Smokin' in the Valley
2024-08-03 – 2024-08-04 · Perth, Western Australia, · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Swan Settlers Market
Reps: KARINA RUMENS, ROB STEVENS
Grand Champion: Brisket the night away (698.2972) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ
Entries
Top score
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Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Came back for more
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📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 1–2: Pit Bull Smokers and Aussie TongMasters tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Smokin Genius edged Smokin it up BBQ Australia by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ (won 2024).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-30 | Perth, | Swan Valley Settlers Markets | 14 | 667.9772 | Smokin Steves BBQ | Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ |
| 2022-11-26 | Perth, Western Australia, | Swan Settlers Market | 12 | 678.3428 | Ribs N Pigs BBQ | Smokin Steve's BBQ |
| 2023-11-04 | Perth, Western Australia, | Swan Settlers Market | 11 | 687.3828 | The King & His Q | Pit Bull Smokers |
| 2024-05-04 | Perth, Western Australia, | Swan Settlers Market | 14 | 660.4916 | Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ | Smokin it up BBQ Australia |
| 2024-08-03 ← this one | Perth, Western Australia, | Swan Settlers Market | 10 | 698.2972 | Brisket the night away | Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ |
| 2024-11-02 | Perth, Western Australia, | Swan Settlers Market | 14 | 673.1084 | Ribs n' Pigs | Aussie TongMasters |
| 2025-04-26 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 124 Leonard Street | 13 | 676.0344 | BLUE MIST BBQ | Ribs n Pigs BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 171.4056 | 153.1088 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7028 | 170.2972 | 155.3944 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 171.9772 | 157.7028 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1316 | 159.9544 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
10 entries · top 698.2972 · median 681.1144
Chicken
10 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.8342
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 173.7028 · median 168.0058
Pork
10 entries · top 176.5828 · median 171.1258
Brisket
10 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8516 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Sweet Pie
5 entries · top 171.9772 · median 161.1312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin Genius | |
| 4 | Lit Salami | |
| 5 | Aussie Davo |