Feb 10–11, 2018 · Sydney, Australia · AUSTRALIA
FASTLANE BBQ CREW won Grand Champion at the Sydney Barbeque Festival on February 10, 2018 in Sydney, 8008, scoring 681.0968 in a field of 19 teams. SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA took Reserve Grand Champion with 676.4912. Category winners: Chicken — WITHA P AND QUE (176.6172); Pork Ribs — Bovine Technicians (176.0000); Pork — Pit's Perfect BBQ (174.8800); Brisket — WITHA P AND QUE (175.4400).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
FASTLANE BBQ CREW won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
WITHA P AND QUE finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: Pit's Perfect BBQ and Texaus BBQ tied on 166.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: The Ugly Drummers BBQ Crew edged Bovine Technicians by 0.0228. Pork places 1–2: Pit's Perfect BBQ edged FASTLANE BBQ CREW by 0.0228.
WITHA P AND QUE won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.6172 | 167.4172 | 165.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 166.2628 | 162.8684 |
| Pork | 174.8800 | 169.1428 | 160.0228 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 168 | 162.2628 |
19 entries · top 681.0968 · median 649.0624
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 2 | SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA | |
| 3 | WITHA P AND QUE | |
| 4 | Bovine Technicians | |
| 5 | Pit's Perfect BBQ | |
| 6 | Sounds on West Smokehouse | |
| 7 | LOADED BBQ | |
| 8 | Weber Kettle Club | |
| 9 | BLUE DOG BBQ | |
| 10 | Texaus BBQ | |
| 11 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 12 | Smoking Coals Barbecue | |
| 13 | True Blue Q | |
| 14 | Beer-B-Q | |
| 15 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 16 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 17 | All About Taste | |
| 18 | The Ugly Drummers BBQ Crew | |
| 19 | 2 SMOKIN ARABS |
19 entries · top 176.6172 · median 165.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WITHA P AND QUE | |
| 2 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 3 | Weber Kettle Club | |
| 4 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 5 | Beer-B-Q | |
| 6 | BLUE DOG BBQ | |
| 7 | LOADED BBQ | |
| 8 | The Ugly Drummers BBQ Crew | |
| 9 | Bovine Technicians | |
| 10 | True Blue Q | |
| 11 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA | |
| 13 | Pit's Perfect BBQ | |
| 14 | Smoking Coals Barbecue | |
| 15 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 16 | Texaus BBQ | |
| 17 | Sounds on West Smokehouse | |
| 18 | All About Taste | |
| 19 | 2 SMOKIN ARABS |
18 entries · top 176 · median 163.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bovine Technicians | |
| 2 | SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA | |
| 3 | Sounds on West Smokehouse | |
| 4 | True Blue Q | |
| 5 | Pit's Perfect BBQ | |
| 6 | Texaus BBQ | |
| 7 | LOADED BBQ | |
| 8 | WITHA P AND QUE | |
| 9 | Smoking Coals Barbecue | |
| 10 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 11 | BLUE DOG BBQ | |
| 12 | All About Taste | |
| 13 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 14 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 15 | Weber Kettle Club | |
| 16 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 17 | The Ugly Drummers BBQ Crew | |
| 18 | Beer-B-Q |
18 entries · top 174.8800 · median 160.8514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pit's Perfect BBQ | |
| 2 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 3 | SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA | |
| 4 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 5 | Sounds on West Smokehouse | |
| 6 | BLUE DOG BBQ | |
| 7 | Weber Kettle Club | |
| 8 | Bovine Technicians | |
| 9 | Smoking Coals Barbecue | |
| 10 | True Blue Q | |
| 11 | Texaus BBQ | |
| 12 | LOADED BBQ | |
| 13 | WITHA P AND QUE | |
| 14 | All About Taste | |
| 15 | Beer-B-Q | |
| 16 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 17 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 18 | The Ugly Drummers BBQ Crew |
19 entries · top 175.4400 · median 162.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WITHA P AND QUE | |
| 2 | LOADED BBQ | |
| 3 | FASTLANE BBQ CREW | |
| 4 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 5 | Bovine Technicians | |
| 6 | SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA | |
| 7 | Sounds on West Smokehouse | |
| 8 | Texaus BBQ | |
| 9 | Weber Kettle Club | |
| 10 | Pit's Perfect BBQ | |
| 11 | Beer-B-Q | |
| 12 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 13 | 2 SMOKIN ARABS | |
| 14 | Smoking Coals Barbecue | |
| 15 | BLUE DOG BBQ | |
| 16 | All About Taste | |
| 17 | True Blue Q | |
| 18 | The Ugly Drummers BBQ Crew | |
| 19 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia |
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.
16 entries · top 176.0344 · median 165.4342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pit's Perfect BBQ | |
| 2 | Beer-B-Q | |
| 3 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 4 | Bovine Technicians | |
| 5 | Sounds on West Smokehouse | |
| 6 | SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA | |
| 7 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 8 | All About Taste | |
| 9 | Weber Kettle Club | |
| 10 | 2 SMOKIN ARABS | |
| 11 | Smoking Coals Barbecue | |
| 12 | True Blue Q | |
| 13 | WITHA P AND QUE | |
| 14 | LOADED BBQ | |
| 15 | BLUE DOG BBQ | |
| 16 | Texaus BBQ |
15 entries · top 176.6172 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texaus BBQ | |
| 2 | Bovine Technicians | |
| 3 | Weber Kettle Club | |
| 4 | SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA | |
| 5 | WITHA P AND QUE | |
| 6 | LOADED BBQ | |
| 7 | BLUE DOG BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoking Coals Barbecue | |
| 9 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 10 | BIG BOY BBQ Australia | |
| 11 | 2 SMOKIN ARABS | |
| 12 | Sounds on West Smokehouse | |
| 13 | True Blue Q | |
| 14 | All About Taste | |
| 15 | Beer-B-Q |