FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1667

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1553

peak 1562 · rated over 17 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-04-15

latest 2019-08-16

Best ToY finish

#394

Master 2016

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

689.1088 / 720

Master · *Smoking in the Golden Valley

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

668.60 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 663.04 (+5.57)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · *Smoking in the Golden Valley

Consistency

±17.63

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.35 · weakest Brisket (162.20)

Road miles

2,248

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 1109 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

663.04 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

The heartbreaker

1.1084 points from the title

Came within 1.1084 points of the Grand Championship at 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake (2017-06-02).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 12 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.1088 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.1088 at *Smoking in the Golden Valley — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-09-29

A tough matchup

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC ahead in 90% of their meetings

UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.16 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 53%.

Brisket avg 162.20
Chicken avg 168.35
3 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Junk Yard Hog in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MO BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 35% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 48% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.45% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.45% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.1% of a perfect score
17 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

49 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

PORKS & REC

#1670 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2017-10-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Waypoint BBQ

#1666 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1558

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

⚔ Head-to-head

BUILDING SMOKE

#1675 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Rucking Fidiculous BBQ

#1668 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 71% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-03-20
on a 7-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Steamboat BBQ

#1669 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Level with FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2019-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Just Katie

#1660 of the rated field

1554 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1554

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-08-30

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
CALLAWAY CREAMATORS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SWEET & SASSY	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
IN DEEP SAUCE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
PITMASTERIQ BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	9	1	4	180.0000 🔥	153.0972	168.35	top 41%
Pork Ribs	17	6	1	1	177.7144	158.8000	166.49	top 49%
Pork	17	4	1	1	177.7372	153.6456	165.99	top 53%
Brisket	17	3	0	0	172.0116	147.9428	162.20	top 57%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	16	0	top 46%
UT	1	0	top 83%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 52%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 45%
Large (40+)	3	top 57%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Anchor City Cook Off	3	8	0	top 35%	2018-10-12
*Smoking in the Golden Valley	2	6	0	top 40%	2017-09-29

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2016-04-15 → 2019-08-16

Busiest season 2016 9 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 16 of 17 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 17 entries · 1 win · 9 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.35 · weakest Brisket (162.20)

Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 12 of 17 contests

Overall top-10 rate 47% 8 of 17 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 663.04 out of 720 · 17 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 270 256–231 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,248 17 mapped stops · furthest 1,109 mi

Schedule strength 1567 average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests

Purse competed for $11,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1553 peak 1562 · #1667 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2016
Apr 15 First tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Jun 3 First call 5th Annual Smokin on the Lake
Jun 3 First overall top-10 5th Annual Smokin on the Lake
Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4284 5th Annual Smokin on the Lake
Jul 8 First category win (Pork) 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
2017
Apr 21 10th tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
May 5 First overall podium Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest
Jun 2 First Reserve Championship 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake
Sep 29 First perfect 180 (Chicken) *Smoking in the Golden Valley
Sep 29 Career-best overall score689.1088 *Smoking in the Golden Valley
2018
Oct 12 Peak power rating (1562) *Anchor City Cook Off
2019
Aug 16 Most recent contest Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.6	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2016-07-08
+14.5	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake	2017-06-02
+12.2	Anchor City Cook Off	2016-10-14
+11.7	*Smoking in the Golden Valley	2017-09-29
+11.6	Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest	2017-05-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9	Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off	2019-08-16
-9	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2016-05-06
-7.7	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2016-04-15
-7.4	10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2017-07-07
-2.8	Smoke out in the Valley	2016-06-18

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 83%	91.3%	91.3%
2018	1	1	0	100%	top 30%	93.9%	93.9%
2017	6	3	2	100%	top 39%	95.7%	93%
2016	9	4	1	44%	top 53%	95.6%	91.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-08-16	Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kanab, UT	15 / 18 (657.6572)	4 (173.7372)	14 (165.1200)	16 (157.7028)	15 (161.0972)
2018-10-12	*Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	10 / 33 (675.9084)	5 (174.2856)	7 (171.9772)	13 (169.7028)	24 (159.9428)
2017-10-13	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	14 / 27 (667.9196)	17 (169.1656)	21 (162.8228)	7 (171.4056)	12 (164.5256)
2017-09-29	*Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO	6 / 29 (689.1088)	2 (180.0000)	5 (172.5600)	11 (169.6916)	12 (166.8572)
2017-07-07	10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	20 / 25 (652.4228)	5 (170.8456)	20 (159.9544)	16 (166.2284)	21 (155.3944)
2017-06-02	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake Monroe City, MO	2 / 27 (682.8000)	2 (173.7028)	1 (177.7144)	22 (164.5256)	12 (166.8572)
2017-05-05	Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	3 / 18 (667.3028)	1 (173.1200)	9 (167.4056)	6 (166.2400)	7 (160.5372)
2017-04-21	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	22 / 40 (656.4456)	10 (170.2628)	28 (162.8000)	13 (170.2628)	32 (153.1200)
2016-10-14	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	8 / 34 (673.0400)	14 (167.3828)	17 (165.1200)	8 (169.6800)	7 (170.8572)
2016-09-23	Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO	13 / 22 (655.8972)	14 (165.0972)	11 (166.2516)	15 (164.5600)	12 (159.9884)
2016-08-05	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	16 / 50 (675.9204)	14 (172.5600)	14 (171.4288)	25 (165.0972)	23 (166.8344)
2016-07-22	Smoking in the Woods Kingdom City, MO	10 / 18 (666.1944)	2 (175.4056)	10 (165.0972)	13 (164.5256)	14 (161.1660)
2016-07-08	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	4 / 26 (688.5716)	8 (172.0000)	4 (170.8344)	1 (177.7372)	11 (168.0000)
2016-06-18	Smoke out in the Valley Buckner, MO	23 / 30 (635.9316)	29 (153.0972)	22 (159.4288)	23 (158.2628)	14 (165.1428)
2016-06-03	5th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	10 / 22 (663.4284)	18 (160.5712)	12 (166.8228)	16 (164.0228)	5 (172.0116)
2016-05-06	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	27 / 32 (639.2572)	29 (156.5144)	15 (166.2628)	16 (168.5372)	31 (147.9428)
2016-04-15	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	45 / 53 (623.8056)	48 (154.2744)	33 (158.8000)	45 (153.6456)	36 (157.0856)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#1746 (93 pts)	#1255 (193 pts)	#1804 (98 pts)	#1858 (88 pts)	#1791 (93 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1468 (133 pts)	#1312 (183 pts)	#1448 (163 pts)	#1733 (118 pts)	#1981 (63 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#413 (896 pts)	#290 (1176 pts)	#499 (791 pts)	#546 (721 pts)	#631 (631 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#394 (989 pts)	#399 (974 pts)	#388 (999 pts)	#384 (1009 pts)	#418 (964 pts)