The heartbreaker
4.0684
points from the title
Came within 4.0684 points of the Grand Championship at Didsbury Lions BBQ (2023-08-05).
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1582
peak 1582 · rated over 36 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
39
in the data
First seen
2018-05-12
latest 2026-07-25
Best ToY finish
#243
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
6
19 podiums
Overall top-10s
18
of 39 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.34 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 652.59 (+18.75)
Walk rate
85%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±32.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.04 · weakest Brisket (158.13)
Road miles
4,721
mi across 39 mapped stops · furthest 413 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
652.59 / 720
36 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (14 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.
Happy hunting ground
Top 19%
average finish here
The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 19%
They almost always walk
85%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 33 of 39 contests
A top-10 category call in 85% of their 39 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
690.2744
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2744 at Columbia Valley Smokeshow — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-06-24
The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
SMELLAQUE has finished one call ahead of Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 32%.
- 3 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 32%
The weak link
−7.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.91 points below their pork, and turns into a call 44% of the time against 61%.
- Brisket avg 158.13
- Pork avg 166.04
- 16 calls in 36 entries
A strong matchup
23–7
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 77% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 23 of their 30 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
17 of 27
shared pork entries lost
SMELLAQUE ahead 63% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 17 of 27 shared pork entries.
A big fish in small ponds
Top 29%
average finish in small fields
Field size changes the story: they average a top 29% finish in small fields against top 55% in large ones.
- Small (<20 teams): top 29% (9)
- Large (40+): top 55% (4)
Looking over their shoulder
3×
one call behind them
Kreiser Barbecue has landed one call behind them 3 times.
A July team
Top 27%
average finish in July
Something about July: average finish in the top 27% across 6 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.
- 6 July contests
- top 42% the rest of the year
The long haul
4,721
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,721 miles across 39 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 413 miles to Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff.
- 39 mapped stops
- furthest 413 mi
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Didsbury Lions BBQ every year from 2021 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 2nd
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.
42 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 31
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 61%
- Peak
- 1599
9–9 in 18 shared contests (50% to Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery)
These two have cooked 18 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1582
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 36 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1586
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1582
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 39, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1248 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1585
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 26 contests, alongside a 42% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1253 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1596
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTLEY QUE | 30 | 23 | 7 | 77% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 30 | 16 | 14 | 53% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 27 | 1 | 26 | 4% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 24 | 17 | 7 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU NEED A BBQ | 23 | 9 | 14 | 39% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rack Addicts BBQ Team | 20 | 15 | 5 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| HOME COOKIN' BBQ | 20 | 11 | 9 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | 20 | 6 | 14 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| Homestead Smoke Shack | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| DIDY SMOKE IT | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Notorious P.I.G. | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKER Q | 16 | 12 | 4 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad to the Brisket | 16 | 12 | 4 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 37 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 178.8572 | 150.8344 | 164.24 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 37 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 178.8800 | 135.9772 | 164.67 | top 43% |
| Pork | 36 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 179.4400 | 151.3712 | 166.04 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 36 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 177.7028 | 20.0000 | 158.13 | top 48% |
“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 | 26 | 0 | top 44% |
| SK | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 9 | 0 | top 29% |
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 55% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didsbury Lions BBQ | 5 | 2 | 0 | top 48% | 2025-07-26 |
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 3 | 17 | 0 | top 61% | 2025-08-30 |
| The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 19% | 2026-07-25 |
| Small Town Smoke Down | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 57% | 2026-05-30 |
| Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 27% | 2026-05-23 |
| Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 29% | 2022-07-23 |
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 23% | 2022-05-28 |
| BBQ on the Bow | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 38% | 2021-09-04 |
| Battle River BBQ Showdown | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 61% | 2019-08-10 |
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 43% | 2019-06-15 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.2 yrs
2018-05-12 → 2026-07-25
Busiest season
2022
7 contests
Contests a season
4.3
across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AB
29 of 39 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
22
10 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
37 entries · 1 win · 15 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.04 · weakest Brisket (158.13)
Walk rate
85%
a top-10 call in 33 of 39 contests
Overall top-10 rate
46%
18 of 39 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests
Master average
652.59
out of 720 · 36 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
274
552–430 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,721
39 mapped stops · furthest 413 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,750
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2019-08-31 → 2020-09-26
Power rating
1582
peak 1582 · #1250 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
- First call Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
- 2019
- First overall top-10 Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
- 2020
- 10th tracked contest BBQ on the Bow
- 2021
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall podium Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First Reserve Championship Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6796 Smoke, Wind & Fire
- 2022
- Career-best overall score690.2744 Columbia Valley Smokeshow
- 2023
- 25th tracked contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1582) Didsbury Lions BBQ
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- Most recent contest The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2021-07-10 |
| +12.7 | Smoke 'N the Valley | 2022-09-10 |
| +11.9 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2023-08-05 |
| +11.6 | Prairie Dog on the Bow | 2024-08-31 |
| +10.2 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2021-08-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -17.7 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2021-09-03 |
| -14.1 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2023-09-02 |
| -9.6 | Small Town Smoke Down | 2026-05-30 |
| -9.6 | Smoke in the Valley | 2025-09-27 |
| -7.1 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2025-08-30 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 83% | top 34% | 95.2% | 93.9% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | top 50% | 93.6% | 92.6% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 94.8% | 94.3% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | top 44% | 95.1% | 92.9% |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 100% | top 34% | 95.9% | 92.8% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 45% | 91.9% | 85.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 89.6% | 87.7% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 87.5% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) Didsbury, AB | 3 / 18 (681.6228) | 2 (174.2628) | 8 (166.8228) | 3 (171.4056) | 5 (169.1316) |
| 2026-07-24 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) Didsbury, AB | 4 / 18 (679.9316) | 9 (169.7028) | 4 (168.5716) | 3 (170.8228) | 6 (170.8344) |
| 2026-05-30 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 18 / 24 (656.4344) | 17 (166.8228) | 18 (166.8688) | 21 (161.6456) | 15 (161.0972) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 5 / 23 (685.0856) | 9 (169.6684) | 6 (169.7028) | 1 (179.4400) | 10 (166.2744) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Calmar, AB | — | 1 (178.8572) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Calmar, AB | — | — | 9 (167.9772) | — | — |
| 2025-09-27 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 18 / 23 (653.6116) | 22 (159.4056) | 18 (161.1200) | 11 (166.8344) | 11 (166.2516) |
| 2025-09-12 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB | 8 / 16 (674.1712) | 11 (169.1200) | 6 (172.5484) | 3 (171.9656) | 13 (160.5372) |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 21 / 38 (665.6344) | 28 (165.0972) | 35 (157.7144) | 7 (172.5600) | 8 (170.2628) |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 11 / 32 (671.9436) | 25 (161.6916) | 6 (172.0116) | 4 (174.2860) | 17 (163.9544) |
| 2025-05-24 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 11 / 34 (669.6456) | 6 (172.0000) | 8 (169.1200) | 4 (174.2628) | 28 (154.2628) |
| 2024-08-31 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 4 / 24 (682.8344) | 11 (170.2972) | 5 (174.8572) | 11 (168.5716) | 6 (169.1084) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 17 / 35 (671.9084) | 34 (162.2284) | 24 (164.0116) | 3 (176.0000) | 16 (169.6684) |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 9 / 28 (681.6228) | 16 (165.7028) | 2 (176.5600) | 11 (168.5372) | 9 (170.8228) |
| 2023-09-02 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 32 / 40 (642.7088) | 34 (157.6916) | 28 (164.5488) | 18 (166.8228) | 31 (153.6456) |
| 2023-08-05 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 2 / 17 (684.4800) | 3 (173.7028) | 7 (168.5372) | 9 (164.5372) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2023-07-20 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 9 / 23 (678.7884) | 11 (171.4056) | 12 (168.0116) | 6 (172.5600) | 11 (166.8112) |
| 2022-09-10 | Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK | 3 / 18 (671.3600) | 12 (161.1316) | 1 (178.8800) | 4 (170.2628) | 11 (161.0856) |
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 13 / 36 (665.0972) | 21 (165.1656) | 3 (174.2972) | 7 (171.4172) | 29 (154.2172) |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 12 / 19 (653.6460) | 17 (155.9772) | 13 (161.7144) | 7 (166.2744) | 4 (169.6800) |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 9 / 20 (663.2456) | 18 (159.3600) | 2 (176.0000) | 7 (167.3828) | 12 (160.5028) |
| 2022-06-24 | Columbia Valley Smokeshow Invermere, V0A1K0 | 3 / 11 (690.2744) | 3 (175.4400) | 8 (167.4172) | 3 (171.4172) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 7 / 31 (669.6456) | 28 (154.7884) | 10 (170.8800) | 9 (171.9772) | 5 (172.0000) |
| 2022-05-28 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 10 / 39 (665.0628) | 4 (173.7028) | 13 (165.7028) | 20 (159.9656) | 10 (165.6916) |
| 2021-09-04 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 14 / 29 (643.2796) | 20 (159.9656) | 7 (166.8344) | 18 (156.5484) | 16 (159.9312) |
| 2021-09-03 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 26 / 26 (509.0744) | 4 (166.2744) | 8 (161.1316) | 4 (161.6684) | 26 (20.0000) |
| 2021-08-14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 5 / 25 (645.6572) | 17 (156.5256) | 6 (164.0232) | 7 (163.4400) | 6 (161.6684) |
| 2021-07-10 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 2 / 16 (661.6796) | 3 (167.4628) | 1 (171.4056) | 3 (166.2628) | 10 (156.5484) |
| 2020-09-26 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 6 / 21 (634.8112) | 5 (162.2856) | 6 (158.2628) | 18 (152.5372) | 4 (161.7256) |
| 2019-08-31 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7 | 9 / 37 (645.0856) | 5 (169.7028) | 21 (157.0972) | 13 (164.0228) | 18 (154.2628) |
| 2019-08-10 | Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB | 13 / 20 (608.9484) | 9 (157.0740) | 11 (155.9888) | 12 (153.0972) | 17 (142.7884) |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 18 / 44 (642.7656) | 7 (168.5600) | 15 (163.4056) | 21 (161.6572) | 33 (149.1428) |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK | 7 / 19 (638.8456) | 10 (159.9768) | 4 (160.0344) | 7 (161.1544) | 7 (157.6800) |
| 2019-05-25 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB | 12 / 22 (621.5772) | 18 (150.8344) | 22 (142.7656) | 4 (169.1200) | 10 (158.8572) |
| 2018-09-01 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 23 / 43 (612.4456) | 28 (157.1200) | 39 (135.9772) | 19 (157.0628) | 11 (162.2856) |
| 2018-08-18 | *Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB | 14 / 25 (617.6684) | 17 (157.1428) | 18 (149.7256) | 8 (162.2628) | 16 (148.5372) |
| 2018-06-16 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 23 / 51 (622.7768) | 33 (153.6684) | 25 (157.1544) | 31 (151.3712) | 13 (160.5828) |
| 2018-05-12 | Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde, T1A5H8 | 18 / 30 (629.6916) | 22 (157.1316) | 8 (165.2000) | 12 (158.2516) | 26 (149.1084) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 | #246 (668 pts) | #202 (861 pts) | #278 (706 pts) | #211 (778 pts) | #311 (548 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #380 (555 pts) | #487 (465 pts) | #398 (625 pts) | #243 (915 pts) | #416 (530 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #451 (437 pts) | #652 (277 pts) | #481 (492 pts) | #440 (477 pts) | #507 (407 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #243 (923 pts) | #313 (773 pts) | #204 (1103 pts) | #243 (953 pts) | #262 (873 pts) |