A first Grand Championship
3
tracked contests to get there
This was FASTLANE BBQ CREW's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8–9, 2017 · Perth, Australia · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Bruswood Parklands
FASTLANE BBQ CREW won Grand Champion at the Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival on April 8, 2017 in Perth, 8008 at Bruswood Parklands, scoring 691.4744 in a field of 22 teams. Gusface Grillah took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.1544. Category winners: Chicken — BIG BOY BBQ Australia (172.5600); Pork Ribs — FASTLANE BBQ CREW (177.7372); Pork — FASTLANE BBQ CREW (172.0228); Brisket — GRILLA WARFARE BBQ (177.2000).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
582.25
median 644.29
691.47 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 172.56
- Pork Ribs 177.74
- Pork 172.02
- Brisket 177.20
122.80
177.74
Entries
22
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
691.4744
Winning margin
14.3200
GC over RC
Field average
646.81
582.25691.47
median 644.29 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4172 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
650.2172
582.25691.47
10th place overall
Field spread
109.2228
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 66%
beats 34% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.03 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,501
avg power rating going in · stronger than 2% of contests
Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A statement win
14.3200
points clear of the field
Wider than 96% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 14.3200 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
A rookie on the podium
2nd
at their first tracked contest
Gusface Grillah finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
0.0116
closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 3–4: FASTLANE BBQ CREW edged Liqardpigs by 0.0116. Pork places 3–4: BBQ Father edged Liqardpigs by 0.0116. Brisket places 5–6: EUREKA SMOKE edged BIG BOY BBQ Australia by 0.0116.
- Chicken 3–4 · 0.0116
- Pork 3–4 · 0.0116
- Brisket 5–6 · 0.0116
- Pork 4–5 · 0.0344
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
FASTLANE BBQ CREW won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
FASTLANE BBQ CREW took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 3rd.
- Chicken 3rd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 3rd
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5600 | 169.1428 | 166.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 172.0344 | 164.0116 |
| Pork | 172.0228 | 167.9884 | 162.2856 |
| Brisket | 177.2000 | 170.8572 | 164.5716 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 691.4744 · median 644.2858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 2 | Gusface Grillah | |
| 3 | Liqardpigs | |
| 4 | GRILLA WARFARE BBQ | |
| 5 | EUREKA SMOKE | |
| 6 | BBQ Father | |
| 7 | Sandgroper BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 9 | THE GRYPHON SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 10 | Grill Sergeant Barbecue | |
| 11 | SMOKIN' STEVE'S BBQ | |
| 12 | Boarshank Redemption | |
| 13 | WBBBQ | |
| 14 | Rib Rack's BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin' Sheilas | |
| 16 | The Smokin' Hot JAGRD Edge | |
| 17 | Pyrite BBQ | |
| 18 | Old Faithful BBQ | |
| 19 | MeatDownunder | |
| 20 | Philthy Pig | |
| 21 | I 'Cue BBQ | |
| 22 | Dead Pork Society |
Chicken
22 entries · top 172.5600 · median 164.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 2 | Philthy Pig | |
| 3 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 4 | Liqardpigs | |
| 5 | BBQ Father | |
| 6 | Smokin' Sheilas | |
| 7 | EUREKA SMOKE | |
| 8 | Grill Sergeant Barbecue | |
| 9 | Pyrite BBQ | |
| 10 | Gusface Grillah | |
| 11 | Sandgroper BBQ | |
| 12 | WBBBQ | |
| 13 | GRILLA WARFARE BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' STEVE'S BBQ | |
| 15 | THE GRYPHON SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 16 | The Smokin' Hot JAGRD Edge | |
| 17 | Rib Rack's BBQ | |
| 18 | Old Faithful BBQ | |
| 19 | MeatDownunder | |
| 20 | Boarshank Redemption | |
| 21 | I 'Cue BBQ | |
| 22 | Dead Pork Society |
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 177.7372 · median 161.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 2 | THE GRYPHON SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 3 | Gusface Grillah | |
| 4 | Liqardpigs | |
| 5 | BBQ Father | |
| 6 | The Smokin' Hot JAGRD Edge | |
| 7 | Sandgroper BBQ | |
| 8 | Rib Rack's BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' STEVE'S BBQ | |
| 10 | GRILLA WARFARE BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 12 | Old Faithful BBQ | |
| 13 | EUREKA SMOKE | |
| 14 | I 'Cue BBQ | |
| 15 | Grill Sergeant Barbecue | |
| 16 | Pyrite BBQ | |
| 17 | Boarshank Redemption | |
| 18 | Smokin' Sheilas | |
| 19 | Philthy Pig | |
| 20 | WBBBQ | |
| 21 | MeatDownunder | |
| 22 | Dead Pork Society |
Pork
22 entries · top 172.0228 · median 160.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 2 | Old Faithful BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ Father | |
| 4 | Liqardpigs | |
| 5 | EUREKA SMOKE | |
| 6 | GRILLA WARFARE BBQ | |
| 7 | THE GRYPHON SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 8 | Gusface Grillah | |
| 9 | Sandgroper BBQ | |
| 10 | WBBBQ | |
| 11 | Rib Rack's BBQ | |
| 12 | Boarshank Redemption | |
| 13 | MeatDownunder | |
| 14 | Dead Pork Society | |
| 15 | SMOKIN' STEVE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | Philthy Pig | |
| 17 | Grill Sergeant Barbecue | |
| 18 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 19 | Smokin' Sheilas | |
| 20 | I 'Cue BBQ | |
| 21 | The Smokin' Hot JAGRD Edge | |
| 22 | Pyrite BBQ |
Brisket
22 entries · top 177.2000 · median 162.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILLA WARFARE BBQ | |
| 2 | Gusface Grillah | |
| 3 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 4 | Boarshank Redemption | |
| 5 | EUREKA SMOKE | |
| 6 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 7 | Grill Sergeant Barbecue | |
| 8 | MeatDownunder | |
| 9 | Liqardpigs | |
| 10 | Pyrite BBQ | |
| 11 | Sandgroper BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' STEVE'S BBQ | |
| 13 | Dead Pork Society | |
| 14 | Smokin' Sheilas | |
| 15 | WBBBQ | |
| 16 | THE GRYPHON SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 17 | The Smokin' Hot JAGRD Edge | |
| 18 | BBQ Father | |
| 19 | Rib Rack's BBQ | |
| 20 | Old Faithful BBQ | |
| 21 | I 'Cue BBQ | |
| 22 | Philthy Pig |
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.
Master Series — Lamb
19 entries · top 170.3200 · median 160.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WBBBQ | |
| 2 | Rib Rack's BBQ | |
| 3 | Grill Sergeant Barbecue | |
| 4 | I 'Cue BBQ | |
| 5 | MeatDownunder | |
| 6 | The Smokin' Hot JAGRD Edge | |
| 7 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 8 | Sandgroper BBQ | |
| 9 | Pyrite BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' STEVE'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Old Faithful BBQ | |
| 12 | Liqardpigs | |
| 13 | GRILLA WARFARE BBQ | |
| 14 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 15 | Boarshank Redemption | |
| 16 | Smokin' Sheilas | |
| 17 | Dead Pork Society | |
| 18 | Gusface Grillah | |
| 19 | Philthy Pig |
Master Series — Steak
18 entries · top 175.4972 · median 162.2742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 2 | Pyrite BBQ | |
| 3 | Sandgroper BBQ | |
| 4 | Gusface Grillah | |
| 5 | Dead Pork Society | |
| 6 | Boarshank Redemption | |
| 7 | Old Faithful BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' STEVE'S BBQ | |
| 9 | WBBBQ | |
| 10 | GRILLA WARFARE BBQ | |
| 11 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 12 | Rib Rack's BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin' Sheilas | |
| 14 | Liqardpigs | |
| 15 | MeatDownunder | |
| 16 | Grill Sergeant Barbecue | |
| 17 | I 'Cue BBQ | |
| 18 | The Smokin' Hot JAGRD Edge |