A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
EUREKA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
EUREKA SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
AUSSIE PITMASTERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-01-31
latest 2017-02-04
Best ToY finish
#1712
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.08
last 4 Master vs avg 627.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±4.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 157.85 · weakest Pork (154.84)
Road miles
887
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
627.08 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
AUSSIE PITMASTERS has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 92 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1527
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to AUSSIE PITMASTERS)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Southern Boys Barbecue ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after AUSSIE PITMASTERS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with AUSSIE PITMASTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 165.6912 | 150.2396 | 156.96 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.8800 | 154.8800 | 157.43 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 142.8000 | 154.84 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 147.9772 | 157.85 | top 44% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-01-31 → 2017-02-04
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AU
2 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 157.85 · weakest Pork (154.84)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
3 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
627.08
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
79
63–42 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
887
4 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-02-05 → 2017-02-04
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8800 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Career-best overall score631.4284 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1510) Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Most recent contest Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.4 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | 2016-02-05 |
| +4.9 | The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival | 2016-01-29 |
| +2.3 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2017-02-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2015-01-31 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 87.7% | 87% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-04 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008 | 19 / 43 (631.4284) | 26 (157.6684) | 19 (158.8800) | 20 (160.0344) | 26 (154.8456) |
| 2016-02-05 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU | 10 / 34 (631.4052) | 25 (150.2396) | 13 (154.8800) | 24 (151.4056) | 2 (174.8800) |
| 2016-01-29 | The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival Sydney, AU | 7 / 17 (621.0512) | 2 (165.6912) | 7 (158.8684) | 13 (142.8000) | 6 (153.6916) |
| 2015-01-31 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria, | 10 / 15 (624.4344) | 9 (154.2516) | 8 (157.0856) | 4 (165.1200) | 11 (147.9772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1712 (134 pts) | #2859 (59 pts) | #2013 (119 pts) | #2317 (64 pts) | #1224 (259 pts) |