High-water mark
679.2912
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.2912 at Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 8, 2025
Barbecue Heaven
Barbecue Heaven is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 11 at the Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival (2022). They finished #618 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2022
latest Aug 22, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.74
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.13 · weakest Pork (161.10)
Road miles
454
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
660.88 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #723 (150 pts) | #666 (235 pts) | #891 (140 pts) | #837 (120 pts) | #668 (210 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #618 (252 pts) | #720 (232 pts) | #655 (287 pts) | #705 (222 pts) | #692 (217 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #796 (186 pts) | #760 (236 pts) | #841 (211 pts) | #932 (161 pts) | #950 (141 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 174.2744 | 161.1544 | 170.13 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 164.5256 | 167.54 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 150.2628 | 161.10 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 167.9656 | 157.6572 | 162.10 | top 65% |
“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 field size and state
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
34
finished ahead 20 times, behind 24
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Aug 13, 2022 → Jun 8, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score679.2912 Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First call Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.6228 Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1507) Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival | Aug 13, 2022 |
| +3.7 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke | Aug 8, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown | Jun 8, 2025 |
| -1.1 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff | Aug 22, 2026 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 94.3% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff Little Brook, NS | 6 / 10 (664.9596) | 2 (173.7028) | 7 (165.0856) | 9 (158.2056) | 3 (167.9656) |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke Keswick, NB | 7 / 15 (679.2912) | 9 (171.4056) | 6 (173.1200) | 10 (169.6684) | 11 (165.0972) |
| Jun 8, 2025 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS | 11 / 12 (633.6344) | 11 (161.1544) | 8 (164.5256) | 11 (150.2628) | 11 (157.6916) |
| Aug 13, 2022 | Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival Nova Scotia | 4 / 11 (665.6228) | 2 (174.2744) | 3 (167.4284) | 5 (166.2628) | 7 (157.6572) |