High-water mark
689.1084
career-best overall
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.1084 at Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown — 95.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 6, 2026
Royal Nova BBQ
Royal Nova BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 10 at the Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff (2026). They finished #505 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2025
latest Aug 22, 2026 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.18
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.55)
Road miles
512
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 145 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
671.05 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 166.2512 | 170.27 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 159.3944 | 163.55 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 170.2744 | 173.14 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 177.1544 | 153.6456 | 164.11 | top 67% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
32
finished ahead 22 times, behind 25
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- Career-best overall score689.1084 Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
- First category win (Pork) Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1500) Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First call The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3372 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown | Jun 6, 2026 |
| +2.7 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff | Aug 22, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Jul 19, 2025 |
| -5.3 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke | Aug 8, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 42% | 95.7% | 94% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 93.2% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff Little Brook, NS | 5 / 10 (665.0288) | 3 (172.5600) | 10 (159.3944) | 1 (178.8572) | 10 (154.2172) |
| Jun 6, 2026 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS | 5 / 15 (689.1084) | 7 (169.6912) | 6 (169.1428) | 5 (173.1200) | 4 (177.1544) |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke Keswick, NB | 11 / 15 (670.7428) | 13 (166.2512) | 11 (162.8116) | 8 (170.2744) | 6 (171.4056) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS | 8 / 11 (659.3372) | 4 (172.5600) | 9 (162.8344) | 5 (170.2972) | 11 (153.6456) |