Smokin' in the Valley
2025-04-26 – 2025-04-27 · Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 · AUSTRALIA · 📍 124 Leonard Street
Reps: KARINA RUMENS, ROB STEVENS
Grand Champion: BLUE MIST BBQ (676.0344) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Ribs n Pigs BBQ
Entries
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Perfect 180s
Tightest race
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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👑 A dynasty in the making
The King & His Q has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Ribs N Pigs BBQ (won 2022), Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
BLUE MIST BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, The King and His Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-09 | Herne Hill WA, 6056 | 124 Lennard St | 17 | 670.3316 | The King & His Q | Smokin Steve's 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 | 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 ← this one | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 124 Leonard Street | 13 | 676.0344 | BLUE MIST BBQ | Ribs n Pigs BBQ |
| 2025-08-02 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 124 Leonard Street | 12 | 694.3312 | Aussie TongMasters | The King and His Q |
| 2025-11-01 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 124 Leonard Street | 9 | 682.7772 | Aussie TongMasters | West Cooper BBQ |
| 2026-04-25 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 124 Leonard Street | 9 | 695.9656 | The King and His Q | Aussie TongMasters |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| 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 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 676.0344 · median 654.2744
Chicken
13 entries · top 172.5600 · median 163.4056
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 174.2972 · median 164.0228
Pork
13 entries · top 173.1656 · median 163.9772
Brisket
13 entries · top 173.1656 · median 160.5600
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 — Burgers
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 |