Sep 16–17, 2023 · Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB · CANADA · 📍 Half Moon Lake Resort
Reps: Brenda Black, Ken Black
Brisket Butts won Grand Champion at the Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) on September 16, 2023 in Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB at Half Moon Lake Resort, scoring 711.4056 in a field of 29 teams. Notorious P.I.G. took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.2744. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ Team NAIT (176.0000); Pork Ribs — Notorious P.I.G. (179.4400); Pork — Brisket Butts (178.8572); Brisket — Brisket Butts (180.0000).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
Brisket Butts came in rated below the field's top team, SMELLAQUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 94% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.1312 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 1–2: BBQ Team NAIT and DrumBo tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Smokapalooza and YOU NEED A BBQ tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB and HOME COOKIN' BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Brisket Butts won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Brisket Butts took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 4th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 171.4056 | 170.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 176.5944 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 170.8572 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8800 | 171.4056 |
29 entries · top 711.4056 · median 673.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisket Butts | |
| 2 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 3 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 4 | DrumBo | |
| 5 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 7 | HOME COOKIN' BBQ | |
| 8 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 9 | Pour Decisions Pit | |
| 10 | Fire BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Team NAIT | |
| 12 | MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB | |
| 13 | Homestead Smoke Shack | |
| 14 | Hunny and Hooch BBQ | |
| 15 | YOU NEED A BBQ | |
| 16 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 17 | ROKER Q | |
| 18 | Smokapalooza | |
| 19 | Burnt Down BBQ | |
| 20 | Just Smoke It! | |
| 21 | Mc Que It | |
| 22 | Grillbilly Deluxe BBQ | |
| 23 | F-That's Good | |
| 24 | Grill Hub | |
| 25 | Eggmonton Stogie Smokers | |
| 26 | Mark's Meats and Treats | |
| 27 | Alberta Pork, The one you love. | |
| 28 | Smokin Aces | |
| 29 | The Grill Geek |
29 entries · top 176 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Team NAIT | |
| 2 | DrumBo | |
| 3 | Fire BBQ | |
| 4 | Brisket Butts | |
| 5 | HOME COOKIN' BBQ | |
| 6 | Mark's Meats and Treats | |
| 7 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 8 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 9 | Smokapalooza | |
| 10 | YOU NEED A BBQ | |
| 11 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 12 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 13 | Homestead Smoke Shack | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 15 | ROKER Q | |
| 16 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 17 | Hunny and Hooch BBQ | |
| 18 | MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB | |
| 19 | Eggmonton Stogie Smokers | |
| 20 | Just Smoke It! | |
| 21 | Mc Que It | |
| 22 | Pour Decisions Pit | |
| 23 | F-That's Good | |
| 24 | Grill Hub | |
| 25 | Grillbilly Deluxe BBQ | |
| 26 | Alberta Pork, The one you love. | |
| 27 | Burnt Down BBQ | |
| 28 | Smokin Aces | |
| 29 | The Grill Geek |
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 2 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 3 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 4 | Brisket Butts | |
| 5 | Pour Decisions Pit | |
| 6 | Grill Hub | |
| 7 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 8 | F-That's Good | |
| 9 | MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB | |
| 10 | HOME COOKIN' BBQ | |
| 11 | Homestead Smoke Shack | |
| 12 | BBQ Team NAIT | |
| 13 | Smokapalooza | |
| 14 | Grillbilly Deluxe BBQ | |
| 15 | DrumBo | |
| 16 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 17 | Hunny and Hooch BBQ | |
| 18 | Just Smoke It! | |
| 19 | YOU NEED A BBQ | |
| 20 | Burnt Down BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 22 | Fire BBQ | |
| 23 | ROKER Q | |
| 24 | Mc Que It | |
| 25 | Alberta Pork, The one you love. | |
| 26 | Smokin Aces | |
| 27 | Mark's Meats and Treats | |
| 28 | Eggmonton Stogie Smokers | |
| 29 | The Grill Geek |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisket Butts | |
| 2 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 3 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 4 | MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 6 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 7 | Burnt Down BBQ | |
| 8 | DrumBo | |
| 9 | HOME COOKIN' BBQ | |
| 10 | ROKER Q | |
| 11 | Pour Decisions Pit | |
| 12 | Hunny and Hooch BBQ | |
| 13 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 14 | Homestead Smoke Shack | |
| 15 | Just Smoke It! | |
| 16 | YOU NEED A BBQ | |
| 17 | BBQ Team NAIT | |
| 18 | Fire BBQ | |
| 19 | Grillbilly Deluxe BBQ | |
| 20 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 21 | Mark's Meats and Treats | |
| 22 | Eggmonton Stogie Smokers | |
| 23 | Alberta Pork, The one you love. | |
| 24 | F-That's Good | |
| 25 | Mc Que It | |
| 26 | Smokin Aces | |
| 27 | Grill Hub | |
| 28 | Smokapalooza | |
| 29 | The Grill Geek |
29 entries · top 180 · median 165.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisket Butts | |
| 2 | Fire BBQ | |
| 3 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 4 | DrumBo | |
| 5 | YOU NEED A BBQ | |
| 6 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | |
| 8 | Smokapalooza | |
| 9 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 10 | Hunny and Hooch BBQ | |
| 11 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 12 | Homestead Smoke Shack | |
| 13 | ROKER Q | |
| 14 | Pour Decisions Pit | |
| 15 | BBQ Team NAIT | |
| 16 | Mc Que It | |
| 17 | HOME COOKIN' BBQ | |
| 18 | Burnt Down BBQ | |
| 19 | MOTLEY QUE | |
| 20 | Eggmonton Stogie Smokers | |
| 21 | Just Smoke It! | |
| 22 | MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB | |
| 23 | Grillbilly Deluxe BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokin Aces | |
| 25 | Alberta Pork, The one you love. | |
| 26 | Mark's Meats and Treats | |
| 27 | F-That's Good | |
| 28 | Grill Hub | |
| 29 | The Grill Geek |
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.
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 2 | BBQ Team NAIT | |
| 3 | Smokapalooza | |
| 4 | Fire BBQ | |
| 5 | MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB | |
| 6 | ROKER Q | |
| 7 | YOU NEED A BBQ | |
| 8 | Burnt Down BBQ | |
| 9 | Eggmonton Stogie Smokers | |
| 10 | F-That's Good | |
| 11 | The Grill Geek | |
| 12 | Grill Hub | |
| 13 | Brisket Butts | |
| 14 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 15 | MOTLEY QUE |
7 entries · top 176.5600 · median 174.2860
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mini Butts | |
| 2 | 3000 Degrees | |
| 3 | Smella Cuties | |
| 4 | O Dawg Pack | |
| 5 | Lil Billy Deluxe | |
| 6 | Kids Gotta Cook | |
| 7 | Lil Smoka's |