Kreiser Barbecue AB
Rating
1589
peak 1611
Contests
50
in the data
First seen
2019-05-25
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#103
Master 2024
Grand champs
2
1 reserve
Category wins
9
34 podiums
Overall top-10s
28
of 50 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
670.45 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 635.15 (+35.29)
Walk rate
94%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±119.93
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.61 · weakest Pork (164.66)
Road miles
33894
mi across 50 mapped stops · furthest 4449 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery has finished one call ahead of Kreiser Barbecue 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Rack Addicts BBQ Team has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 31 of their 33 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 20 of their 27 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Barbeque on the Bow Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1424 points of the Grand Championship at Didsbury Lions BBQ (2022-08-27).
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 28% across 5 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Columbia Valley Smoke Show (2024-06-01) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMELLAQUE.
Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 49 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 142.7772 | 165.58 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 49 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 178.8572 | 152.5372 | 167.61 | top 38% |
| Pork | 49 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 179.4400 | 141.0628 | 164.66 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 49 | 32 | 2 | 11 | 179.4400 | 146.2516 | 166.54 | 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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | 26 | 0 | top 34% |
| MT | 6 | 0 | top 48% |
| SK | 4 | 1 | top 41% |
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| BC | 1 | 1 | top 11% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 10 | 1 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 36 | 1 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AB (26 of 50 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (49 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Columbia Valley Smoke Show (2024-06-01)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 635.15
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 669.5768 | 663.06 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 697.7144 | 621.91 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 693.1084 | 628.69 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 690.2968 | 680.16 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 671.9660 | 655.27 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 631.2576 | 624.75 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 623.8860 | 623.89 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 646.8456 | 559.60 |
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 | 18 / 24 (656.5484) | 9 (169.1772) | 6 (170.8572) | 23 (151.4056) | 12 (165.1084) |
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 21 / 29 (669.5768) | 26 (158.2056) | 11 (171.9772) | 15 (167.4284) | 5 (171.9656) |
| 2025-09-27 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 13 / 23 (661.6460) | 20 (160.5256) | 3 (173.1200) | 20 (160.0232) | 10 (167.9772) |
| 2025-09-12 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB | 4 / 16 (681.6916) | 5 (171.4172) | 3 (174.3200) | 9 (165.1200) | 6 (170.8344) |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 7 / 38 (682.7656) | 4 (174.2628) | 27 (164.5256) | 9 (171.9772) | 6 (172.0000) |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 17 / 38 (686.7884) | 26 (166.8572) | 19 (171.4056) | 16 (171.9656) | 7 (176.5600) |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 12 / 32 (671.8968) | 8 (171.9656) | 4 (173.7028) | 12 (170.8456) | 30 (155.3828) |
| 2025-06-21 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 1 / 27 (697.7144) | 1 (175.4400) | 3 (176.0000) | 3 (177.7144) | 9 (168.5600) |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 18 / 33 (664.4684) | 10 (174.2856) | 22 (158.8572) | 23 (161.6572) | 13 (169.6684) |
| 2025-05-31 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 7 / 25 (170.2856) | 10 (170.8228) | 10 (170.8344) | 13 (168.5256) | 9 (169.7028) |
| 2025-05-24 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 6 / 34 (679.9428) | 5 (172.0116) | 1 (176.0000) | 11 (167.9656) | 18 (163.9656) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 261 / 444 (670.1828) | 234 (168.5600) | 148 (171.9772) | 353 (161.0856) | 181 (168.5600) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-21 | Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | 10 / 21 (672.5028) | 19 (161.0972) | 2 (175.4400) | 10 (165.1428) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2024-08-31 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 8 / 24 (681.0628) | 5 (172.5600) | 13 (168.5372) | 15 (166.2628) | 4 (173.7028) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 4 / 35 (693.1084) | 7 (173.7028) | 2 (175.4628) | 14 (168.5372) | 8 (175.4056) |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 9 / 39 (690.2400) | 14 (170.8344) | 18 (171.4400) | 1 (179.4400) | 18 (168.5256) |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 6 / 28 (685.0972) | 1 (176.5600) | 14 (168.0116) | 21 (164.5256) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 15 / 27 (153.7028) | 14 (166.2972) | 13 (163.9884) | 21 (159.3712) | 2 (174.8456) |
| 2024-06-01 | Columbia Valley Smoke Show Invermere, BC | 1 / 9 (691.4056) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (171.4400) | 6 (167.9656) | 3 (172.0000) |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 10 / 39 (684.5372) | 15 (169.7028) | 16 (165.7144) | 17 (169.6800) | 1 (179.4400) |
| 2024-02-23 | Best in the Southwest Yuma, AZ | 20 / 25 (665.0288) | 5 (171.9772) | 21 (163.9888) | 16 (165.6800) | 19 (163.3828) |
| 2023-09-23 | Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK | 10 / 26 (677.6688) | 16 (169.1200) | 16 (166.8688) | 11 (172.5600) | 7 (169.1200) |
| 2023-09-16 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB | 8 / 29 (679.8396) | 8 (170.8228) | 3 (177.7028) | 20 (161.6456) | 11 (169.6684) |
| 2023-09-02 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 8 / 40 (677.0400) | 26 (164.5372) | 20 (168.5372) | 2 (179.4400) | 15 (164.5256) |
| 2023-08-05 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 5 / 17 (675.9428) | 15 (163.3828) | 2 (176.0228) | 11 (162.8344) | 3 (173.7028) |
| 2023-07-20 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB | 3 / 12 (690.2968) | 8 (167.4284) | 2 (174.2972) | 2 (174.2856) | 3 (174.2856) |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 10 / 22 (687.9660) | 12 (170.8800) | 3 (177.7144) | 12 (170.8344) | 14 (168.5372) |
| 2023-06-09 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 17 / 36 (674.8228) | 17 (170.2628) | 5 (174.8800) | 27 (160.5372) | 16 (169.1428) |
| 2023-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 10 / 23 (677.7260) | 5 (176.0344) | 14 (166.8688) | 12 (166.8228) | 9 (168.0000) |
| 2022-09-24 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) Devon, | 5 / 10 (653.6920) | 6 (165.7144) | 7 (153.6688) | 4 (165.7144) | 3 (168.5944) |
| 2022-09-23 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 1) Devon, | 5 / 8 (649.8060) | 3 (172.0228) | 6 (158.3432) | 4 (164.5828) | 7 (154.8572) |
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 12 / 36 (665.7716) | 26 (162.2972) | 21 (161.1772) | 10 (169.7028) | 2 (172.5944) |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 2 / 19 (671.9660) | 1 (172.5600) | 7 (166.3316) | 13 (162.8000) | 3 (170.2744) |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 16 / 20 (627.9548) | 19 (158.8460) | 9 (166.3200) | 16 (156.5372) | 19 (146.2516) |
| 2022-06-24 | Columbia Valley Smokeshow Invermere, V0A1K0 | 9 / 11 (651.8740) | 10 (163.3712) | 10 (160.5716) | 9 (156.5256) | 4 (171.4056) |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 11 / 31 (663.3712) | 29 (153.7028) | 22 (160.5256) | 4 (173.7028) | 2 (175.4400) |
| 2022-05-28 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 17 / 39 (647.9656) | 12 (165.7028) | 16 (165.6800) | 12 (165.7028) | 28 (150.8800) |
| 2022-02-18 | BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival Yuma, AZ | 24 / 34 (664.9944) | 23 (167.9656) | 1 (178.8572) | 25 (165.0972) | 28 (153.0744) |
| 2021-09-04 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 20 / 29 (631.2576) | 29 (142.7772) | 16 (159.9888) | 4 (167.3828) | 13 (161.1088) |
| 2021-09-03 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 11 / 26 (623.3944) | 21 (153.7372) | 19 (152.5372) | 9 (158.2628) | 7 (158.8572) |
| 2021-08-14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 16 / 25 (618.7084) | 23 (143.9544) | 17 (154.2512) | 9 (159.9428) | 7 (160.5600) |
| 2021-07-10 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 9 / 16 (625.6576) | 15 (146.8344) | 3 (166.2972) | 5 (165.1200) | 15 (147.4060) |
| 2020-09-26 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 13 / 21 (623.8860) | 17 (149.1088) | 4 (160.0000) | 15 (158.2400) | 9 (156.5372) |
| 2019-09-21 | Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 22 / 36 (635.9884) | 14 (165.7484) | 8 (165.1772) | 36 (141.0628) | 12 (164.0000) |
| 2019-09-01 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Alberta, T2P 2M2 | 11 / 13 (646.2400) | 12 (158.2512) | 3 (166.2628) | 7 (160.5944) | 7 (161.1316) |
| 2019-08-31 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7 | 18 / 37 (148.5944) | 16 (159.9772) | 8 (164.5484) | 9 (165.1428) | 4 (164.5372) |
| 2019-08-10 | Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB | 6 / 20 (637.6800) | 5 (161.2000) | 6 (163.4056) | 8 (155.3716) | 6 (157.7028) |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 19 / 44 (642.2400) | 33 (153.7028) | 16 (162.8228) | 31 (151.9772) | 1 (173.7372) |
| 2019-05-25 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB | 6 / 22 (646.8456) | 6 (167.4400) | 6 (165.7256) | 16 (153.7028) | 9 (159.9772) |
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 | #540 (158 pts) | #568 (188 pts) | #447 (288 pts) | #566 (163 pts) | #380 (293 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #149 (1355 pts) | #140 (1380 pts) | #127 (1505 pts) | #195 (1105 pts) | #180 (1160 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #103 (1429 pts) | #89 (1519 pts) | #124 (1374 pts) | #160 (1169 pts) | #52 (1724 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #166 (1154 pts) | #237 (914 pts) | #131 (1399 pts) | #176 (1094 pts) | #165 (1159 pts) |