Q'N CANUCKS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#884

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1617

peak 1635 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-07

latest 2019-06-21

Best ToY finish

#474

Master 2015

Grand champs

4 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9544 / 720

Master · Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.94 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 651.72 (-5.78)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval

Consistency

±13.82

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.64 · weakest Pork (161.17)

Road miles

3,758

mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 379 mi

Schedule strength

16%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)

Purse competed for

$3K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

651.72 / 720

27 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (11 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.

The heartbreaker

0.5824 points from the title

Came within 0.5824 points of the Grand Championship at Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval (2015-07-10).

Happy hunting ground

Top 15% average finish here

Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 15%

They almost always walk

89% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 27 contests

A top-10 category call in 89% of their 27 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.9544 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9544 at Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-07-10

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

FATTY MAC BARBECUE has finished one call ahead of Q'N CANUCKS 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

13–2 behind in the head-to-head

GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead in 87% of their meetings

GOOD SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

12–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BEHIND BBQ in 12 of their 17 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
27 contests

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

TEAM EATAPEDIA has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

3,758 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,758 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 379 miles to Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle.

27 mapped stops
furthest 379 mi

The metronome

±1.92% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.5% of a perfect score
27 contests

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.

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

HalaQyah BBQ

#887 of the rated field

1617 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1617

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.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Mind if I Smoke?

#885 of the rated field

1617 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1619

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKING FINNS FI

#888 of the rated field

1617 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1617

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 5 Grand Championships in 24 contests, alongside a 58% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-05-15

⚔ Head-to-head

WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ

#882 of the rated field

1618 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1628

No shared contest yet.

Level with Q'N CANUCKS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 40 contests
last seen 2021-06-25

⚔ Head-to-head

TEAM BREW & QUE

#890 of the rated field

1617 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1617

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-07-17

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ

#883 of the rated field

1617 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1695

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 86 contests
last seen 2026-07-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BEHIND BBQ	17	12	5	71%	⚔ compare
TEAM EATAPEDIA	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
THE GOOD CUE CREW	15	12	3	80%	⚔ compare
TRANQUIL CARNIVORES	15	11	4	73%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
HEAVY D BBQ	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
JACK9 BBQ	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
KISS MY BBQ	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
THE 5TH ARTERY	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Big Pappa's Smokin' BBQ	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
RED VALLEY BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	12	2	3	179.4400	150.2284	163.86	top 41%
Pork Ribs	27	16	1	4	173.7144	154.2744	164.64	top 30%
Pork	27	12	1	3	171.4400	143.4280	161.17	top 44%
Brisket	27	16	2	3	178.2972	150.8000	162.05	top 35%

“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
NY	13	0	top 31%
ON	5	1	top 30%
MI	5	0	top 37%
CA	1	0	top 5%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	1	top 17%
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 26%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Oinktoberfest	3	9	top 29%	2017-09-22
Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que	3	7	top 24%	2015-06-19
Ayr Charity BBQ	2	2	top 34%	2019-06-21
Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke	2	5	top 37%	2016-09-03
Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival	2	4	top 15%	2014-08-08

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2013-06-07 → 2019-06-21

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 3.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NY 13 of 27 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 20 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 27 entries · 2 wins · 12 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 164.64 · weakest Pork (161.17)

Walk rate 89% a top-10 call in 24 of 27 contests

Overall top-10 rate 56% 15 of 27 contests

Wins it all 4% 1 Grand Championship · 4 reserve

First title 2017-06-03 *Craze Fest

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests

Master average 651.72 out of 720 · 27 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 384 662–267 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,758 27 mapped stops · furthest 379 mi

Schedule strength 1523 average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests

Purse competed for $3,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Power rating 1617 peak 1635 · #884 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 7 First tracked contest Podunk Pig Party
Jun 7 First call Podunk Pig Party
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Podunk Pig Party
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7140 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Aug 9 First category win (Brisket) Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
2014
Sep 20 10th tracked contest Oinktoberfest
2015
May 15 First overall podium WBA Pork In The Park
May 15 First Reserve Championship WBA Pork In The Park
Jul 10 Career-best overall score679.9544 Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval
Jul 10 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval
2017
Jun 3 First Grand Championship *Craze Fest
2018
Jun 22 25th tracked contest *Ayr Charity BBQ
Jun 22 Peak power rating (1635) *Ayr Charity BBQ
2019
Jun 21 Most recent contest Ayr Charity BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.7	WBA Pork In The Park	2015-05-15
+12.3	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship	2016-08-06
+12	Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval	2015-07-10
+11.7	*Craze Fest	2017-06-03
+11.5	Oinktoberfest	2013-09-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.7	*Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic	2018-07-13
-5.5	Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke	2015-09-04
-5.1	Ayr Charity BBQ	2019-06-21
-2.5	Boston Hill BBQ Fest	2013-06-28
-1.4	Oinktoberfest	2017-09-22

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)
2019	1	0	0	0	100%	top 57%	90.5%	90.5%
2018	2	0	1	0	50%	top 45%	90.9%	89.6%
2017	4	1	3	1	100%	top 23%	92.4%	90.5%
2016	4	0	3	1	100%	top 26%	92.2%	91.2%
2015	6	0	2	2	100%	top 34%	94.4%	90.8%
2014	4	0	2	0	75%	top 23%	93.1%	90.9%
2013	6	0	4	2	83%	top 33%	91.8%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-21	Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0	13 / 23 (651.8400)	21 (156.5488)	11 (165.0856)	2 (170.8228)	10 (159.3828)
2018-07-13	*Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	19 / 24 (635.8400)	23 (150.2284)	11 (162.8116)	19 (162.2744)	14 (160.5256)
2018-06-22	*Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0	2 / 18 (654.8116)	2 (174.8572)	7 (162.2860)	11 (153.7256)	3 (163.9428)
2017-09-22	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	22 / 53 (638.1824)	45 (154.2284)	17 (163.3828)	8 (165.7028)	29 (154.8684)
2017-08-05	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	6 / 42 (649.0288)	13 (163.9772)	4 (166.2628)	9 (166.2628)	26 (152.5260)
2017-06-09	*Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festival Drayton Ontario, N4B 2W4	7 / 22 (654.7316)	13 (162.8344)	4 (166.8228)	6 (166.2628)	8 (158.8116)
2017-06-03	*Craze Fest Georgina, ON	1 / 17 (665.0744)	7 (166.8344)	6 (166.2744)	1 (170.8684)	6 (161.0972)
2016-09-03	Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY	5 / 35 (663.8628)	12 (165.6684)	2 (169.6800)	9 (166.8572)	13 (161.6572)
2016-08-06	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship Ottawa, CA	2 / 41 (650.8688)	1 (168.5600)	3 (162.8800)	4 (164.5716)	12 (154.8572)
2016-07-08	Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sound Festival Drayton, ON	7 / 17 (661.1316)	5 (170.8572)	9 (162.2972)	8 (164.5600)	7 (163.4172)
2016-05-20	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	12 / 28 (650.2632)	7 (168.0000)	21 (154.2744)	15 (160.0116)	6 (167.9772)
2015-09-04	Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY	15 / 25 (626.7540)	12 (161.1428)	9 (161.1200)	20 (149.1200)	12 (155.3712)
2015-08-21	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	15 / 33 (645.7140)	22 (157.6912)	10 (166.8800)	22 (156.5484)	10 (164.5944)
2015-08-14	Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle Newaygo, MI	12 / 26 (658.7428)	4 (170.8456)	6 (168.5372)	22 (156.5256)	16 (162.8344)
2015-07-10	Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval Drayton, ON	2 / 18 (679.9544)	1 (179.4400)	3 (169.7144)	8 (164.5600)	7 (166.2400)
2015-06-19	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY	16 / 47 (640.4112)	19 (162.2284)	1 (170.2972)	27 (157.0856)	29 (150.8000)
2015-05-15	WBA Pork In The Park Wyandotte, MI	2 / 22 (673.1084)	9 (164.0228)	5 (173.7144)	3 (171.4400)	6 (163.9312)
2014-09-20	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	21 / 66 (637.1884)	22 (161.1656)	21 (161.7600)	34 (155.9884)	26 (158.2744)
2014-08-08	Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY	7 / 39 (665.0628)	10 (168.0000)	11 (165.6800)	11 (166.8228)	9 (164.5600)
2014-06-13	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY	7 / 47 (670.2168)	10 (168.0000)	13 (167.9884)	9 (167.9656)	10 (166.2628)
2014-05-24	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	23 / 86 (645.6456)	49 (158.2740)	43 (156.5260)	37 (160.5828)	9 (170.2628)
2013-09-20	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	9 / 71 (660.4572)	21 (163.9656)	31 (155.9200)	19 (162.2744)	1 (178.2972)
2013-08-09	Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY	4 / 31 (661.0056)	9 (166.2628)	8 (165.1200)	23 (155.3600)	1 (174.2628)
2013-06-28	Boston Hill BBQ Fest Hamburg, NY	28 / 49 (619.4284)	30 (157.7142)	13 (162.2860)	42 (143.4280)	25 (156.0002)
2013-06-21	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	12 / 30 (653.7140)	11 (162.2856)	11 (164.5714)	7 (168.0000)	12 (158.8570)
2013-06-14	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY	7 / 31 (643.9996)	22 (153.7140)	4 (166.8572)	13 (159.4284)	5 (164.0000)
2013-06-07	Podunk Pig Party Springwater, NY	10 / 20 (639.4282)	6 (166.8570)	5 (166.2858)	16 (144.5712)	6 (161.7142)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#920 (322 pts)	#1012 (302 pts)	#1098 (267 pts)	#1299 (192 pts)	#958 (322 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#590 (669 pts)	#898 (434 pts)	#607 (664 pts)	#539 (729 pts)	#898 (419 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1431 (185 pts)	#1846 (125 pts)	#1239 (260 pts)	#1752 (145 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#474 (819 pts)	#508 (764 pts)	#377 (974 pts)	#681 (559 pts)	#626 (599 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#684 (526 pts)	#812 (451 pts)	#841 (436 pts)	#834 (441 pts)	#700 (531 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#831 (366 pts)	#1202 (236 pts)	#1264 (226 pts)	#1458 (171 pts)	#551 (581 pts)