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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

Contests

9
5 scored

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.

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.

SeasonContestsTeamsAvg fieldBiggest Avg winBest180sState titles
2026 2 22 13 15 701.13 717.71 6 — events →
2025 3 21 12 12 709.13 710.82 4 — events →
2022 2 11 11 11 693.65 693.65 — — events →

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)

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.

MeatAvg herevs sportEntries180s180s /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 rankTeamRating
#35SMELLAQUE1858
#141PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ1780
#385MEAN MOE'S BBQ1703
#417GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ1694
#862CycloneBBQ1620
#1,009Cousin's Catering and BBQ1605
#1,331Cook the books1577
#1,61573-BBQ1557
#1,628RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ1557
#1,890BBQ WorX1544
#2,194Rub Sweat and Beers1531
#2,506Slam Dunk BBQ1520
#2,973Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters1506
#4,083MOTLEY QUE1481
#4,634Serial Grillers1470

The regulars (most contests cooked in Nova Scotia)

TeamContestsGCsLast
Cook the books52Aug 22, 2026
Pit Hoss3—Aug 22, 2026
Royal Nova BBQ3—Aug 22, 2026
Barbecue Heaven3—Aug 22, 2026
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ22Jun 6, 2026
73-BBQ2—Jun 6, 2026
Back 40 Smoke Co2—Jun 6, 2026
Rub Sweat and Beers2—Jul 19, 2025
Saucy Rossy BBQ2—Aug 22, 2026
Hogs Harbour2—Jul 19, 2025
Ye Olde Smokers2—Aug 22, 2026
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ11Jul 19, 2025

Highest scores in Nova Scotia (Master · /720)

ScoreTeamWhere
717.7144PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
710.8228GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Jul 19, 2025
707.4284PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 8, 2025
705.1428Cook the books Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
700.5488Cook the books Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 8, 2025
696.6056Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
693.6456Cook the books Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival Aug 13, 2022
691.3712MOTLEY QUE Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
689.1084Royal Nova BBQ Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026
687.931273-BBQ Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Jun 6, 2026

Most GCs in Nova Scotia

TeamGCs
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ2
Cook the books2
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ1

Contests that come back (recurring)

ContestEditionsBiggestLast held
Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown215Jun 6, 2026
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada2—Jul 19, 2025

Where it happens (towns in Nova Scotia)

TownContestsSeasonsAvg fieldLast
Upper Onslow3214Jun 6, 2026
Church Point20——
Little Brook1110Aug 22, 2026
Bible Hill1111Jul 19, 2025
Nova Scotia1111Aug 13, 2022
Meteghan River11—Aug 13, 2022

Reps who work Nova Scotia

RepContestsLast
Craig Maidens8Aug 22, 2026
Heather Maidens8Aug 22, 2026
Debra Gage3Aug 13, 2022
William Gage3Aug 13, 2022
Maria Lohman2Aug 13, 2022
Wayne Lohman2Aug 13, 2022

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.

RegionShared teamsShare of the field hereContests they cooked there
Ontario ON 12 29% 25 compare →
New Brunswick NB 12 29% 1 compare →
Quebec QC 9 21% 5 compare →
Kansas KS 8 19% 18 compare →
Tennessee TN 7 17% 16 compare →
Alberta AB 6 14% 52 compare →
New York NY 6 14% 17 compare →
Alabama AL 5 12% 13 compare →

On the map (every mapped contest in Nova Scotia — tap a pin)

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