2018-11-03 – 2018-11-04 · Bayswater, · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Bayswater,
Grand Champion: MOE CASON BBQ (701.7372) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Perth BBQ School Varsity
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.
701.7372 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 691.9312 GREY STREET BBQ set in 2016.
This was MOE CASON BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 47th tracked contest.
Wider than 99% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 25.7256 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
Pork places 1–2: Perth BBQ School Varsity and MOE CASON BBQ tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Big Shanks and Smokey Savs BBQ edged Perth BBQ School Varsity by 0.0112. Chicken places 3–4: MOE CASON BBQ edged Molly's BBQ Smokehouse by 0.0116.
MOE CASON BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 4th.
Perth BBQ School Varsity turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 2.5 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2016-04-29.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-29 | Liberty, IN | Liberty, IN 47353 | 33 | 691.9312 | GREY STREET BBQ | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ |
| 2018-11-03 ← this one | Bayswater, | Bayswater, | 23 | 701.7372 | MOE CASON BBQ | Perth BBQ School Varsity |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 173.7028 | 167.4284 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.6172 | 167.4744 | 165.1316 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 169.7372 | 165.7484 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 171.4400 | 164.5716 |
23 entries · top 701.7372 · median 648.5368
22 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.2800
23 entries · top 172.6172 · median 162.3200
23 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4172
23 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8456
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.
20 entries · top 174.8456 · median 161.7086