Apr 26–27, 2025 · Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia · AUSTRALIA · 📍 124 Leonard Street
Reps: Karina Rumens, Rob Stevens
BLUE MIST BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin' in the Valley on April 26, 2025 in Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 at 124 Leonard Street, scoring 676.0344 in a field of 13 teams. Ribs n Pigs BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 669.6800. Category winners: Chicken — Pit Bull Smokers (172.5600); Pork Ribs — Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ (174.2972); Pork — Smoke and Dagger BBQ (173.1656); Brisket — BLUE MIST BBQ (173.1656). This is the 7th of 10 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Ribs n' Pigs; the next was held in 2025.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
BLUE MIST BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Ribs n Pigs BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BLUE MIST BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
2 of 10 tracked editions
The King & His Q has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
Pork places 9–10: Smokin Genius and Smokin it up BBQ Australia tied on 158.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: BLUE MIST BBQ edged The King and His Q by 0.0344. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Pit Bull Smokers edged BLUE MIST BBQ by 0.0456.
BLUE MIST BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Ribs N Pigs BBQ (won 2022), Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ (won 2024).
11 of 14 teams from 2024-11-02 came back
11 of the 14 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2019 | Herne Hill WA | 124 Lennard St | 17 | 670.3316 | The King & His Q | Smokin Steve's BBQ |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Perth, Western Australia | Swan Settlers Market | 12 | 678.3428 | Ribs N Pigs BBQ | Smokin Steve's BBQ |
| Nov 4, 2023 | Perth, Western Australia | Swan Settlers Market | 11 | 687.3828 | The King & His Q | Pit Bull Smokers |
| May 4, 2024 | Perth, Western Australia | Swan Settlers Market | 14 | 660.4916 | Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ | Smokin it up BBQ Australia |
| Aug 3, 2024 | Perth, Western Australia | Swan Settlers Market | 10 | 698.2972 | Brisket the night away | Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Perth, Western Australia | Swan Settlers Market | 14 | 673.1084 | Ribs n' Pigs | Aussie TongMasters |
| Apr 26, 2025 ← this one | Herne Hill, Western Australia | 124 Leonard Street | 13 | 676.0344 | BLUE MIST BBQ | Ribs n Pigs BBQ |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Herne Hill, Western Australia | 124 Leonard Street | 12 | 694.3312 | Aussie TongMasters | The King and His Q |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Herne Hill, Western Australia | 124 Leonard Street | 9 | 682.7772 | Aussie TongMasters | West Cooper BBQ |
| Apr 25, 2026 | Herne Hill, Western Australia | 124 Leonard Street | 9 | 695.9656 | The King and His Q | Aussie TongMasters |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5600 | 167.9656 | 160.0344 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 166.8572 | 158.8688 |
| Pork | 173.1656 | 166.2284 | 158.2628 |
| Brisket | 173.1656 | 165.7028 | 158.2628 |
13 entries · top 676.0344 · median 654.2744
13 entries · top 172.5600 · median 163.4056
13 entries · top 174.2972 · median 164.0228
13 entries · top 173.1656 · median 163.9772
13 entries · top 173.1656 · median 160.5600
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.
7 entries · top 177.1772 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The King and His Q | |
| 2 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 3 | Smokin Genius | |
| 4 | Aussie Davo | |
| 5 | Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ | |
| 6 | Raeburn Barbecue | |
| 7 | West Cooper BBQ |