Nov 5–6, 2018 · Cranbourne Victoria, Australia · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Cranbourne Turf Club Grant Street
Big Smoke BBQ won Grand Champion at the Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars on November 5, 2018 in Cranbourne Victoria, 3977 at Cranbourne Turf Club Grant Street, scoring 687.9656 in a field of 21 teams. Butchers Axe BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.8572. Category winners: Chicken — FASTLANE BBQ CREW (173.1428); Pork Ribs — NATURAL BORN GRILLERS (174.2856); Pork — Smokeface Grillahs (174.8800); Brisket — Full Metal Kettle (176.0228).
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.
Big Smoke BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Big Smoke BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.
Pork places 9–10: Butchers Axe BBQ and BOOGIE CHILLIN' BARBECUE tied on 166.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Lick of Smoke BBQ and Butchers Axe BBQ tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: Game of Bones and RIBBED FOR YOUR PLEASURE tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1428 | 170.3200 | 166.3200 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2856 | 167.4172 | 164.5600 |
| Pork | 174.8800 | 170.8456 | 166.2972 |
| Brisket | 176.0228 | 171.4744 | 169.1544 |
21 entries · top 687.9656 · median 663.4628
21 entries · top 173.1428 · median 166.2856
21 entries · top 174.2856 · median 164.0228
21 entries · top 174.8800 · median 163.4516
21 entries · top 176.0228 · median 166.8800