A first Grand Championship
2
tracked contests to get there
This was Smoke N Daggers BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
Burleigh BBQ Championships
Aug 3–4, 2019 · Queensland, Australia · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Ed Hardy Park,North Burleigh Heads
SMOKE N DAGGERS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Burleigh BBQ Championships on August 3, 2019 in Queensland, 4220 at Ed Hardy Park,North Burleigh Heads, scoring 697.0856 in a field of 32 teams. The King and His Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 692.5028. Category winners: Chicken — My Q4U (177.7028); Pork Ribs — Bovine Technicians (179.4400); Pork — Family Q (176.0228); Brisket — SMOKE N DAGGERS BBQ (178.8572). The Open Comp standings were won by Big Smoke BBQ Australia with 517.1312.
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.
312.01
median 662.83
697.09 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.70
- Pork Ribs 179.44
- Pork 176.02
- Brisket 178.86
20
179.44
Entries
32
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary
Top score
697.0856
Winning margin
4.5828
GC over RC
Field average
642.44
312.01697.09
median 662.83 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
3.4744 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
669.7372
312.01697.09
10th place overall
Field spread
385.0744
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 46%
beats 54% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.33 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,502
avg power rating going in · stronger than 2% of contests
Storylines (3 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 2–3: The King and His Q and SMOKE N DAGGERS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Blue Bird Crew and FASTLANE BBQ CREW tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Zed's Que and Bastie Boys Low and Slow tied on 167.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Brisket 9–10 · tie
- Brisket 2–3 · 0.0116
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SMOKE N DAGGERS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.
- Chicken 3rd
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 10th
- Brisket 1st
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 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 172.5600 | 169.7028 |
| Pork | 176.0228 | 172.5484 | 167.9656 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1772 | 167.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
32 entries · top 697.0856 · median 662.8288
Chicken
32 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8572
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8228
Pork
32 entries · top 176.0228 · median 163.7028
Brisket
31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8344
Open Comp
Overall
32 entries · top 517.1312 · median 488.8454 · out of 540, not the usual 720
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.
Open Comp — Bass Strait Brisket
31 entries · top 174.2856 · median 157.1428
Open Comp — Lamb
32 entries · top 173.1316 · median 164.5256
Open Comp — Seafood
30 entries · top 176.0344 · median 166.5772