ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ AB
Rating
1695
peak 1695
Contests
29
in the data
First seen
2019-05-25
latest 2025-07-26
Best ToY finish
#46
Master 2022
Grand champs
5
7 reserve
Category wins
15
34 podiums
Overall top-10s
28
of 29 contests
Avg finish
top 19%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
581.67 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 662.87 (-81.20)
Walk rate
93%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
15
best run (overall)
Consistency
±91.48
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.66 · weakest Brisket (168.17)
Road miles
9303
mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 1259 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SMELLAQUE has finished one call ahead of ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SMELLAQUE has landed one call behind them 6 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
BURNT TREES BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Fire BBQ in 18 of their 18 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.0344 points of the Grand Championship at Prairie Dog on the Bow (2024-08-31).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 39-team field at Porkapalooza BBQ Festival.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 8% across 5 contests, versus top 19% the rest of the year.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 12-contest overall top-10 run.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ (2019-05-25).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 29 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.0000 | 170.32 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 29 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 178.8800 | 161.1200 | 170.66 | top 27% |
| Pork | 29 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 178.8800 | 153.0856 | 170.59 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 29 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 176.5600 | 154.2628 | 168.17 | top 31% |
“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 | 14 | 3 | top 13% |
| SK | 5 | 0 | top 24% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
| MB | 1 | 0 | top 29% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 7 | 1 | top 19% |
| Medium (20–39) | 19 | 4 | top 15% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 36% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AB (14 of 29 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (29 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ (2019-05-25)
- Wins it all in 17% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 662.87
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 689.1772 | 580.54 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 690.2056 | 688.64 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 685.6228 | 681.87 |
| 2022 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 695.4284 | 683.01 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 680.5140 | 680.51 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 684.5828 | 667.97 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 9 / 32 (675.3140) | 17 (167.4056) | 2 (176.5600) | 22 (163.9428) | 11 (167.4056) |
| 2025-06-30 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB | 7 / 24 (679.9544) | 12 (167.9656) | 16 (164.5716) | 6 (172.0000) | 4 (175.4172) |
| 2025-06-21 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 9 / 27 (684.5600) | 17 (169.1428) | 4 (174.2972) | 11 (172.5944) | 12 (168.5256) |
| 2025-05-31 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 2 / 25 (173.7144) | 6 (173.7144) | 6 (173.7028) | 1 (178.8800) | 11 (168.5256) |
| 2025-05-24 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 2 / 34 (689.1772) | 15 (166.2972) | 3 (172.5944) | 5 (173.7256) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2024-08-31 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 2 / 24 (690.2056) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (169.6916) | 4 (173.7028) | 9 (166.8112) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 5 / 35 (688.5256) | 17 (169.7256) | 1 (176.0000) | 7 (173.1200) | 15 (169.6800) |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 4 / 28 (688.4684) | 2 (175.4056) | 7 (171.4172) | 4 (173.1200) | 11 (168.5256) |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 8 / 39 (687.3716) | 27 (164.5372) | 1 (176.5600) | 9 (174.2744) | 9 (172.0000) |
| 2023-09-23 | Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK | 7 / 26 (685.6228) | 9 (171.9772) | 9 (169.7028) | 8 (175.4056) | 9 (168.5372) |
| 2023-06-16 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Regina, SK | 6 / 16 (676.0112) | 5 (172.5828) | 1 (176.6172) | 14 (162.8456) | 8 (163.9656) |
| 2023-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 7 / 23 (683.9656) | 4 (177.7028) | 6 (170.8228) | 13 (165.7488) | 8 (169.6912) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 164 / 249 (675.9544) | 104 (172.0116) | 159 (169.1200) | 86 (172.5600) | 219 (162.2628) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 147 / 505 (679.9084) | 109 (172.5600) | 364 (162.8228) | 106 (173.1200) | 109 (171.4056) |
| 2022-09-10 | Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK | 2 / 18 (674.7656) | 1 (170.8572) | 3 (171.4400) | 8 (165.0856) | 6 (167.3828) |
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 1 / 36 (685.1084) | 6 (170.8456) | 10 (167.4400) | 4 (174.2628) | 3 (172.5600) |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 3 / 19 (670.7428) | 5 (167.3828) | 8 (166.2972) | 3 (170.8344) | 8 (166.2284) |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 1 / 20 (690.8000) | 3 (174.2856) | 4 (172.5600) | 4 (169.6800) | 2 (174.2744) |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 2 / 31 (691.4056) | 8 (170.2628) | 6 (172.0116) | 1 (177.1428) | 6 (171.9884) |
| 2022-05-28 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 1 / 39 (695.4284) | 2 (173.7256) | 1 (178.8800) | 3 (176.0000) | 8 (166.8228) |
| 2021-11-26 | Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina, S4P 2Z6 | 1 / 14 (680.5140) | 2 (170.2628) | 5 (161.7028) | 1 (177.1428) | 2 (171.4056) |
| 2019-09-27 | BBQ In The Badlands Glendive, MT | 6 / 25 (664.9824) | 3 (167.3828) | 14 (161.1200) | 10 (164.5140) | 2 (171.9656) |
| 2019-09-01 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Alberta, T2P 2M2 | 2 / 13 (684.5828) | 1 (175.4056) | 9 (164.0344) | 1 (176.0000) | 4 (169.1428) |
| 2019-08-31 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7 | 3 / 37 (661.6224) | 1 (177.1428) | 1 (171.9656) | 26 (153.0856) | 10 (159.4284) |
| 2019-08-10 | Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB | 4 / 20 (644.5600) | 6 (160.0000) | 9 (161.7144) | 3 (168.5828) | 12 (154.2628) |
| 2019-07-26 | Rumble on the River Morris MB, R0G 1K0 | 5 / 15 (671.4632) | 8 (161.1200) | 6 (169.1544) | 4 (170.8572) | 4 (170.3316) |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 6 / 44 (672.0000) | 21 (160.5712) | 1 (177.7372) | 5 (171.9772) | 16 (161.7144) |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK | 2 / 19 (666.8228) | 2 (171.4400) | 2 (175.4516) | 11 (154.2628) | 5 (165.6684) |
| 2019-05-25 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB | 1 / 22 (677.7140) | 5 (167.4400) | 1 (173.2000) | 3 (172.5484) | 6 (164.5256) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #260 (847 pts) | #399 (577 pts) | #270 (952 pts) | #284 (817 pts) | #294 (797 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #279 (792 pts) | #341 (687 pts) | #283 (862 pts) | #315 (712 pts) | #426 (512 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #422 (465 pts) | #442 (500 pts) | #430 (565 pts) | #547 (350 pts) | #474 (415 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #46 (1942 pts) | #72 (1602 pts) | #113 (1427 pts) | #67 (1662 pts) | #106 (1462 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #120 (1689 pts) | #134 (1564 pts) | #126 (1599 pts) | #171 (1379 pts) | #186 (1309 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #238 (1278 pts) | #364 (953 pts) | #205 (1333 pts) | #316 (1038 pts) | #339 (998 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #233 (1388 pts) | #206 (1383 pts) | #317 (1123 pts) | #242 (1293 pts) | #391 (973 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #185 (1578 pts) | #290 (1188 pts) | #282 (1228 pts) | #278 (1228 pts) | #189 (1523 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #622 (584 pts) | #708 (529 pts) | #774 (479 pts) | #594 (654 pts) | #844 (429 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1366 (201 pts) | #2025 (101 pts) | #1154 (276 pts) | #2070 (96 pts) | #1427 (201 pts) |