Smokin in the Valley
2025-11-01 – 2025-11-02 · Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 · AUSTRALIA · 📍 124 Leonard Street
Reps: PAUL WOODHAMS, ROB STEVENS
Grand Champion: Aussie TongMasters (682.7772) · 9 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 West Cooper BBQ
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👑 A dynasty in the making
Aussie TongMasters has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 4–5: West Cooper BBQ and The King and His Q tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Smoke and Dagger BBQ edged Ribs n Pigs BBQ by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BLUE MIST BBQ (won 2025), Aussie TongMasters (won 2025).
🃏 An upset on the books
Aussie TongMasters came in rated below the field's top team, Ribs n Pigs BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-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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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 |
| 2025-04-26 | 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 ← this one | 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 |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 167.3944 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 167.3944 | — |
| Pork | 175.4744 | 170.2628 | — |
| Brisket | 174.8572 | 166.8572 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
9 entries · top 682.7772 · median 667.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 3 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 4 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 5 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 6 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 7 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokin Genius | |
| 9 | The King and His Q |
Chicken
8 entries · top 175.4400 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 2 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 3 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 4 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 5 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin Genius | |
| 7 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 8 | Pit Bull Smokers |
Pork Ribs
9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 2 | The King and His Q | |
| 3 | Smokin Genius | |
| 4 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 5 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 6 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 7 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 8 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 9 | BLUE MIST BBQ |
Pork
9 entries · top 175.4744 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 2 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 3 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 4 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 5 | The King and His Q | |
| 6 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 7 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 8 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokin Genius |
Brisket
9 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 2 | The King and His Q | |
| 3 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 4 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 5 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 6 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokin Genius | |
| 8 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ |
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 — Cocktails
5 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke and Dagger BBQ | |
| 2 | West Cooper BBQ | |
| 3 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 4 | Barking Gecko BBQ | |
| 5 | Cumquat May |