Jun 29–30, 2019 · Cleveland Queensland, Australia · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Redland Showgrounds
Prize money: $25,000
The King and His Q won Grand Champion at the Queensland BBQ Championship on June 29, 2019 in CLEVELAND QUEENSLAND, 4163 at Redland Showgrounds, scoring 697.2000 in a field of 41 teams. The Smoking Hot Bros took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.4740. Category winners: Chicken — The Smoking Jackets (177.7372); Pork Ribs — Grillas in the Mist (178.8572); Pork — Brissie Basters (179.4400); Brisket — Brissie Basters (178.8572).
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.
The King and His Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was The King and His Q's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.6284 points.
The Smoking Hot Bros finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 8–9: Primal Iron and Country Boys BBQ tied on 174.3200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: The Smoking Hot Bros and SMOKE N DAGGERS BBQ tied on 173.7256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: BIG BOY BBQ Australia edged Double Barrel BBQ by 0.0112.
Brissie Basters won Pork, Brisket — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 176.5600 | 173.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7256 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.9028 | 170.8572 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.7256 | 172.5828 |
41 entries · top 697.2000 · median 664.5140
41 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.8572
40 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.0228
41 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.1428
41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.4744
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.
37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8572
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 |