NATURAL BORN GRILLER'S ALBERTA

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

Power ranking

#3292

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1498

peak 1506 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-06-18

latest 2018-08-24

Best ToY finish

#1965

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

659.4972 / 720

Master · *Montana Pitmaster Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

616.85 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 618.88 (-2.03)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Chicken · *Montana Pitmaster Classic

Consistency

±20.56

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.23 · weakest Brisket (151.62)

Road miles

914

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 553 mi

Schedule strength

11%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)

Master avg

618.88 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.61 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 151.62
Chicken avg 161.23
0 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOG HEADS in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

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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.

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

Tim Tom's BBQ

#3306 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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Run Pig Run

#3277 of the rated field

1498 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1498

No shared contest yet.

Level with NATURAL BORN GRILLER'S ALBERTA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2023-04-21

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Outagas

#3286 of the rated field

1498 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2020-02-08

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Three Blondes and a Bald

#3298 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1498

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-09-21

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SMOKIN BUTT BBQ

#3305 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-05-20

⚔ Head-to-head

PICK'N OUR BUTTS

#3274 of the rated field

1498 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKAPALOOZA	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
YOU NEED A BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HOG HEADS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BBQ TEAM NAIT	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	172.5600	151.9428	161.23	top 44%
Pork Ribs	6	1	167.4172	127.7828	153.09	top 54%
Pork	6	1	166.9028	145.6800	152.94	top 66%
Brisket	6	0	161.0856	138.8576	151.62	top 56%

“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
MT	1	top 35%
AB	1	top 60%
CA	1	top 33%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 58%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 52%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	3	14	0	top 60%	2018-06-16

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2016-06-18 → 2018-08-24

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MT 1 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 4 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.23 · weakest Brisket (151.62)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 1 of 6 contests

Master average 618.88 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 129 98–121 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 914 6 mapped stops · furthest 553 mi

Schedule strength 1516 average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests

Power rating 1498 peak 1506 · #3292 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Jun 18 First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 18 Peak power rating (1506) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
2017
Sep 2 First call BBQ on the Bow
2018
Aug 24 First overall top-10 *Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4972 *Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 24 Career-best overall score659.4972 *Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 *Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 24 Most recent contest *Montana Pitmaster Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.9	*Montana Pitmaster Classic	2018-08-24
+6.3	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2016-06-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2017-06-10
-5.2	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2018-06-16
-0.7	*Battle River BBQ Showdown	2018-08-18
-0.5	BBQ on the Bow	2017-09-02

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	3	1	33%	top 54%	91.6%	86.8%
2017	2	0	50%	top 67%	85%	83.9%
2016	1	0	0%	top 33%	87.4%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-24	*Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	9 / 26 (659.4972)	4 (172.5600)	9 (167.4172)	9 (166.9028)	16 (152.6172)
2018-08-18	*Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	15 / 25 (609.6576)	18 (157.1428)	17 (150.2172)	20 (150.8688)	14 (151.4288)
2018-06-16	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1	35 / 51 (606.6404)	13 (163.4632)	51 (127.7828)	25 (154.3088)	12 (161.0856)
2017-09-02	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6	23 / 42 (611.9436)	8 (163.4400)	27 (150.2516)	32 (148.5260)	24 (149.7260)
2017-06-10	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1	31 / 39 (596.5032)	29 (151.9428)	12 (160.0228)	33 (145.6800)	37 (138.8576)
2016-06-18	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, CA	14 / 42 (629.0516)	23 (158.8228)	11 (162.8460)	29 (151.3828)	17 (156.0000)

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	#1965 (115 pts)	#2283 (70 pts)	#1818 (130 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2112 (100 pts)