A first Grand Championship
1
title in the data
This was HEATBEADS ALL STARS's first Grand Championship in the data.
DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
Sep 1, 2018 · Victoria, Australia · AUSTRALIA
HEATBEADS ALL STARS won Grand Champion at the DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship on September 1, 2018 in Victoria,Australia, 3775, scoring 681.1888 in a field of 24 teams. FORREST LUMP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.4000. Category winners: Chicken — RIBBED FOR YOUR PLEASURE (176.0000); Pork Ribs — What's Your Beef (176.0228); Pork — BOOGIE CHILLIN' BARBECUE (175.4172); Brisket — HEATBEADS ALL STARS (180.0000).
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.
602.88
median 639.77
681.19 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176
- Pork Ribs 176.02
- Pork 175.42
- Brisket 180 🔥
139.44
180
Entries
24
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
681.1888
Winning margin
2.7888
GC over RC
Field average
644.42
602.88681.19
median 639.77 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
4.6172 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
647.4400
602.88681.19
10th place overall
Field spread
78.3084
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 87%
beats 13% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.3 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,503
avg power rating going in · stronger than 3% of contests
Storylines (5 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 rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
HEATBEADS ALL STARS finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 8–9: Kraken BBQ and AutoBulls tied on 162.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Happy Grillmore edged SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA by 0.0116. Chicken places 7–8: FAT CUTS BBQ edged Basting Bros BBQ by 0.0228.
- Pork 8–9 · tie
- Pork 3–4 · 0.0116
- Chicken 7–8 · 0.0228
- Pork 9–10 · 0.0228
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
HEATBEADS ALL STARS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 13th.
- Chicken 13th
- Pork Ribs 4th
- Pork 10th
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- HEATBEADS ALL STARS · Brisket
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 | 176 | 169.1772 | 166.3200 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0228 | 171.4056 | 164 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 168.0228 | 162.8572 |
| Brisket | 180 | 172 | 162.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
24 entries · top 681.1888 · median 639.7712
Chicken
24 entries · top 176 · median 164.8572
Pork Ribs
24 entries · top 176.0228 · median 161.4630
Pork
24 entries · top 175.4172 · median 160.8686
Brisket
24 entries · top 180 · median 160.8800 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Woodfired Shiraz
24 entries · top 169.7828 · median 160.8514