A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
ALBERTA BONES BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-06-14
latest 2018-06-16
Best ToY finish
#1854
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.39
last 5 Master vs avg 631.39 (-0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.17)
Road miles
12
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
631.39 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−4.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.84 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 40%.
- Pork Ribs avg 155.17
- Pork avg 160.01
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Porkapalooza BBQ Festival every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 6th
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.
97 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after ALBERTA BONES BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with ALBERTA BONES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2421 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTLEY QUE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKAPALOOZA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SOWBELLIES | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172.0228 | 150.8576 | 159.76 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4284 | 139.9660 | 155.17 | top 49% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172.0228 | 153.1428 | 160.01 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.3544 | 146.8344 | 156.45 | top 35% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 5 | 6 | 0 | top 38% | 2018-06-16 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-06-14 → 2018-06-16
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.17)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
2 of 5 contests
Master average
631.39
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
120–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
12
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1509
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-06-10 → 2018-06-16
Power rating
1522
peak 1522 · #2419 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- 2018
- First category win (Chicken) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2740 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score654.2740 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0228 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1522) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2018-06-16 |
| +7.1 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2017-06-10 |
| +6.2 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2015-06-19 |
| +3.7 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2014-06-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2016-06-18 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 12% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-16 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 6 / 51 (654.2740) | 1 (172.0228) | 11 (163.4284) | 19 (156.5828) | 9 (162.2400) |
| 2017-06-10 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 12 / 39 (639.8744) | 30 (151.9316) | 15 (158.2400) | 3 (172.0228) | 11 (157.6800) |
| 2016-06-18 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, CA | 31 / 42 (606.8344) | 12 (164.5600) | 40 (139.9660) | 26 (153.1428) | 25 (149.1656) |
| 2015-06-19 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 10 / 30 (636.0692) | 25 (150.8576) | 8 (162.8344) | 18 (156.0228) | 3 (166.3544) |
| 2014-06-14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta Canada, T6J 0S4 | 12 / 29 (619.9204) | 8 (159.4060) | 18 (151.3828) | 5 (162.2972) | 18 (146.8344) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1854 (119 pts) | #1725 (149 pts) | #2096 (89 pts) | #1547 (179 pts) | #2072 (89 pts) |