The 2018 Canadian Beef Masters was held from October 23 to 28, at the Rath Eastlink Arena in Truro, Nova Scotia. This was the second Grand Slam and first major of the

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. On the men's side, John Epping defeated Kevin Koe 7–4 in the final, completing a career Grand Slam for Epping, winning all four major events. On the women's side,

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defeated Rachel Homan 8–7 to win their second straight Grand Slam.

Qualification

The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of September 20, 2018 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines its invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete.

Men

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of September 20: # Niklas Edin # Brad Gushue # Kevin Koe #

Bruce Mouat Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler. He is an Olympic silver medallist, having skipped Great Britain to a second place finish in the men's team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Mouat had a very succ ...

# Jason Gunnlaugson # John Epping # Brad Jacobs # ~~Peter de Cruz~~ # Reid Carruthers #

Steffen Walstad Steffen Walstad (born February 10, 1989 in Oppdal) is a Norwegian curler from Oppdal. He currently skips his own team. Career Juniors Walstad played in three World Junior Curling Championships, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World J ...

# ~~Brendan Bottcher~~ # Glenn Howard # John Shuster # ~~Thomas Ulsrud~~ # ~~Rich Ruohonen~~ #

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Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva. Career Juniors Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...

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Sponsor's exemption: * Jamie Murphy

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of September 20: #

# Jennifer Jones # Rachel Homan # Tracy Fleury # Eve Muirhead # Jamie Sinclair # Laura Walker # Nina Roth # ~~Kim Eun-jung~~ #

Satsuki Fujisawa is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. As a skip, she has won the Japanese national championship six times. Fujisawa skipped the bronze medal-winning Japanese team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and the silver medal-winning team at the ...

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...

# Silvana Tirinzoni # Darcy Robertson # Casey Scheidegger # Chelsea Carey Sponsor's exemption: * Kaitlyn Jones

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight time ( UTC-3).

Draw 1

''Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, October 24, 8:00 am''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, October 24, 11:30 am''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, October 24, 3:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, October 25, 8:00 am''

Draw 7

''Thursday, October 25, 11:30 am''

Draw 8

''Thursday, October 25, 3:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, October 25, 7:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, October 26, 8:00 am''

Draw 11

''Friday, October 26, 11:30 am''

Draw 12

''Friday, October 26, 3:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, October 26, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 27, 8:00 am'' ''Saturday, October 27, 11:30 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, October 27, 11:30 am'' ''Saturday, October 27, 4:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Sunday, October 28, 10:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, October 28, 2:00 pm''