403 BBQ CO

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

Power ranking

#1820

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1546

peak 1552 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-05-12

latest 2022-09-03

Best ToY finish

#556

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

673.1888 / 720

Master · Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.55 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 630.89 (+14.66)

Walk rate

85%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.3200

Brisket · Barbeque on the Bow

Consistency

±45.56

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.80 · weakest Pork (160.03)

Road miles

1,208

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Master avg

630.89 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

They almost always walk

85% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 11 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 85% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

673.1888 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.1888 at Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-06-03

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

YOU NEED A BBQ has finished one call ahead of 403 BBQ CO 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 28%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 28%

A tough matchup

12–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 11 shared pork ribs entries lost

SMELLAQUE ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 23% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 23% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 40% the rest of the year

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.

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

Florida Boy's BBQ

#1809 of the rated field

1547 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1547

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-07-25

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PIG IRON

#1825 of the rated field

1546 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before 403 BBQ CO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 12 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

In Hognito

#1817 of the rated field

1546 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-09-19

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Cook Shack BBQ

#1814 of the rated field

1546 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1554

No shared contest yet.

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

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BLACKSTRAP BBQ

#1828 of the rated field

1546 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before 403 BBQ CO's first contest.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-06-16
on a 5-contest top-10 run

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Bottle Hill BBQ

#1813 of the rated field

1546 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Level with 403 BBQ CO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
Kreiser Barbecue	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
YOU NEED A BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
Rack Addicts BBQ Team	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
FROZEN TOQUE BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Dos Smokin Bros	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ TEAM NAIT	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Fire BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
DIDY SMOKE IT	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	3	0	1	174.8572	151.9772	160.07	top 51%
Pork Ribs	12	7	0	2	174.8800	156.0000	162.80	top 36%
Pork	13	6	0	1	172.0228	142.7884	160.03	top 44%
Brisket	13	6	2	3	178.3200	136.4688	160.51	top 37%

“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)	10	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 31%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2	18	top 59%	2022-05-28
Battle River BBQ Showdown	2	6	top 37%	2019-08-10
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2	11	top 26%	2019-06-15

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2018-05-12 → 2022-09-03

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AB 8 of 13 contests

Contests visited 10 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.80 · weakest Pork (160.03)

Walk rate 85% a top-10 call in 11 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 46% 6 of 13 contests

Master average 630.89 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 167 254–165 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,208 13 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi

Schedule strength 1530 average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2019-08-31 → 2020-09-26

Power rating 1546 peak 1552 · #1820 of 6,413 rated

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

2018
May 12 First tracked contest Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
May 12 First call Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
May 12 First overall top-10 Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
2019
May 25 First category win (Brisket) Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ
May 25 First overall podium Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ
May 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7768 Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ
Aug 10 Peak power rating (1552) Battle River BBQ Showdown
2021
Aug 14 10th tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
2022
Jun 3 Career-best overall score673.1888 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
Sep 3 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.3200 Barbeque on the Bow
Sep 3 Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.5	Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ	2019-05-25
+10.6	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch	2018-05-12
+10.3	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta	2022-06-03
+10.1	BBQ on the Bow	2020-09-26
+10	*Battle River BBQ Showdown	2018-08-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.2	BBQ on the Bow	2019-08-31
-7.5	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2021-08-14
-3.7	Barbeque on the Bow	2022-09-03

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	3	1	1	67%	top 39%	93.5%	91.5%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 72%	85.3%	85.3%
2020	1	1	0	100%	top 24%	88.6%	88.6%
2019	4	2	1	100%	top 48%	92.1%	84%
2018	4	2	0	75%	top 28%	89.9%	88.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-09-03	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	18 / 36 (657.0856)	34 (151.9772)	19 (162.8000)	20 (163.9884)	1 (178.3200)
2022-06-03	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB	6 / 31 (673.1888)	15 (163.4172)	3 (174.8800)	8 (172.0228)	15 (162.8688)
2022-05-28	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB	18 / 39 (645.6116)	17 (163.4172)	21 (162.2744)	19 (161.0972)	21 (158.8228)
2021-08-14	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB	18 / 25 (614.1948)	9 (160.0344)	11 (158.8572)	11 (158.8344)	24 (136.4688)
2020-09-26	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	5 / 21 (637.6456)	15 (152.5256)	9 (156.0000)	4 (167.4172)	5 (161.7028)
2019-08-31	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7	37 / 37 (482.7540)	25 (154.8000)	—	4 (168.5600)	12 (159.3940)
2019-08-10	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	10 / 20 (624.5252)	12 (155.3828)	10 (157.7028)	7 (155.4512)	10 (155.9884)
2019-06-15	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1	13 / 44 (649.7260)	13 (163.4516)	6 (173.1428)	40 (142.8572)	3 (170.2744)
2019-05-25	Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB	3 / 22 (662.7768)	2 (174.8572)	8 (161.6912)	15 (154.2056)	1 (172.0228)
2018-09-01	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6	18 / 43 (622.2056)	21 (160.5716)	15 (157.7028)	37 (142.7884)	15 (161.1428)
2018-08-18	*Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	6 / 25 (643.9544)	11 (161.7028)	2 (168.6060)	16 (156.5716)	5 (157.0740)
2018-06-16	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1	11 / 51 (640.5024)	10 (164.5484)	26 (157.0628)	4 (166.8684)	29 (152.0228)
2018-05-12	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde, T1A5H8	7 / 30 (647.3596)	27 (154.2628)	10 (162.8228)	3 (169.7256)	14 (160.5484)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#556 (361 pts)	#693 (266 pts)	#579 (401 pts)	#610 (326 pts)	#481 (471 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1134 (85 pts)	#920 (135 pts)	#1023 (120 pts)	#960 (120 pts)	#1531 (55 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#565 (171 pts)	#803 (96 pts)	#675 (131 pts)	#530 (196 pts)	#594 (171 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#624 (522 pts)	#636 (537 pts)	#757 (437 pts)	#645 (517 pts)	#447 (752 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#776 (420 pts)	#1117 (255 pts)	#735 (490 pts)	#861 (385 pts)	#850 (395 pts)