High-water mark
668.5828
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.5828 at Smokey Skies BBQ Competition — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 19, 2026
Sask Handyman Smoke & Barbecue
Sask Handyman Smoke & Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 21 at the Smoke 'N the Valley (2024). They finished #778 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 21, 2024
latest Jun 19, 2026 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.86
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.86 · weakest Brisket (162.40)
Road miles
814
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 415 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Master avg
659.09 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #900 (104 pts) | #1057 (74 pts) | #996 (119 pts) | #740 (164 pts) | #766 (154 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #778 (157 pts) | #830 (172 pts) | #843 (182 pts) | #913 (127 pts) | #867 (142 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #991 (106 pts) | #1109 (96 pts) | #1171 (96 pts) | #1018 (111 pts) | #891 (131 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 162.2972 | 164.85 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 165.7372 | 166.86 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 161.7372 | 164.98 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 152.5028 | 162.40 | top 58% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 72% | Jun 19, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SK
3 of 4 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
50
finished ahead 26 times, behind 67
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score668.5828 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2856 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
20244 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke 'N the Valley
- First call Smoke 'N the Valley
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0168 Smoke 'N the Valley
- Peak power rating (1500) Smoke 'N the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Jun 19, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Small Town Smoke Down | May 31, 2025 |
| -7.6 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Jun 21, 2025 |
| -0.5 | Smoke 'N the Valley | Sep 21, 2024 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 91.7% | 90.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 14 / 24 (668.5828) | 20 (162.2972) | 11 (166.8800) | 6 (170.2856) | 7 (169.1200) |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 23 / 27 (646.7316) | 21 (165.6916) | 20 (165.7372) | 23 (162.8000) | 24 (152.5028) |
| May 31, 2025 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 16 / 25 (660.0232) | 15 (167.4288) | 14 (168.5944) | 22 (161.7372) | 18 (162.2628) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | 13 / 21 (661.0168) | 15 (163.9656) | 15 (166.2284) | 12 (165.1084) | 9 (165.7144) |