Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Smoke 'N the Valley (2023-09-23) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMELLAQUE.
A call in 11 of 12 contests
A top-10 category call in 92% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
97.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 702.2972 at Smoke 'N the Valley — 97.5% of a perfect 720.
SMOKIN' OUTLAWS has finished one call ahead of 333BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.48 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 58% of the time against 83%.
Ahead in 89% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Kreiser Barbecue in 8 of their 9 shared contests.
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ ahead 63% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.
Finished 4 of 14 at their very first tracked contest, Agribition Supreme BBQ (2021-11-26).
Something about September: average finish in the top 15% across 3 contests, versus top 25% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,913 miles across 12 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,360 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).
Their overall lands within ±1.71% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
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.
25 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before 333BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 11 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 15 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before 333BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with 333BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Smoke Shack | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKER Q | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Smooth Smokin' | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT TREES BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Q Cartel | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Brisket Butts | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Mark's Meats and Treats | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 177.1544 | 153.6800 | 170.65 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 179.4400 | 162.8572 | 172.28 | top 24% |
| Pork | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 166.2744 | 170.37 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 176.0000 | 153.0744 | 166.80 | top 38% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK | 5 | 1 | top 28% |
| AB | 4 | 0 | top 17% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 1 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 36% | 2026-06-19 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.7 | Smoke 'N the Valley | 2023-09-23 |
| +16.1 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2022-05-28 |
| +13 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2024-05-25 |
| +12.4 | Smoke 'N the Valley | 2024-09-21 |
| +11.5 | Agribition Supreme BBQ | 2021-11-26 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75% | top 23% | 96.9% | 95.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 97.5% | 95.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% | top 19% | 95.3% | 94% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 29% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 11 / 24 (670.8452) | 12 (168.5600) | 7 (170.2512) | 11 (166.3084) | 11 (165.7256) |
| 2025-06-21 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 7 / 27 (687.4516) | 16 (169.1544) | 5 (174.2972) | 16 (169.1428) | 4 (174.8572) |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 37 / 87 (682.1484) | 52 (168.5372) | 34 (173.1084) | 50 (168.5372) | 28 (171.9656) |
| 2024-09-21 | Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | 3 / 21 (688.5260) | 5 (172.5600) | 8 (172.5716) | 9 (167.3944) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 7 / 27 (672.5372) | 6 (173.1084) | 6 (169.1316) | 17 (166.2744) | 17 (164.0228) |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 3 / 39 (697.6800) | 10 (172.0000) | 3 (175.4172) | 6 (177.1544) | 8 (173.1084) |
| 2023-09-23 | Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK | 1 / 26 (702.2972) | 2 (176.5600) | 1 (179.4400) | 4 (177.7144) | 8 (168.5828) |
| 2023-06-16 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Regina, SK | 8 / 16 (671.3832) | 11 (166.2516) | 6 (171.4288) | 4 (173.1428) | 9 (160.5600) |
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 10 / 36 (669.6228) | 1 (176.5600) | 14 (166.2628) | 5 (171.9884) | 28 (154.8116) |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 5 / 20 (674.7776) | 1 (177.1544) | 3 (174.8572) | 3 (169.6916) | 16 (153.0744) |
| 2022-05-28 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 2 / 39 (686.2172) | 3 (173.7028) | 2 (177.7144) | 9 (168.5600) | 9 (166.2400) |
| 2021-11-26 | Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina, S4P 2Z6 | 4 / 14 (657.6800) | 12 (153.6800) | 4 (162.8572) | 5 (168.5484) | 1 (172.5944) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #788 (119 pts) | #877 (114 pts) | #792 (154 pts) | #812 (119 pts) | #811 (119 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #778 (157 pts) | #1082 (97 pts) | #857 (177 pts) | #1071 (97 pts) | #725 (202 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #354 (613 pts) | #453 (473 pts) | #443 (543 pts) | #504 (398 pts) | #441 (493 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #467 (412 pts) | #539 (362 pts) | #526 (432 pts) | #514 (392 pts) | #637 (272 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #306 (754 pts) | #256 (894 pts) | #330 (784 pts) | #338 (714 pts) | #414 (559 pts) |