Bottle Hill BBQ AB
Rating
1535
peak 1535
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
2024-06-08
latest 2026-07-03
Best ToY finish
#121
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
3
10 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
672.41 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 599.38 (+73.03)
Walk rate
88%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±152.27
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.71 · weakest Brisket (161.95)
Road miles
3202
mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 475 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
MOTLEY QUE has finished one call ahead of Bottle Hill BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Rack Addicts BBQ Team has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Q Cartel has come out ahead in 14 of their 16 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Tommy Boy Grillin in 10 of their 12 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 177.7144 | 163.4284 | 170.71 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 175.4056 | 156.5716 | 167.08 | top 47% |
| Pork | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 157.1428 | 168.27 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 149.0972 | 161.95 | top 64% |
“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 | 12 | 1 | top 43% |
| SK | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 1 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 0 | top 46% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AB (14 of 16 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (17 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Big Smoke Bonnyville (2025-09-06)
- Wins it all in 6% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 599.38
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 680.4916 | 672.53 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 673.6112 | 522.45 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 664.0344 | 654.57 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | Alberta BBQ Festival Millet, AB | 4 / 11 (680.4916) | 7 (169.6800) | 3 (171.9772) | 5 (171.4172) | 5 (167.4172) |
| 2026-06-19 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 8 / 24 (674.2744) | 10 (168.6172) | 9 (167.9772) | 3 (177.7144) | 20 (159.9656) |
| 2026-05-30 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 16 / 24 (665.1196) | 21 (163.4284) | 3 (175.4056) | 17 (169.7256) | 19 (156.5600) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 9 / 23 (670.2284) | 3 (173.1200) | 10 (167.4400) | 14 (163.3828) | 9 (166.2856) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Calmar, AB | — | 4 (172.5484) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Calmar, AB | — | — | 10 (167.4056) | — | — |
| 2025-10-11 | Bean Town BBQ Cookoff Bow Island, AB | 4 / 15 (671.9428) | 5 (170.2628) | 3 (170.8572) | 8 (164.5256) | 4 (166.2972) |
| 2025-09-27 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 8 / 23 (673.6112) | 9 (171.4056) | 14 (165.6800) | 10 (167.4056) | 9 (169.1200) |
| 2025-09-12 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB | 13 / 16 (652.4228) | 12 (165.6800) | 11 (163.9772) | 11 (163.9428) | 14 (158.8228) |
| 2025-09-06 | Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB | 1 / 15 (343.9772) | 1 (173.7028) | 2 (170.2744) | 8 (169.7144) | 7 (170.8344) |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 3 / 38 (330.8684) | 4 (166.3084) | 3 (164.5600) | 11 (171.9656) | 34 (153.6916) |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 10 / 32 (672.5376) | 13 (169.1200) | 15 (168.0116) | 16 (169.1200) | 13 (166.2860) |
| 2025-06-21 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 16 / 27 (670.2172) | 10 (171.4056) | 26 (163.9544) | 9 (173.1544) | 18 (161.7028) |
| 2025-05-31 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 10 / 25 (164.0344) | 9 (171.4056) | 17 (164.5600) | 21 (162.2744) | 22 (157.1200) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 21 / 35 (664.0344) | 21 (169.1428) | 30 (156.5716) | 4 (174.2628) | 22 (164.0572) |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 24 / 27 (645.0972) | 1 (176.5828) | 15 (162.2744) | 26 (157.1428) | 27 (149.0972) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #307 (371 pts) | #200 (609 pts) | #222 (599 pts) | #276 (416 pts) | #382 (286 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #121 (465 pts) | #132 (440 pts) | #140 (440 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #221 (998 pts) | #189 (1193 pts) | #281 (913 pts) | #234 (943 pts) | #260 (893 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1095 (80 pts) | #652 (277 pts) | #1152 (102 pts) | #745 (210 pts) | #1144 (75 pts) |