2025-08-02 – 2025-08-03 · Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 · AUSTRALIA · 📍 124 Leonard Street
Reps: KARINA RUMENS, ROB STEVENS
Grand Champion: Aussie TongMasters (694.3312) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The King and His Q
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.
694.3312 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 676.0344 BLUE MIST BBQ set in 2025.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Aussie TongMasters came in rated below the field's top team, Ribs n Pigs BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Aussie TongMasters's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
Aussie TongMasters won Pork Ribs, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Aussie TongMasters has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Brisket places 8–9: BLUE MIST BBQ edged Smoke and Dagger BBQ by 0.0228. Brisket places 9–10: Smoke and Dagger BBQ edged Son of a Brisket by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 4–5: CUMBIA BBQ TEAM edged The King and His Q by 0.0232.
Aussie TongMasters took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.
Aussie TongMasters turned in 178.3200 in pork — past the 173.1656 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BLUE MIST BBQ (won 2025).
10 of 13 teams from 2025-04-26 came back
10 of the 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-09 | Herne Hill WA, 6056 | 124 Lennard St | 17 | 670.3316 | The King & His Q | Smokin Steve's BBQ |
| 2025-04-26 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 124 Leonard Street | 13 | 676.0344 | BLUE MIST BBQ | Ribs n Pigs BBQ |
| 2025-08-02 ← this one | 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 |
| 2026-04-03 | Linn Valley, KS | Linn Valley Lakes Campground | 31 | 700.5144 | Triple H BBQ | Shucky Bey BBQ |
| 2026-04-25 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 124 Leonard Street | 9 | 695.9656 | The King and His Q | Aussie TongMasters |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 168.5600 | 162.2284 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.3200 | 166.8228 | 162.8572 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 174.2628 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.3200 | 167.9656 | 161.1316 |
12 entries · top 694.3312 · median 668.5030
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | The King and His Q | |
| 3 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 4 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 5 | Son of a Brisket | |
| 6 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 7 | CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | Aussie Davo | |
| 9 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Genius | |
| 11 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 12 | BLUE MIST BBQ |
12 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The King and His Q | |
| 2 | Son of a Brisket | |
| 3 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 4 | CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 6 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokin Genius | |
| 9 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 10 | Aussie Davo | |
| 11 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 12 | BLUE MIST BBQ |
12 entries · top 174.3200 · median 166.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 4 | CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | The King and His Q | |
| 6 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 7 | Son of a Brisket | |
| 8 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 9 | Aussie Davo | |
| 10 | Smokin Genius | |
| 11 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 12 | BLUE MIST BBQ |
12 entries · top 178.3200 · median 170.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 3 | The King and His Q | |
| 4 | Son of a Brisket | |
| 5 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin Genius | |
| 7 | Aussie Davo | |
| 8 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 9 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 10 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 11 | CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | BLUE MIST BBQ |
12 entries · top 178.3200 · median 165.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 3 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 4 | CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | The King and His Q | |
| 6 | Aussie Davo | |
| 7 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 8 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 10 | Son of a Brisket | |
| 11 | Smokin Genius | |
| 12 | Pit Bull Smokers |
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 165.6912 · median 153.1088
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | Smokey Seth | |
| 3 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 4 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokin Genius | |
| 6 | Aussie Davo | |
| 7 | West Cooper BBQ |