Homestead Smoke Shack AB

Power ranking

#648

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1571

peak 1589

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-07-10

latest 2026-06-19

Best ToY finish

#188

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

695.4400

Smokey Skies BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.89 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 666.74 (+3.15)

Walk rate

90%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Small Town Smoke Down

Consistency

±17.12

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.39 · weakest Pork (165.75)

Road miles

9493

mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 827 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Fire BBQ has finished one call ahead of Homestead Smoke Shack 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

HOME COOKIN' BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 19 of their 22 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Mark's Meats and Treats in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Barbeque on the Bow Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 3 visits.

🐣 Announced themselves early

Finished 5 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke, Wind & Fire (2021-07-10).

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	16	0	1	177.7144	148.5596	166.53	top 50%
Pork Ribs	31	18	2	4	179.4400	153.7028	168.39	top 37%
Pork	31	12	0	3	177.1428	146.7884	165.75	top 48%
Brisket	31	20	1	4	178.8800	147.9772	166.07	top 38%

“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	Avg finish
AB	19	top 35%
SK	6	top 41%
ND	2	top 54%
MT	1	top 56%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	22	top 39%
Large (40+)	3	top 39%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2024 (8 contests)
Cooks mostly in AB (19 of 31 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (31 entries)
All-time average overall score: 666.74

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	2	0	672.5828	663.38
2025	4	0	695.4400	668.35
2024	8	0	690.1940	674.25
2023	7	2	689.6684	677.34
2022	5	0	676.5372	665.89
2021	5	1	658.3544	640.77

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-19	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK	10 / 24 (672.5828)	19 (163.9772)	17 (162.8800)	5 (173.1428)	4 (172.5828)
2026-05-01	ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND	51 / 71 (654.1828)	65 (156.5144)	43 (166.2628)	30 (169.7028)	50 (161.7028)
2025-09-27	Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB	20 / 23 (647.3140)	19 (163.4056)	15 (165.1084)	22 (146.7884)	5 (172.0116)
2025-08-30	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	9 / 38 (679.9316)	21 (168.5372)	5 (173.1316)	17 (169.6800)	10 (168.5828)
2025-06-21	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK	3 / 27 (695.4400)	4 (174.2972)	6 (173.1428)	7 (174.2744)	5 (173.7256)
2025-05-24	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	19 / 34 (650.7316)	21 (161.0972)	6 (169.1316)	18 (164.5372)	26 (155.9656)
2024-09-27	ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND	17 / 47 (672.5376)	17 (168.5716)	3 (173.1432)	27 (163.9656)	24 (166.8572)
2024-09-21	Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK	16 / 21 (649.0744)	10 (168.0000)	12 (169.1200)	14 (163.9772)	19 (147.9772)
2024-08-31	Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB	11 / 24 (675.9768)	19 (165.7484)	4 (175.4172)	13 (167.9656)	8 (166.8456)
2024-08-31	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	9 / 35 (682.7888)	28 (166.2628)	10 (172.5600)	17 (167.4060)	3 (176.5600)
2024-08-23	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	22 / 39 (670.2628)	27 (163.4056)	12 (175.4172)	32 (163.4400)	19 (168.0000)
2024-07-27	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	3 / 28 (690.1940)	10 (170.2628)	5 (172.5600)	5 (173.1084)	5 (174.2628)
2024-06-08	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	9 / 27 (668.5372)	18 (164.0000)	26 (154.8116)	3 (177.1428)	5 (172.5828)
2024-05-25	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	9 / 39 (684.6632)	20 (168.5828)	8 (173.7028)	8 (174.3316)	14 (168.0460)
2023-09-23	Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK	13 / 26 (675.3600)	18 (166.2400)	18 (165.1428)	14 (168.5600)	2 (175.4172)
2023-09-16	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB	13 / 29 (674.7772)	13 (169.6800)	11 (171.4172)	14 (166.2400)	12 (167.4400)
2023-09-02	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	4 / 40 (686.8116)	6 (174.2628)	11 (171.4288)	30 (162.2400)	1 (178.8800)
2023-08-05	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	6 / 17 (673.6684)	7 (170.8228)	13 (161.7144)	5 (170.2856)	5 (170.8456)
2023-07-20	Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB	6 / 12 (666.8000)	4 (174.8456)	4 (172.0000)	11 (158.2516)	9 (161.7028)
2023-06-16	Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Regina, SK	7 / 16 (674.3088)	7 (170.2972)	3 (172.5944)	8 (171.4172)	10 (160.0000)
2023-06-03	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	5 / 23 (689.6684)	3 (177.7144)	1 (179.4400)	10 (168.5256)	14 (163.9884)
2022-09-10	Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK	4 / 18 (669.1200)	8 (165.0856)	11 (163.4172)	5 (169.7144)	3 (170.9028)
2022-09-03	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	6 / 36 (676.5372)	4 (172.5484)	5 (170.2628)	18 (164.5716)	5 (169.1544)
2022-07-23	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3	8 / 20 (665.0744)	5 (171.4400)	6 (170.8228)	17 (155.9316)	7 (166.8800)
2022-06-03	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB	17 / 31 (659.3600)	10 (168.5600)	15 (167.9884)	23 (161.1316)	16 (161.6800)
2022-05-28	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB	13 / 39 (659.3492)	31 (155.3944)	8 (167.4060)	11 (166.8344)	4 (169.7144)
2021-11-26	Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina, S4P 2Z6	6 / 14 (639.8740)	8 (159.3828)	1 (169.6800)	10 (157.1084)	12 (153.7028)
2021-09-04	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	6 / 29 (658.3544)	7 (167.4400)	5 (170.8800)	16 (158.2972)	10 (161.7372)
2021-09-03	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	14 / 26 (616.5140)	25 (148.5596)	16 (153.7028)	13 (154.8460)	6 (159.4056)
2021-08-14	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB	6 / 25 (645.6572)	5 (162.8344)	9 (161.6800)	3 (166.8800)	13 (154.2628)
2021-07-10	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3	5 / 16 (643.4628)	6 (164.5828)	10 (154.2744)	2 (168.0000)	9 (156.6056)

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	#488 (184 pts)	#651 (139 pts)	#668 (149 pts)	#459 (234 pts)	#412 (259 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#395 (534 pts)	#500 (439 pts)	#400 (624 pts)	#482 (414 pts)	#402 (544 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#203 (1040 pts)	#327 (720 pts)	#166 (1190 pts)	#219 (990 pts)	#186 (1080 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#188 (1063 pts)	#179 (1078 pts)	#194 (1118 pts)	#273 (808 pts)	#164 (1163 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#257 (878 pts)	#280 (843 pts)	#243 (983 pts)	#360 (658 pts)	#235 (968 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#320 (606 pts)	#373 (541 pts)	#392 (526 pts)	#301 (676 pts)	#381 (531 pts)