Queensland BBQ Championship
2019-06-29 – 2019-06-30 · CLEVELAND QUEENSLAND, 4163 · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Redland Showgrounds
Prize money: $25,000.00
Grand Champion: The King and His Q (697.2000) · 41 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The Smoking Hot Bros
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧹 A double category winner
Brissie Basters won Pork, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: Primal Iron and Country Boys BBQ tied on 174.3200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 5–6: The Smoking Hot Bros and SMOKE N DAGGERS BBQ tied on 173.7256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Ancillary — Pork Ribs places 7–8: The King and His Q and The Smoking Hot Bros tied on 172.6056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7372 | 176.5600 | 173.7372 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7256 | 170.8572 |
| Master Series — Pork | 179.4400 | 174.9028 | 170.8572 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.7256 | 172.5828 |
| Ancillary — Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.8456 | 170.8800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
41 entries · top 697.2000 · median 664.5140
Chicken
41 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.8572
Pork Ribs
40 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.0228
Pork
41 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.1428
Brisket
41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.4744
Ancillary
Pork Ribs
37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8572
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
36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ribs n Pigs BBQ | |
| 2 | UP IN SMOKE GC BBQ | |
| 3 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 4 | The King and His Q | |
| 5 | Rippa BBQ | |
| 6 | Sticky Fingers | |
| 7 | Flamin' Mongrels | |
| 8 | Puff Puff Baste | |
| 9 | Drunk On Smoke BBQ | |
| 10 | Bluebird BBQ Crew | |
| 11 | Pickled Pitmasters | |
| 12 | Angus Reserve Barbeque Crew | |
| 13 | Crab Pot Smokers | |
| 14 | BARBECUE MAFIA AUSTRALIA | |
| 15 | Charcoal Kings | |
| 16 | Brissie Basters | |
| 17 | SMOKEY DAYS BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKE N DAGGERS BBQ | |
| 19 | Primal Iron | |
| 20 | Zed's Que | |
| 21 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 22 | The Smoking Jackets | |
| 23 | Smoked Out | |
| 24 | The Dirty South | |
| 25 | 4 Monkeys BBQ | |
| 26 | Ham Dunk BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoking Dog Bbq | |
| 28 | The Smoking Hot Bros | |
| 29 | Ques & Brews | |
| 30 | Grillas in the Mist | |
| 31 | Signature SMOKE | |
| 32 | The Charcoal Project | |
| 33 | Pits & Giggles | |
| 34 | DRY RUB THUGS | |
| 35 | Serial Grillers | |
| 36 | Bark To The Future Barbeque |