SMELLAQUE AB

Power ranking

#15

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1825

peak 1825

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-12-28

latest 2026-06-26

Best ToY finish

#12

Master 2025

Grand champs

9 reserve

Category wins

81 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 64 contests

Avg finish

top 17%

overall standings

Best overall

710.2972

Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship

Perfect 180s

6 🔥

Current form

697.21 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 676.30 (+20.91)

Walk rate

91%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship

Consistency

±64.05

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.48 · weakest Pork (170.75)

Road miles

43392

mi across 64 mapped stops · furthest 2280 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMELLAQUE 6 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ has landed one call behind them 6 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Kreiser Barbecue in 36 of their 39 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Porkapalooza BBQ Festival is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 3 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Finished level on points with the champion at Capital BBQ Festival (2019-05-25) — the Grand Championship went to the KCBS tiebreaker.

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 44-team field at Porkapalooza BBQ Festival.

📅 A July team

Something about July: average finish in the top 9% across 5 contests, versus top 17% the rest of the year.

📈 Riding a hot streak

Currently on a 17-contest overall top-10 run — including 2 straight Grand Championships.

Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)

PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ #125 · 1713 · AB ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ #163 · 1695 · AB SMOKIN' OUTLAWS #178 · 1690 · AB Q Cartel #255 · 1659 · AB Brisket Butts #315 · 1643 · AB Kreiser Barbecue #527 · 1589 · AB

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	64	37	6	14	180.0000 🔥	148.0112	170.82	top 32%
Pork Ribs	64	45	9	22	180.0000 🔥	142.2512	171.48	top 26%
Pork	64	43	4	19	180.0000 🔥	154.8000	170.75	top 30%
Brisket	64	46	13	26	180.0000 🔥	150.2168	171.02	top 25%

“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	23	8	top 13%
MT	10	2	top 13%
ID	3	2	top 9%
SK	3	0	top 26%
TN	2	0	top 24%
KS	2	0	top 24%
BC	2	0	top 21%
ON	2	0	top 13%
TX	2	0	top 39%
KY	1	0	top 35%
MB	1	0	top 33%
NS	1	0	top 42%
WY	1	0	top 43%
AR	1	0	top 64%
AZ	1	0	top 19%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	11	5	top 17%
Medium (20–39)	41	10	top 16%
Large (40+)	11	1	top 23%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2025 (13 contests)
Cooks mostly in AB (23 of 64 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (64 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Porkapalooza BBQ Festival (2019-06-15)
Wins it all in 27% of contests
All-time average overall score: 676.30
6 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

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

Season	Contests	GCs	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	4	3	2	710.2972	699.97
2025	13	5	5	708.5484	693.01
2024	12	2	7	699.4284	692.48
2023	9	1	5	702.8228	688.70
2022	7	0	3	691.4172	671.55
2021	4	2	5	692.6056	681.88
2020	1	0	2	657.2000	657.20
2019	13	3	2	690.9256	631.39
2018	1	0	0	684.0000	684.00

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-26	Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID	1 / 31 (709.1772)	8 (176.5600)	2 (178.2972)	7 (176.6172)	4 (177.7028)
2026-06-12	Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT	1 / 29 (691.9428)	2 (176.5828)	3 (174.8572)	8 (171.9656)	11 (168.5372)
2026-05-30	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	4 / 24 (688.4796)	11 (169.6684)	9 (173.1200)	3 (176.0228)	4 (169.6684)
2026-05-23	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	1 / 23 (710.2972)	1 (179.4400)	1 (180.0000)	10 (173.1428)	2 (177.7144)
2025-10-31	"Spooky Q" 1792 Monticello, KY	8 / 23 (686.1596)	14 (169.1084)	8 (170.8228)	8 (174.2628)	12 (171.9656)
2025-10-10	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	6 / 90 (698.2284)	65 (169.1200)	25 (175.4056)	20 (176.0000)	5 (177.7028)
2025-09-27	Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB	2 / 23 (688.5144)	1 (179.4400)	11 (167.9772)	17 (163.3828)	1 (177.7144)
2025-09-06	Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB	1 / 15 (697.0972)	4 (173.1200)	2 (175.4172)	3 (173.1200)	3 (175.4400)
2025-08-30	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	1 / 38 (697.6684)	6 (173.7028)	3 (173.7028)	3 (175.4056)	4 (174.8572)
2025-08-22	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	6 / 38 (695.9656)	5 (177.1428)	5 (177.7372)	23 (170.2628)	17 (170.8228)
2025-07-26	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	1 / 32 (700.5600)	2 (175.4400)	1 (178.8800)	8 (173.1200)	5 (173.1200)
2025-06-30	Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB	8 / 24 (678.8572)	13 (166.2972)	11 (168.5944)	3 (175.4172)	8 (168.5484)
2025-06-27	Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID	1 / 32 (708.5484)	2 (177.7028)	1 (178.8800)	12 (173.1084)	1 (178.8572)
2025-06-13	Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT	5 / 33 (682.2516)	13 (171.9772)	8 (170.2744)	18 (163.4400)	2 (176.5600)
2025-06-08	Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS	5 / 12 (682.7884)	2 (180.0000)	10 (158.2284)	7 (168.0000)	3 (176.5600)
2025-05-31	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	3 / 25 (700.5828)	4 (176.5944)	5 (174.2628)	8 (172.5828)	2 (177.1428)
2025-05-24	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	1 / 34 (691.9084)	4 (173.1200)	7 (169.1200)	2 (176.5600)	6 (173.1084)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS	25 / 169 (695.3484)	24 (176.5600)	117 (169.1200)	31 (175.4056)	50 (174.2628)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	146 / 444 (683.9200)	31 (177.7028)	186 (170.2860)	196 (169.7028)	256 (166.2284)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-08-31	Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB	3 / 24 (685.1084)	10 (171.4056)	1 (178.8572)	7 (172.5828)	15 (162.2628)
2024-08-31	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	2 / 35 (696.5488)	5 (174.2972)	3 (175.4172)	8 (171.4172)	7 (175.4172)
2024-08-23	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	4 / 39 (697.2116)	4 (177.1544)	22 (169.1772)	10 (172.5828)	2 (178.2972)
2024-08-09	East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT	1 / 18 (693.1428)	1 (178.8572)	7 (169.1428)	2 (176.0000)	7 (169.1428)
2024-07-27	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	2 / 28 (691.9772)	8 (170.8456)	3 (175.4288)	9 (169.1428)	1 (176.5600)
2024-06-28	Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID	6 / 28 (693.0628)	11 (171.9656)	12 (172.5600)	1 (180.0000)	13 (168.5372)
2024-06-08	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	1 / 27 (699.4284)	3 (174.8800)	1 (179.4400)	12 (170.2512)	1 (174.8572)
2024-06-01	Columbia Valley Smoke Show Invermere, BC	2 / 9 (690.8112)	7 (161.6456)	2 (173.1428)	2 (180.0000)	1 (176.0228)
2024-05-25	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	6 / 39 (690.7656)	19 (169.1084)	11 (170.8228)	3 (178.8572)	10 (171.9772)
2023-10-06	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	12 / 28 (673.0168)	14 (166.8456)	14 (167.3828)	25 (158.7884)	1 (180.0000)
2023-09-23	Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK	5 / 26 (689.0744)	7 (173.1200)	6 (173.1316)	3 (177.7372)	14 (165.0856)
2023-09-16	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB	5 / 29 (691.9316)	16 (168.5372)	2 (177.7144)	13 (168.5372)	3 (177.1428)
2023-09-02	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	9 / 40 (675.9424)	17 (167.9884)	7 (173.7028)	8 (173.7256)	23 (160.5256)
2023-08-25	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	2 / 44 (701.1200)	15 (172.0000)	3 (178.8572)	9 (171.9656)	1 (178.2972)
2023-08-05	East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT	7 / 24 (684.4796)	14 (166.8228)	2 (176.5600)	7 (170.8456)	12 (170.2512)
2023-07-20	Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB	1 / 12 (702.8228)	6 (174.2628)	1 (178.8572)	4 (174.2628)	1 (175.4400)
2023-06-09	Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT	5 / 36 (693.7488)	18 (169.7144)	11 (172.5944)	4 (174.8800)	3 (176.5600)
2023-06-03	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	6 / 23 (686.1940)	19 (161.0740)	4 (176.5600)	8 (169.1200)	1 (179.4400)
2022-09-30	Monterrey BBQ Fest San Pedro Garza Garcia,	4 / 25 (641.6112)	1 (176.0000)	7 (160.5484)	10 (154.8000)	10 (150.2628)
2022-09-10	Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK	6 / 18 (668.0572)	9 (164.0228)	9 (164.0116)	2 (171.4628)	5 (168.5600)
2022-09-03	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	4 / 36 (677.6912)	13 (167.9656)	16 (165.1200)	1 (177.1428)	8 (167.4628)
2022-08-26	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	10 / 37 (690.7772)	14 (170.8228)	5 (175.4288)	14 (170.2628)	6 (174.2628)
2022-06-24	Columbia Valley Smokeshow Invermere, V0A1K0	2 / 11 (691.4172)	2 (177.1772)	7 (169.1200)	1 (177.1544)	7 (167.9656)
2022-06-03	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB	16 / 31 (660.4684)	18 (160.0000)	7 (171.9772)	26 (158.7884)	9 (169.7028)
2022-05-28	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB	6 / 39 (670.8228)	11 (165.7144)	3 (174.2628)	22 (157.1428)	2 (173.7028)
2021-11-26	Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina, S4P 2Z6	2 / 14 (676.0340)	5 (169.1084)	2 (167.4400)	2 (174.8800)	5 (164.6056)
2021-08-27	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	3 / 31 (691.3944)	4 (176.5600)	11 (170.8344)	8 (169.7028)	5 (174.2972)
2021-08-14	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB	1 / 25 (692.6056)	1 (169.1428)	1 (170.8572)	1 (178.3200)	1 (174.2856)
2021-07-10	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3	1 / 16 (667.4856)	7 (164.0116)	6 (161.1656)	4 (165.7256)	1 (176.5828)
2020-09-26	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	2 / 21 (657.2000)	18 (148.0112)	1 (174.8916)	11 (161.1428)	1 (173.1544)
2019-10-25	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN	40 / 97 (679.3708)	39 (171.4056)	27 (173.7028)	48 (168.5484)	55 (165.7140)
2019-09-01	Prairie Dog on the Bow Alberta, T2P 2M2	1 / 13 (690.9256)	2 (174.2856)	1 (173.1428)	2 (169.1656)	2 (174.3316)
2019-08-31	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7	1 / 37 (179.4400)	11 (165.7028)	4 (169.7028)	2 (172.0344)	5 (162.8572)
2019-08-23	Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	5 / 23 (660.4912)	9 (164.5256)	3 (173.1544)	9 (163.3828)	12 (159.4284)
2019-08-10	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	5 / 20 (641.0284)	15 (149.6228)	5 (163.4400)	5 (162.8228)	2 (165.1428)
2019-07-20	Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC	4 / 21 (667.3140)	11 (163.4056)	4 (167.4172)	3 (171.9656)	4 (164.5256)
2019-06-21	Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0	3 / 23 (675.9428)	4 (173.1428)	7 (168.5944)	12 (166.2400)	3 (167.9656)
2019-06-15	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1	1 / 44 (690.9256)	1 (176.5828)	4 (174.3200)	4 (172.5600)	11 (167.4628)
2019-06-08	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	5 / 19 (653.1312)	3 (170.8572)	16 (142.2512)	2 (172.0000)	3 (168.0228)
2019-05-25	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	2 / 43 (674.8800)	8 (169.7256)	11 (167.9772)	5 (171.4400)	12 (165.7372)
2019-02-15	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	13 / 33 (685.6912)	9 (173.1428)	14 (170.8800)	11 (172.5484)	15 (169.1200)
2019-02-08	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship Little Rock, AR	59 / 92 (670.7428)	45 (170.8228)	52 (166.2400)	40 (168.5600)	68 (165.1200)
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	48 / 126 (638.1596)	35 (164.5600)	29 (166.8344)	72 (156.5484)	83 (150.2168)
2018-12-28	Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ	9 / 47 (684.0000)	7 (176.0228)	13 (174.2628)	14 (171.4172)	31 (162.2972)

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	#75 (1032 pts)	#131 (797 pts)	#124 (892 pts)	#158 (657 pts)	#120 (777 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#12 (2391 pts)	#23 (2101 pts)	#45 (1978 pts)	#68 (1730 pts)	#15 (2200 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#30 (2129 pts)	#81 (1579 pts)	#55 (1779 pts)	#50 (1749 pts)	#39 (1794 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#93 (1524 pts)	#247 (894 pts)	#69 (1659 pts)	#126 (1334 pts)	#80 (1574 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#95 (1584 pts)	#124 (1339 pts)	#130 (1369 pts)	#108 (1424 pts)	#101 (1469 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#252 (772 pts)	#323 (627 pts)	#375 (557 pts)	#339 (617 pts)	#278 (722 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#440 (246 pts)	#850 (81 pts)	#439 (271 pts)	#755 (116 pts)	#433 (271 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#53 (2169 pts)	#101 (1734 pts)	#96 (1739 pts)	#68 (1889 pts)	#94 (1734 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#142 (1665 pts)	#196 (1370 pts)	#153 (1510 pts)	#246 (1210 pts)	#129 (1650 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#60 (2229 pts)	#54 (2085 pts)	#89 (1862 pts)	#132 (1683 pts)	#51 (2110 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#105 (1947 pts)	#126 (1707 pts)	#118 (1712 pts)	#160 (1537 pts)	#194 (1502 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1116 (260 pts)	#2017 (95 pts)	#1128 (285 pts)	#1727 (130 pts)	#1091 (285 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1920 (105 pts)	#2029 (100 pts)	#1970 (110 pts)	#1653 (155 pts)	#1985 (105 pts)