May 4–5, 2019 · Chidlow, Western, Australia · AUSTRALIA
Reps: Garth Welsh, Karina Rumens
Big Don's Smoked Meats won Grand Champion at the Spit in the Hills on May 4, 2019 in Chidlow,Western, 6556, scoring 678.9028 in a field of 21 teams. Ribs n Pigs BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2172. Category winners: Chicken — GRILLA WARFARE BBQ (171.9888); Pork Ribs — Smoke 'n' Byrne BBQ (172.5944); Pork — Ribs n Pigs BBQ (174.2856); Brisket — Ribs n Pigs BBQ (173.1200). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2022.
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.
Closer than 86% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6856 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
Big Don's Smoked Meats came in rated below the field's top team, FASTLANE BBQ CREW, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Big Don's Smoked Meats won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Big Don's Smoked Meats's first Grand Championship in the data.
Big Don's Smoked Meats finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
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.
Ribs n Pigs BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2019 ← this one | Chidlow, Western | Chidlow,Western, 6556 | 21 | 678.9028 | Big Don's Smoked Meats | Ribs n Pigs BBQ |
| Apr 30, 2022 | Chidlow, Western | Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 16 | 661.6684 | Delta T BBQ | Barking Gecko BBQ |
| 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 |
21 entries · top 678.9028 · median 652.6172
21 entries · top 171.9888 · median 166.8228
21 entries · top 172.5944 · median 164.5600
20 entries · top 174.2856 · median 162.8628
21 entries · top 173.1200 · median 167.3828
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.
15 entries · top 175.4400 · median 156.5944