A statement win
12.4796
points clear of the field
Wider than 93% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 12.4796 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
Nov 4–5, 2019 · Cranbourne Melbourne, Australia · AUSTRALIA · 📍 Grant Street
Reps: Peta McManus, Scott Coleman
Big Smoke BBQ Australia won Grand Champion at the Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars on November 4, 2019 in Cranbourne Melbourne, 3950 at Grant Street, scoring 687.3484 in a field of 28 teams. Divine Swine BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.8688. Category winners: Chicken — Big Smoke BBQ Australia (175.4400); Pork Ribs — The King and His Q (172.5828); Pork — The King and His Q (173.7256); Brisket — Divine Swine BBQ (176.6172).
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.
600.59
median 648.53
687.35 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 175.44
- Pork Ribs 172.58
- Pork 173.73
- Brisket 176.62
142.30
176.62
Entries
28
4 judged meats
Top score
687.3484
Winning margin
12.4796
GC over RC
Field average
647.14
600.59687.35
median 648.53 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
2.9028 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
654.2856
600.59687.35
10th place overall
Field spread
86.7544
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 78%
beats 22% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.28 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,507
avg power rating going in · stronger than 5% of contests
Storylines (5 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.
A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
Grill Joys BBQ finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 9–10: Full Boar BBQ and BIG BOY BBQ Australia tied on 165.7372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: Kamikaze and What's Your Beef BBQ ? tied on 168.5712 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: The King and His Q edged The Loin King by 0.0112.
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
- Brisket 7–8 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · 0.0112
- Chicken 2–3 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
The King and His Q won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
Big Smoke BBQ Australia took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 5th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 5th
- Brisket 4th
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 | 175.4400 | 171.4400 | 167.4284 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5828 | 167.9656 | 165.7372 |
| Pork | 173.7256 | 170.8228 | 164.5484 |
| Brisket | 176.6172 | 170.2628 | 166.8572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 687.3484 · median 648.5312
Chicken
28 entries · top 175.4400 · median 164.5600
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 172.5828 · median 162.8802
Pork
28 entries · top 173.7256 · median 162.8286
Brisket
28 entries · top 176.6172 · median 161.4400