Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery

Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery is a competition barbecue team with 40 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 17 at the Didsbury Lions BBQ (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1135 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewer'y”, “Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brewery” and “Hog Parts School of Smokecraft and Brewery”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,135

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1592

peak 1592 · rated over 37 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 12, 2018

latest Sep 4, 2026 · 8.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#239

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

48% of 40 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

693.1200 / 720

Master · Barbeque on the Bow Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

679.24 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 653.68 (+25.56)

Walk rate

85%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship

Consistency

±33.11

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.57 · weakest Brisket (158.58)

Road miles

4,760

across 40 mapped stops · furthest 414 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

653.68 / 720

37 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

4.0684 points from the title

Came within 4.0684 points of the Grand Championship at Didsbury Lions BBQ (Aug 5, 2023).

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 34 of 40 contests

A top-10 category call in 85% of their 40 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.1200 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.1200 at Barbeque on the Bow Festival — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 4, 2026

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

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

7 contests
4 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 30%

The weak link

−8.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.99 points below their pork, and turns into a call 46% of the time against 63%.

Brisket avg 158.58
Pork avg 166.57
17 calls in 37 entries

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A strong matchup

24–7 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 24 of their 31 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

15 of 25 shared pork entries lost

SMELLAQUE ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 15 of 25 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 41% the rest of the year.

6 July contests
top 41% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,760 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,760 miles across 40 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 414 miles to Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff.

40 mapped stops
furthest 414 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

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	#239 (851 pts)	#209 (989 pts)	#267 (879 pts)	#191 (986 pts)	#286 (731 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 (1,103 pts)	#243 (953 pts)	#262 (873 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery, each with one reason worth a look.

32 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

333BBQ

#1,140 of the rated field

1591 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 83%
Peak: 1591

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — 333BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 19, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Backwooder BBQ

#1,137 of the rated field

1592 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1605

Careers of much the same size, 40 contests to 40, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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B.S. BARBEQUE

#1,133 of the rated field

1592 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1620

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 25 contests

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BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM

#1,139 of the rated field

1591 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1591

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 17, 2022

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Stewbabys BBQ

#1,132 of the rated field

1592 power rating

Contests: 79
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1597

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 79 contests, alongside a 15% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 76 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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MAN VS QUE

#1,138 of the rated field

1591 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1600

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery's first contest.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2016

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MOTLEY QUE	31	24	7	77%	⚔ compare
Kreiser Barbecue	31	17	14	55%	⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE	27	1	26	4%	⚔ compare
Fire BBQ	25	18	7	72%	⚔ 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
DIDY SMOKE IT	18	12	6	67%	⚔ compare
Homestead Smoke Shack	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
ROKER Q	17	13	4	76%	⚔ compare
Bad to the Brisket	17	13	4	76%	⚔ compare
Notorious P.I.G.	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	15	1	5	178.8572	150.8344	164.41	top 53%
Pork Ribs	38	23	2	5	178.8800	135.9772	164.86	top 42%
Pork	35	22	1	7	179.4400	151.3712	166.57	top 34%
Brisket	37	17	2	2	177.7028	20	158.58	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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	9	top 29%
Medium (20–39)	24	top 43%
Large (40+)	4	top 55%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AB	27	0	top 43%
SK	2	0	top 27%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Didsbury Lions BBQ	5	2	top 48%	Jul 26, 2025
Barbeque on the Bow Festival	4	5	top 50%	Sep 4, 2026
The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2)	2	3	top 19%	Jul 25, 2026
Small Town Smoke Down	2	9	top 57%	May 30, 2026
Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship	2	5	top 27%	May 23, 2026
Smoke, Wind & Fire	2	2	top 29%	Jul 23, 2022
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2	5	top 23%	May 28, 2022
BBQ on the Bow	2	6	top 38%	Sep 4, 2021
Battle River BBQ Showdown	2	13	top 61%	Aug 10, 2019
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2	18	top 43%	Jun 15, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 7 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AB 30 of 40 contests · 2 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 22 10 of them more than once

Opponents faced 275 finished ahead 580 times, behind 434

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Aug 31, 2019 → Sep 26, 2020

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20264 milestones

May 23 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
Sep 4 Career-best overall score693.1200 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
Sep 4 Peak power rating (1592) Barbeque on the Bow Festival
Sep 4 Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival

20231 milestone

Sep 2 25th tracked contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival

20214 milestones

Jul 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke, Wind & Fire
Jul 10 First overall podium Smoke, Wind & Fire
Jul 10 First Reserve Championship Smoke, Wind & Fire
Jul 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6796 Smoke, Wind & Fire

20201 milestone

Sep 26 10th tracked contest BBQ on the Bow

20191 milestone

Jun 8 First overall top-10 Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff

20182 milestones

May 12 First tracked contest Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
May 12 First call Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.7	Smoke, Wind & Fire	Jul 10, 2021
+12.7	Smoke 'N the Valley	Sep 10, 2022
+11.9	Didsbury Lions BBQ	Aug 5, 2023
+11.6	Prairie Dog on the Bow	Aug 31, 2024
+10.2	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Aug 14, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-17.7	Didsbury Lions BBQ	Sep 3, 2021
-14.1	Barbeque on the Bow Festival	Sep 2, 2023
-9.6	Small Town Smoke Down	May 30, 2026
-9.6	Smoke in the Valley	Sep 27, 2025
-7.1	Barbeque on the Bow Festival	Aug 30, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	7	4	2	86%	top 30%	96.3%	94.3%
2025	5	1	0	80%	top 50%	93.6%	92.6%
2024	3	2	0	100%	top 32%	94.8%	94.3%
2023	4	2	1	50%	top 44%	95.1%	92.9%
2022	7	5	2	100%	top 34%	95.9%	92.8%
2021	4	2	1	100%	top 45%	91.9%	85.4%
2020	1	1	0	100%	top 29%	88.2%	88.2%
2019	5	2	0	100%	top 44%	89.6%	87.7%
2018	4	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
Sep 4, 2026	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	5 / 33 (693.1200)	11 (170.8228)	6 (171.9772)	4 (175.4400)	5 (174.8800)
Jul 25, 2026	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)
Jul 24, 2026	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)
May 30, 2026	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	18 / 24 (656.4344)	17 (166.8228)	18 (166.8688)	21 (161.6456)	15 (161.0972)
May 23, 2026	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	5 / 23 (685.0856)	9 (169.6684)	6 (169.7028)	1 (179.4400)	10 (166.2744)
May 23, 2026	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Calmar, AB	—	1 (178.8572)	—	—	—
May 23, 2026	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Calmar, AB	—	—	9 (167.9772)	—	—
Sep 27, 2025	Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB	18 / 23 (653.6116)	22 (159.4056)	18 (161.1200)	11 (166.8344)	11 (166.2516)
Sep 12, 2025	Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB	8 / 16 (674.1712)	11 (169.1200)	6 (172.5484)	3 (171.9656)	13 (160.5372)
Aug 30, 2025	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	21 / 38 (665.6344)	28 (165.0972)	35 (157.7144)	7 (172.5600)	8 (170.2628)
Jul 26, 2025	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	11 / 32 (671.9436)	25 (161.6916)	6 (172.0116)	4 (174.2860)	17 (163.9544)
May 24, 2025	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	11 / 34 (669.6456)	6 (172)	8 (169.1200)	4 (174.2628)	28 (154.2628)
Aug 31, 2024	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	17 / 35 (671.9084)	34 (162.2284)	24 (164.0116)	3 (176)	16 (169.6684)
Aug 31, 2024	Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB	4 / 24 (682.8344)	11 (170.2972)	5 (174.8572)	11 (168.5716)	6 (169.1084)
Jul 27, 2024	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	9 / 28 (681.6228)	16 (165.7028)	2 (176.5600)	11 (168.5372)	9 (170.8228)
Sep 2, 2023	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	32 / 40 (642.7088)	34 (157.6916)	28 (164.5488)	18 (166.8228)	31 (153.6456)
Aug 5, 2023	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	2 / 17 (684.4800)	3 (173.7028)	7 (168.5372)	9 (164.5372)	1 (177.7028)
Jul 20, 2023	Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB	—	—	—	—	—
Jun 3, 2023	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	9 / 23 (678.7884)	11 (171.4056)	12 (168.0116)	6 (172.5600)	11 (166.8112)
Sep 10, 2022	Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK	3 / 18 (671.3600)	12 (161.1316)	1 (178.8800)	4 (170.2628)	11 (161.0856)
Sep 3, 2022	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	13 / 36 (665.0972)	21 (165.1656)	3 (174.2972)	7 (171.4172)	29 (154.2172)
Aug 27, 2022	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	12 / 19 (653.6460)	17 (155.9772)	13 (161.7144)	7 (166.2744)	4 (169.6800)
Jul 23, 2022	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge	9 / 20 (663.2456)	18 (159.3600)	2 (176)	7 (167.3828)	12 (160.5028)
Jun 24, 2022	Columbia Valley Smokeshow Invermere	3 / 11 (690.2744)	3 (175.4400)	8 (167.4172)	3 (171.4172)	1 (176)
Jun 3, 2022	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB	7 / 31 (669.6456)	28 (154.7884)	10 (170.8800)	9 (171.9772)	5 (172)
May 28, 2022	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB	10 / 39 (665.0628)	4 (173.7028)	13 (165.7028)	20 (159.9656)	10 (165.6916)
Sep 4, 2021	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	14 / 29 (643.2796)	20 (159.9656)	7 (166.8344)	18 (156.5484)	16 (159.9312)
Sep 3, 2021	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	26 / 26 (509.0744)	4 (166.2744)	8 (161.1316)	4 (161.6684)	26 (20)
Aug 14, 2021	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB	5 / 25 (645.6572)	17 (156.5256)	6 (164.0232)	7 (163.4400)	6 (161.6684)
Jul 10, 2021	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge	2 / 16 (661.6796)	3 (167.4628)	1 (171.4056)	3 (166.2628)	10 (156.5484)
Sep 26, 2020	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	6 / 21 (634.8112)	5 (162.2856)	6 (158.2628)	18 (152.5372)	4 (161.7256)
Aug 31, 2019	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	9 / 37 (645.0856)	5 (169.7028)	21 (157.0972)	13 (164.0228)	18 (154.2628)
Aug 10, 2019	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	13 / 20 (608.9484)	9 (157.0740)	11 (155.9888)	12 (153.0972)	17 (142.7884)
Jun 15, 2019	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	18 / 44 (642.7656)	7 (168.5600)	15 (163.4056)	—	33 (149.1428)
Jun 8, 2019	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	7 / 19 (638.8456)	10 (159.9768)	4 (160.0344)	—	7 (157.6800)
May 25, 2019	Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB	12 / 22 (621.5772)	18 (150.8344)	22 (142.7656)	4 (169.1200)	10 (158.8572)
Sep 1, 2018	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	23 / 43 (612.4456)	28 (157.1200)	39 (135.9772)	19 (157.0628)	11 (162.2856)
Aug 18, 2018	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	14 / 25 (617.6684)	17 (157.1428)	18 (149.7256)	8 (162.2628)	16 (148.5372)
Jun 16, 2018	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	23 / 51 (622.7768)	33 (153.6684)	25 (157.1544)	31 (151.3712)	13 (160.5828)
May 12, 2018	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde	18 / 30 (629.6916)	22 (157.1316)	8 (165.2000)	12 (158.2516)	26 (149.1084)

Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

A big fish in small ponds

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)