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Smoke 'N the Valley

2022-09-10 – 2022-09-11 · Moose Jaw, SK · CANADA · 📍 Buffalo Pound Provincial Park

Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK

Grand Champion: Burnt Trees BBQ (684.5372) · 18 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ

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BURNT TREES BBQ
684.5372 · Master Series — Overall
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ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ
674.7656 · Master Series — Overall
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Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery
671.3600 · Master Series — Overall

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 170.86
  • Pork Ribs 178.88
  • Pork 173.15
  • Brisket 177.14
145.12 178.88

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2024 — this edition picked out.

2022-09-10 — 684.5372 (Burnt Trees BBQ) 2023-09-23 — 702.2972 (333 BBQ) 2024-09-21 — 696.5140 (Brisket Butts) 684.54 2022 2024

Entries

18
4 judged meats

Top score

684.5372

Winning margin

9.7716
GC over RC

Field average

650.64
609.61684.54
median 651.07 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

650.8460
609.61684.54
10th place overall

Field spread

74.9260
winner to last place

Most consistent

BURNT TREES BBQ
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 6.3200 pts — Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery

How hot was the win?

Top 82%
beats 18% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1563
avg power rating going in · stronger than 49% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' SAUCED
rated 1813 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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.

An upset on the books

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

BURNT TREES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' SAUCED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1553
  • top seed 1813

A first Grand Championship

20 tracked contests to get there

This was Burnt Trees BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 20th tracked contest.

A statement win

9.7716 points clear of the field

Wider than 87% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The champion won by 9.7716 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BURNT TREES BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BURNT TREES BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

  • Chicken 11th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2022-09-10 ← this one Moose Jaw, SK Buffalo Pound Provincial Park 18 684.5372 Burnt Trees BBQ ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ
2023-09-23 Lumsden, SK Riverpark Campground 26 702.2972 333 BBQ PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ
2024-09-21 Fort Qu'Appelle, SK Echo Valley Provincial Park 21 696.5140 Brisket Butts SMOKIN' OUTLAWS

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken170.8572167.4056162.8228
Pork Ribs178.8800167.4172164.0000
Pork173.1544169.7144162.2628
Brisket177.1428168.5600163.4172

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 684.5372 · median 651.0744

#TeamScore
1 BURNT TREES BBQ 684.5372
2 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 674.7656
3 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 671.3600
4 Homestead Smoke Shack 669.1200
5 BEER BELLY BBQ 668.4916
6 SMELLAQUE 668.0572
7 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 663.9888
8 Notorious P.I.G. 657.0516
9 The Devil Made Me Q It 651.3028
10 MOTLEY QUE 650.8460
11 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 649.0288
12 Snowy River Grillers 644.5140
13 Gettin' Sauced 638.2860
14 Brown Dog Que 638.2400
15 Big Boy BBQ 631.3032
16 Mark's Meats and Treats 622.8004
17 Meat Medics 618.2288
18 Black Line BBQ 609.6112

Chicken

18 entries · top 170.8572 · median 163.4228

#TeamScore
1 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 170.8572
2 BEER BELLY BBQ 170.2744
3 MOTLEY QUE 169.7372
4 Notorious P.I.G. 167.9772
5 Snowy River Grillers 167.4056
6 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 166.8456
7 Big Boy BBQ 166.2972
8 Homestead Smoke Shack 165.0856
9 SMELLAQUE 164.0228
10 Brown Dog Que 162.8228
11 BURNT TREES BBQ 161.6800
12 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 161.1316
13 The Devil Made Me Q It 159.3944
14 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 155.9772
15 Mark's Meats and Treats 155.9540
16 Gettin' Sauced 154.9144
17 Black Line BBQ 153.1312
18 Meat Medics 148.5372

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.0058

#TeamScore
1 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 178.8800
2 BURNT TREES BBQ 172.5600
3 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 171.4400
4 The Devil Made Me Q It 169.7028
5 BEER BELLY BBQ 167.4172
6 Brown Dog Que 165.7372
7 Snowy River Grillers 165.1656
8 Notorious P.I.G. 165.1316
9 SMELLAQUE 164.0116
10 Gettin' Sauced 164.0000
11 Homestead Smoke Shack 163.4172
12 Mark's Meats and Treats 158.8232
13 MOTLEY QUE 158.3088
14 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 155.3600
15 Black Line BBQ 154.2284
16 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 151.3716
17 Big Boy BBQ 149.0400
18 Meat Medics 145.7144

Pork

18 entries · top 173.1544 · median 163.4000

#TeamScore
1 BURNT TREES BBQ 173.1544
2 SMELLAQUE 171.4628
3 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 170.3316
4 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 170.2628
5 Homestead Smoke Shack 169.7144
6 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 167.3944
7 The Devil Made Me Q It 166.2628
8 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 165.0856
9 BEER BELLY BBQ 164.5372
10 Gettin' Sauced 162.2628
11 Big Boy BBQ 160.5716
12 Meat Medics 160.5600
13 Snowy River Grillers 159.4056
14 Notorious P.I.G. 158.8228
15 MOTLEY QUE 157.6916
16 Black Line BBQ 157.1316
17 Mark's Meats and Treats 154.2972
18 Brown Dog Que 152.5944

Brisket

18 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.2628

#TeamScore
1 BURNT TREES BBQ 177.1428
2 HOME COOKIN' BBQ 175.4400
3 Homestead Smoke Shack 170.9028
4 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 170.2972
5 SMELLAQUE 168.5600
6 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 167.3828
7 BEER BELLY BBQ 166.2628
8 Notorious P.I.G. 165.1200
9 MOTLEY QUE 165.1084
10 Meat Medics 163.4172
11 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 161.0856
12 Gettin' Sauced 157.1088
13 Brown Dog Que 157.0856
14 The Devil Made Me Q It 155.9428
15 Big Boy BBQ 155.3944
16 Mark's Meats and Treats 153.7260
17 Snowy River Grillers 152.5372
18 Black Line BBQ 145.1200

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