Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Slam Dunk BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1527 · rated over 17 contests ⓘ
Contests
17
in the data
First seen
2023-09-23
latest 2026-08-14
Best ToY finish
#257
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
3
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 17 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
669.88 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 660.38 (+9.50)
Walk rate
76%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±42.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.33 · weakest Brisket (162.94)
Road miles
7,401
mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 2280 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
660.38 / 720
17 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (10 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.
A multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Small Town Smoke Down (2025-05-31).
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
They almost always walk
76%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 13 of 17 contests
A top-10 category call in 76% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
698.8456
career-best overall
97.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 698.8456 at Small Town Smoke Down — 97.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-05-31
The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
SMELLAQUE has finished one call ahead of Slam Dunk BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
The weak link
−6.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.39 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 31% of the time against 53%.
- Brisket avg 162.94
- Chicken avg 169.33
- 5 calls in 16 entries
A strong matchup
7–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 88% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Rack Addicts BBQ Team in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
11 of 15
shared chicken entries lost
SMELLAQUE ahead 73% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 11 of 15 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Burnt Down BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The long haul
7,401
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,401 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,280 miles to Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown.
- 17 mapped stops
- furthest 2,280 mi
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
89 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2349 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Slam Dunk BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2352 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 26%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2368 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 16% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2355 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1568
No shared contest yet.
Level with Slam Dunk BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Slam Dunk BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q Cartel | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKER Q | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Bottle Hill BBQ | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Homestead Smoke Shack | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Brisket Butts | 10 | 1 | 8 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Mark's Meats and Treats | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| HOME COOKIN' BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Mc Que It | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Just Katie | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 159.4168 | 169.33 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 177.1428 | 158.8344 | 168.70 | top 42% |
| Pork | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.2056 | 168.99 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 139.9432 | 162.94 | top 59% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | 12 | 0 | top 47% |
| SK | 3 | 0 | top 58% |
| MB | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
| NS | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Medium (20–39) | 15 | 0 | top 48% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Town Smoke Down | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 25% | 2026-05-30 |
| Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 68% | 2026-05-23 |
| Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 75% | 2026-06-19 |
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 63% | 2025-08-30 |
| Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 29% | 2025-07-26 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2023-09-23 → 2026-08-14
Busiest season
2025
7 contests
Contests a season
4.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AB
12 of 17 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
10
5 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
17 entries · 0 wins · 9 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.33 · weakest Brisket (162.94)
Walk rate
76%
a top-10 call in 13 of 17 contests
Overall top-10 rate
47%
8 of 17 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
660.38
out of 720 · 17 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
138
217–233 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
7,401
17 mapped stops · furthest 2,280 mi
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1524
peak 1527 · #2357 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Smoke 'N the Valley
- First call Smoke 'N the Valley
- First category win (Pork) Smoke 'N the Valley
- First overall top-10 Smoke 'N the Valley
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Smoke 'N the Valley
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score688.0344 Smoke 'N the Valley
- 2025
- First multi-meat day Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best overall score698.8456 Small Town Smoke Down
- 10th tracked contest Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1527) Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Big Smoke Bonnyville
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12 | Smoke 'N the Valley | 2023-09-23 |
| +11.8 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2025-07-26 |
| +10.4 | Small Town Smoke Down | 2025-05-31 |
| +9.1 | Small Town Smoke Down | 2024-06-08 |
| +5.8 | Prairie Dog on the Bow | 2024-08-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | 2025-06-21 |
| -10.3 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2024-05-25 |
| -7 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2025-05-24 |
| -6.3 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2024-08-31 |
| -3.8 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2025-08-30 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 94% | 93.1% |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 71% | top 50% | 97.1% | 90.3% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60% | top 52% | 94.1% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 23% | 95.6% | 95.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB | 8 / 15 (674.2400) | 12 (166.8228) | 3 (171.4400) | 9 (165.1316) | 4 (170.8456) |
| 2026-06-19 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 13 / 24 (669.7832) | 6 (170.8572) | 3 (174.3200) | 10 (166.8800) | 21 (157.7260) |
| 2026-05-30 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 10 / 24 (677.0860) | 9 (170.2972) | 16 (168.5256) | 16 (170.8344) | 9 (167.4288) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 12 / 23 (661.0168) | 18 (162.8456) | 11 (164.5256) | 5 (175.4056) | 16 (158.2400) |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 20 / 38 (667.2800) | 12 (170.8228) | 23 (166.8344) | 16 (169.6800) | 25 (159.9428) |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 6 / 32 (683.3600) | 12 (169.1200) | 3 (176.0000) | 14 (170.2628) | 10 (167.9772) |
| 2025-06-30 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB | 11 / 24 (667.9316) | 8 (169.1200) | 10 (169.1428) | 14 (166.8344) | 15 (162.8344) |
| 2025-06-21 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 26 / 27 (503.9656) | 8 (171.9884) | 21 (165.7144) | 18 (166.2628) | — |
| 2025-06-08 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS | 6 / 12 (681.6684) | 9 (170.2856) | 6 (170.8228) | 3 (176.5600) | 9 (164.0000) |
| 2025-05-31 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 4 / 25 (698.8456) | 13 (169.1200) | 1 (177.1428) | 7 (173.7028) | 1 (178.8800) |
| 2025-05-24 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 23 / 34 (645.6224) | 27 (159.4168) | 22 (158.8344) | 16 (165.1084) | 21 (162.2628) |
| 2024-08-31 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 10 / 24 (676.5716) | 7 (172.0000) | 3 (176.5944) | 18 (165.7028) | 14 (162.2744) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 26 / 35 (653.6228) | 26 (167.3828) | 28 (160.5372) | 28 (162.2856) | 24 (163.4172) |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 11 / 28 (677.6688) | 4 (174.3088) | 9 (170.2972) | 12 (167.9772) | 18 (165.0856) |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 5 / 27 (170.8228) | 4 (174.8572) | 8 (165.7144) | 9 (172.0000) | 23 (158.8000) |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 33 / 39 (628.3776) | 21 (167.9772) | 27 (162.2516) | 26 (158.2056) | 38 (139.9432) |
| 2023-09-23 | Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK | 6 / 26 (688.0344) | 10 (171.4056) | 11 (169.2116) | 1 (180.0000) | 12 (167.4172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #432 (346 pts) | #461 (381 pts) | #426 (436 pts) | #420 (391 pts) | #508 (296 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #257 (849 pts) | #272 (829 pts) | #253 (999 pts) | #260 (879 pts) | #310 (767 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #749 (184 pts) | #752 (214 pts) | #675 (284 pts) | #878 (144 pts) | #822 (169 pts) |