A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CANADIAN SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-14
latest 2017-06-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.88
last 3 Master vs avg 605.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.46)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
Master avg
605.88 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Porkapalooza BBQ Festival (2017-06-10).
- last seen 2015-06-19
- back 2017-06-10
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Smoky Butt BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
CANADIAN SMOKE has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3737 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1488
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to CANADIAN SMOKE)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CANADIAN SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after CANADIAN SMOKE did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with CANADIAN SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 148.5828 | 157.54 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4056 | 143.4288 | 146.46 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 136.5140 | 149.50 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.0572 | 147.4060 | 152.37 | top 47% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 3 | 18 | 0 | top 66% | 2017-06-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-06-14 → 2017-06-10
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.46)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.88
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
70
35–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1508
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-06-19 → 2017-06-10
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null 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
- Peak power rating (1490) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Career-best overall score614.8460 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5944 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.2 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2017-06-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2014-06-14 |
| -2 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2015-06-19 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-10 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 21 / 39 (614.8460) | 10 (164.5944) | 32 (143.4288) | 23 (153.1656) | 17 (153.6572) |
| 2015-06-19 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 18 / 30 (606.2172) | 26 (148.5828) | 21 (151.4056) | 15 (158.8228) | 19 (147.4060) |
| 2014-06-14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta Canada, T6J 0S4 | 24 / 29 (596.5712) | 7 (159.4400) | 25 (144.5600) | 27 (136.5140) | 10 (156.0572) |