Spit in the Hills
2019-05-04 – 2019-05-05 · Chidlow,Western, 6556 · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Chidlow,Western, 6556
Reps: GARTH WELSH, KARINA RUMENS
Grand Champion: Big Don's Smoked Meats (678.9028) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Ribs n Pigs BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6856 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Ribs n Pigs BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 2–3: Rib Racks BBQ and Big Don's Smoked Meats tied on 172.5944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 1–2: GRILLA WARFARE BBQ edged Big Don's Smoked Meats by 0.0004. Chicken places 5–6: THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE edged Smoke 'n' Byrne BBQ by 0.0112.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-04 ← this one | Chidlow,Western, 6556 | Chidlow,Western, 6556 | 21 | 678.9028 | Big Don's Smoked Meats | Ribs n Pigs BBQ |
| 2022-04-30 | Chidlow, Western, 6558 | Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 16 | 661.6684 | Delta T BBQ | Barking Gecko BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 171.9888 | 170.2856 | 166.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5944 | 169.7028 | 165.1316 |
| Pork | 174.2856 | 170.2628 | 162.8800 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 170.8572 | 167.4284 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
21 entries · top 678.9028 · median 652.6172
Chicken
21 entries · top 171.9888 · median 166.8228
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 172.5944 · median 164.5600
Pork
20 entries · top 174.2856 · median 162.8628
Brisket
21 entries · top 173.1200 · median 167.3828
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.
Ancillary — Lamb
15 entries · top 175.4400 · median 156.5944