TEAM CANADA BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3756

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1488

peak 1488 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2017-05-19

Best ToY finish

#1970

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0400 / 720

Master · Holy Smokes BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

639.36 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 634.95 (+4.41)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Pork Ribs · Holy Smokes BBQ Competition

Consistency

±19.24

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.76 · weakest Pork (154.02)

Road miles

5,922

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 2071 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

634.95 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

673.0400 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.0400 at Holy Smokes BBQ Competition — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-08-05

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.7 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.75 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 25%.

Pork avg 154.02
Pork Ribs avg 162.76
1 calls in 8 entries

Pork Ribs nemesis

3 of 4 shared pork ribs entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

POT BELLY BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

5,922 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,922 miles across 8 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,071 miles to World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series).

8 mapped stops
furthest 2,071 mi

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138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Matty B's BBQ

#3763 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

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Shank N Shig BBQ

#3765 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after TEAM CANADA BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-07-19

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Pits and Giggles

#3768 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Level with TEAM CANADA BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2021-07-30

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MAGNUM P.I.G.

#3778 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

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Drewbie-Que

#3753 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

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I'll Tell You Later BBQ

#3770 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-09-12

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	0	165.1200	150.2400	159.71	top 61%
Pork Ribs	8	2	1	173.1544	151.9998	162.76	top 44%
Pork	8	1	0	166.8228	138.1828	154.02	top 71%
Brisket	8	3	1	171.4172	141.7140	161.84	top 46%

“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

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	3	top 64%
MI	2	top 80%
OH	1	top 26%
MD	1	top 64%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 64%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Ironman	2	21	0	top 56%	2016-04-01

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2017-05-19

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 3 of 8 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.76 · weakest Pork (154.02)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 634.95 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 267 119–209 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,922 8 mapped stops · furthest 2,071 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2014-07-04

Power rating 1488 peak 1488 · #3756 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1496) Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
2014
Jul 4 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Aug 5 First overall top-10 Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
Aug 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0400 Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
Aug 5 Career-best overall score673.0400 Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
Aug 5 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1544 Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
2017
May 19 Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.1	Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	2016-08-05
+4.4	The Ironman	2015-04-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-06-26
-6.9	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	2017-05-19
-4.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-07-04
-4.4	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	2013-04-19
-3.3	The Ironman	2016-04-01

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0%	top 81%	88.4%	88.4%
2016	2	1	100%	top 47%	93.5%	89.8%
2015	2	0	50%	top 64%	89.5%	88%
2014	2	0	50%	top 76%	88.7%	88.7%
2013	1	0	0%	top 64%	84.6%	84.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-05-19	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	43 / 53 (636.3544)	32 (165.1200)	31 (161.0972)	48 (146.2060)	22 (163.9312)
2016-08-05	Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH	6 / 23 (673.0400)	13 (163.9428)	2 (173.1544)	8 (166.8228)	8 (169.1200)
2016-04-01	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	37 / 54 (619.7828)	28 (161.0856)	9 (166.8344)	52 (138.1828)	37 (153.6800)
2015-06-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	25 / 30 (623.2112)	19 (159.3712)	14 (160.5372)	30 (142.7428)	16 (160.5600)
2015-04-03	The Ironman Shady Grove, PA	21 / 48 (644.4000)	33 (157.0856)	30 (155.9544)	21 (159.9428)	3 (171.4172)
2014-11-13	World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV	—	—	19 (168.5828)	26 (164.5256)	19 (169.1428)
2014-07-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	16 / 21 (638.7200)	20 (150.2400)	13 (163.9428)	16 (159.4172)	8 (165.1200)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	68 / 106 (609.1422)	33 (161.1428)	57 (151.9998)	65 (154.2856)	89 (141.7140)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#1737 (145 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1993 (91 pts)	#2537 (71 pts)	#2001 (106 pts)	#2094 (91 pts)	#1760 (141 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)