2 | RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 4 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 5 | Ye Olde Smokers | |
| 6 | All Sauced Up-CA | |
| 7 | Les pars-en-haut BBQers | |
| 8 | The A Team | |
| 9 | AtlantiQ | |
| 10 | Bris | |
| 11 | Butt Boys |
Chicken
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook the books | |
| 2 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 3 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 4 | RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | All Sauced Up-CA | |
| 6 | The A Team | |
| 7 | Bris | |
| 8 | Ye Olde Smokers | |
| 9 | Les pars-en-haut BBQers | |
| 10 | AtlantiQ | |
| 11 | Butt Boys |
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 174.2972 · median 162.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Sauced Up-CA | |
| 2 | RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 4 | Cook the books | |
| 5 | The A Team | |
| 6 | AtlantiQ | |
| 7 | Ye Olde Smokers | |
| 8 | Les pars-en-haut BBQers | |
| 9 | Butt Boys | |
| 10 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 11 | Bris |
Pork
11 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook the books | |
| 2 | RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 4 | AtlantiQ | |
| 5 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 6 | The A Team | |
| 7 | Ye Olde Smokers | |
| 8 | Les pars-en-haut BBQers | |
| 9 | All Sauced Up-CA | |
| 10 | Bris | |
| 11 | Butt Boys |
Brisket
11 entries · top 173.7028 · median 158.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 2 | Cook the books | |
| 3 | RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | Les pars-en-haut BBQers | |
| 5 | Ye Olde Smokers | |
| 6 | Bris | |
| 7 | Barbecue Heaven | |
| 8 | Butt Boys | |
| 9 | AtlantiQ | |
| 10 | The A Team | |
| 11 | All Sauced Up-CA |