Smokin in the Valley 2
2026-08-01 – 2026-08-02 · Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 · AUSTRALIA · 📍 124 Leonard Street
Reps: KARINA RUMENS, PAUL WOODHAMS, ROB STEVENS
Grand Champion: Aussie TongMasters (697.7256) · 8 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The King & his Q
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧹 A double category winner
Aussie TongMasters won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 1–2: Aussie TongMasters and The King & his Q tied on 173.7028 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 171.4400 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 168.0344 | — |
| Pork | 173.7256 | 169.6684 | — |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 165.1544 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
8 entries · top 697.7256 · median 676.2742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | The King & his Q | |
| 3 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 4 | Ribs n Pigs bbq | |
| 5 | Smokin' Steve's BBQ | |
| 6 | Aussie Davo | |
| 7 | Smokin Genius | |
| 8 | Pit Bull Smokers |
Chicken
8 entries · top 178.8800 · median 172.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The King & his Q | |
| 2 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 3 | Smokin Genius | |
| 4 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokin' Steve's BBQ | |
| 6 | Ribs n Pigs bbq | |
| 7 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 8 | Aussie Davo |
Pork Ribs
8 entries · top 175.4400 · median 168.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 3 | Ribs n Pigs bbq | |
| 4 | The King & his Q | |
| 5 | Aussie Davo | |
| 6 | Smokin' Steve's BBQ | |
| 7 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 8 | Smokin Genius |
Pork
8 entries · top 173.7256 · median 170.5370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie Davo | |
| 2 | The King & his Q | |
| 3 | Smokin' Steve's BBQ | |
| 4 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 5 | Pit Bull Smokers | |
| 6 | Smokin Genius | |
| 7 | Ribs n Pigs bbq | |
| 8 | BLUE MIST BBQ |
Brisket
8 entries · top 173.7028 · median 167.4344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | The King & his Q | |
| 3 | Ribs n Pigs bbq | |
| 4 | BLUE MIST BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokin Genius | |
| 6 | Smokin' Steve's BBQ | |
| 7 | Aussie Davo | |
| 8 | Pit Bull Smokers |
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 — Dessert
4 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie TongMasters | |
| 2 | The King & his Q | |
| 3 | Aussie Davo | |
| 4 | BLUE MIST BBQ |