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KCBS in Nova Scotia NS
9 tracked contests over 4 years,
43 teams on the scoresheets — the 71th busiest of 94 regions on file.
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At a glance
This season 2
contests in 2026 · 22 teams competing
Teams competed 43
distinct teams on record
Typical field 12
teams · biggest 15
Avg winning score 702.83
Master · of 720 · best 717.71
Avg category score 166.88
across 236 meat entries
Perfect 180s 10 🔥
42.4 per 1,000 entries
Grand champions 5
titles handed out here
Towns 6
5 venues · 8 recurring contests
Seasons on record 3
2022 – 2026
Published purses $10,000
across 1 contest that listed one
Cancelled 3
not counted as contests held
How Nova Scotia stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)
The bar is Nova Scotia's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.
Regions like this one
Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.
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Season by season
Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.
Contests per season (up to 2026)
When they cook (month of year)
Field depth over time (average teams per contest, and teams competing that season)
What it took to win (average Master winning score, and 180s scored)
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How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)
A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored.
Meat Avg here vs sport Entries 180s 180s /1k
Chicken
167.33
+2.17
59
4
67.8
Pork Ribs
166.25
+2.63
59
0
0
Pork
167.86
+3.56
59
3
50.8
Brisket
166.08
+3.85
59
3
50.8
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
Power rank Team Rating
#35 SMELLAQUE 1858
#141 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 1780
#385 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 1703
#417 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 1694
#862 CycloneBBQ 1620
#1,009 Cousin's Catering and BBQ 1605
#1,331 Cook the books 1577
#1,615 73-BBQ 1557
#1,628 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 1557
#1,890 BBQ WorX 1544
#2,194 Rub Sweat and Beers 1531
#2,506 Slam Dunk BBQ 1520
#2,973 Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters 1506
#4,083 MOTLEY QUE 1481
#4,634 Serial Grillers 1470
The regulars (most contests cooked in Nova Scotia)
Team Contests GCs Last
Cook the books 5 2 Aug 22, 2026
Pit Hoss 3 — Aug 22, 2026
Royal Nova BBQ 3 — Aug 22, 2026
Barbecue Heaven 3 — Aug 22, 2026
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ 2 2 Jun 6, 2026
73-BBQ 2 — Jun 6, 2026
Back 40 Smoke Co 2 — Jun 6, 2026
Rub Sweat and Beers 2 — Jul 19, 2025
Saucy Rossy BBQ 2 — Aug 22, 2026
Hogs Harbour 2 — Jul 19, 2025
Ye Olde Smokers 2 — Aug 22, 2026
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 1 1 Jul 19, 2025
Highest scores in Nova Scotia (Master · /720)
Score Team Where
717.7144 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
710.8228 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Jul 19, 2025
707.4284 PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 8, 2025
705.1428 Cook the books
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
700.5488 Cook the books
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 8, 2025
696.6056 Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
693.6456 Cook the books
Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival Aug 13, 2022
691.3712 MOTLEY QUE
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
689.1084 Royal Nova BBQ
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
687.9312 73-BBQ
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
Contests that come back (recurring)
Where it happens (towns in Nova Scotia)
Town Contests Seasons Avg field Last
Upper Onslow 3 2 14 Jun 6, 2026
Church Point 2 0 — —
Little Brook 1 1 10 Aug 22, 2026
Bible Hill 1 1 11 Jul 19, 2025
Nova Scotia 1 1 11 Aug 13, 2022
Meteghan River 1 1 — Aug 13, 2022
Reps who work Nova Scotia
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Where else these teams cook
Of the 42 teams with a recorded finish in Nova Scotia, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
On the map (every mapped contest in Nova Scotia — tap a pin)
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