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Royal Nova BBQ NS

Rating

1497
peak 1497

Contests

3
in the data

First seen

2025-07-19
latest 2026-06-06

Best ToY finish

#528
Master 2026

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 60%
overall standings

Best overall

689.1084

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

673.06
last 3 vs career avg 673.06 (+0.00)

Walk rate

100%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Consistency

±12.26
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 171.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.93)

Road miles

356
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 178 mi

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Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

Cook the books has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, NS first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 3 2 0 0 172.5600 166.2512 169.50 top 57%
Pork Ribs 3 2 0 0 169.1428 162.8116 164.93 top 65%
Pork 3 3 0 0 173.1200 170.2744 171.23 top 44%
Brisket 3 2 0 0 177.1544 153.6456 167.40 top 56%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NS20top 53%
NB10top 73%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026100 689.1084 689.11
2025200 670.7428 665.04

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-06 Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS 5 / 15 (689.1084) 7 (169.6912) 6 (169.1428) 5 (173.1200) 4 (177.1544)
2025-08-08 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)
2025-07-19 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS 8 / 11 (659.3372) 4 (172.5600) 9 (162.8344) 5 (170.2972) 11 (153.6456)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #528 (165 pts) #641 (145 pts) #651 (155 pts) #560 (165 pts) #515 (190 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #630 (241 pts) #631 (286 pts) #761 (231 pts) #596 (296 pts) #623 (261 pts)

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