They almost always walk
78%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 78% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Northlands Pitmasters
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1504 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2014-06-14
latest 2017-09-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.22 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 620.29 (+2.93)
Walk rate
78%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.83 · weakest Brisket (151.32)
Road miles
931
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 189 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
620.29 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
SMOKIN' SOWBELLIES has finished one call ahead of Northlands Pitmasters 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
8–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 89% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.51 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 151.32
- Chicken avg 160.83
- 3 calls in 9 entries
Chicken nemesis
7 of 9
shared chicken entries lost
SMELLAQUE ahead 78% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Big Boy BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The metronome
±2.09%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.09% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 86.2% of a perfect score
- 9 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Porkapalooza BBQ Festival every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 8th
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.
104 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3145 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3152 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Northlands Pitmasters on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3156 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3171 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKAPALOOZA | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SOWBELLIES | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoky Butt BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU NEED A BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ TEAM NAIT | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Boy BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| HOUSE OF Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SUPER BBQ BROS. CANADA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' SAUCED BBQ CANADA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 153.1432 | 160.83 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 145.0972 | 152.93 | top 60% |
| Pork | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 146.7656 | 155.21 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 168.0000 | 122.0572 | 151.32 | top 52% |
“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 | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 53% | 2017-06-10 |
| BBQ on the Bow | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 57% | 2017-09-02 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2014-06-14 → 2017-09-02
Busiest season
2017
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AB
2 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.83 · weakest Brisket (151.32)
Walk rate
78%
a top-10 call in 7 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
22%
2 of 9 contests
Master average
620.29
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
149–151 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
931
9 mapped stops · furthest 189 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-06-14 → 2015-06-19
Power rating
1501
peak 1504 · #3160 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- 2016
- First overall top-10 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score638.9028 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.0000 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1504) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2016-06-18 |
| +8.2 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch | 2017-05-13 |
| +2.1 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2017-06-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2015-06-19 |
| -5 | BBQ on the Bow | 2016-09-03 |
| -2.3 | BBQ on the Bow | 2017-09-02 |
| -0.9 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2014-06-14 |
| -0.5 | *BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede | 2017-07-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 48% | 88.5% | 86.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 88.7% | 87.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 87.5% | 84.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 25 / 42 (609.5888) | 19 (158.2972) | 35 (145.0972) | 23 (155.4172) | 22 (150.7772) |
| 2017-07-07 | *BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede Calgary, T2 W 3J6 | 13 / 23 (620.5264) | 6 (167.4400) | 21 (146.2288) | 16 (150.8344) | 9 (156.0232) |
| 2017-06-10 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 18 / 39 (624.3768) | 9 (165.7028) | 14 (159.9656) | 31 (146.7656) | 20 (151.9428) |
| 2017-05-13 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Okotoks, AB | 10 / 34 (637.0740) | 12 (164.6056) | 21 (154.8344) | 16 (158.8112) | 10 (158.8228) |
| 2016-09-03 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA | 24 / 35 (624.5260) | 31 (153.1432) | 27 (149.7144) | 9 (165.0856) | 21 (156.5828) |
| 2016-06-18 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, CA | 8 / 42 (638.9028) | 16 (161.7600) | 22 (154.2744) | 22 (154.8684) | 2 (168.0000) |
| 2015-09-05 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, AB | 19 / 35 (629.6800) | 21 (159.4056) | 9 (160.5716) | 12 (163.4056) | 28 (146.2972) |
| 2015-06-19 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 27 / 30 (587.7024) | 21 (154.8112) | 13 (157.1312) | 19 (153.7028) | 29 (122.0572) |
| 2014-06-14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta Canada, T6J 0S4 | 16 / 29 (610.2396) | 4 (162.3200) | 20 (148.5484) | 19 (147.9884) | 16 (151.3828) |