The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
2019-09-14 – 2019-09-15 · Chidlow, 6558 · AUSTRALIA · 📍 4 Thomas Street
Reps: GARTH WELSH, KARINA RUMENS
Grand Champion: Big Boy BBQ Australia (679.9656) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Molly s Bbq Smoke House
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
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: Outagas edged Rib Racks BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 1–2: Sandgroper BBQ edged BIG BOY BBQ Australia by 0.0228. Brisket places 3–4: Rib Racks BBQ edged BIG BOY BBQ Australia by 0.0344.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 4 Thomas Street | 23 | 667.5088 | DBQ | Perth BBQ School Varsity | |
| 2019-09-14 ← this one | Chidlow, 6558 | 4 Thomas Street | 17 | 679.9656 | Big Boy BBQ Australia | Molly s Bbq Smoke House |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 169.6684 | 165.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 169.1772 | 162.3316 |
| Pork | 171.4628 | 166.2856 | 161.1656 |
| Brisket | 174.3200 | 168.0228 | 162.8116 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 679.9656 · median 660.6284
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.5314
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.0000
Pork
17 entries · top 171.4628 · median 164.5484
Brisket
17 entries · top 174.3200 · median 164.5600
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 — Sausage
12 entries · top 173.1200 · median 161.4056