High-water mark
684.0000
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 684.0000 at These Were the Days BBQ Showdown — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-08-08
BIG NORTH BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1519 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-19
latest 2015-09-05
Best ToY finish
#1676
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.82
last 3 Master vs avg 650.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.11 · weakest Brisket (154.63)
Road miles
498
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 279 mi
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
650.82 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' SOWBELLIES in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
BIG NORTH BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 82 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BIG NORTH BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG NORTH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2524 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 163.4056 | 165.88 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 175.4400 | 166.2972 | 170.11 | top 11% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 143.4400 | 160.21 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.2972 | 136.5028 | 154.63 | top 47% |
“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 | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
| SK | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 37% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2015-06-19 → 2015-09-05
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
AB
1 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 170.11 · weakest Brisket (154.63)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
650.82
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
59
52–25 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
498
3 mapped stops · furthest 279 mi
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 4% of rated contests
Power rating
1519
peak 1519 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First category win (Brisket) These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.0000 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score684.0000 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1519) BBQ on the Bow
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | These Were the Days BBQ Showdown | 2015-08-08 |
| +5.3 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2015-06-19 |
| +4.3 | BBQ on the Bow | 2015-09-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 33% | 95% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-05 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, AB | 13 / 35 (635.9428) | 17 (163.4056) | 5 (166.2972) | 4 (169.7372) | 32 (136.5028) |
| 2015-08-08 | These Were the Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK | 4 / 15 (684.0000) | 10 (166.8228) | 2 (175.4400) | 8 (167.4400) | 1 (174.2972) |
| 2015-06-19 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 11 / 30 (632.5256) | 8 (167.4172) | 2 (168.5828) | 26 (143.4400) | 13 (153.0856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1676 (120 pts) | #1988 (100 pts) | #1441 (185 pts) | #1406 (210 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |