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
AUSSIE PITMASTERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 7th of 17 at The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival (2016). They finished #1712 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 31, 2015
latest Feb 4, 2017 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.50
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 157.85 · weakest Pork (154.84)
Road miles
887
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
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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) |
By 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 field size and state
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% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AU
2 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 63 times, behind 42
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Feb 5, 2016 → Feb 4, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20173 milestones
- 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
20161 milestone
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8800 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.4 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | Feb 5, 2016 |
| +4.9 | The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival | Jan 29, 2016 |
| +2.3 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 4, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Jan 31, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne | 19 / 43 (631.4284) | 26 (157.6684) | 19 (158.8800) | 20 (160.0344) | 26 (154.8456) |
| Feb 5, 2016 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia | 10 / 34 (631.4052) | 25 (150.2396) | 13 (154.8800) | 24 (151.4056) | 2 (174.8800) |
| Jan 29, 2016 | The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival Sydney, Australia | 7 / 17 (621.0512) | 2 (165.6912) | 7 (158.8684) | 13 (142.8000) | 6 (153.6916) |
| Jan 31, 2015 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria | 10 / 15 (624.4344) | 9 (154.2516) | 8 (157.0856) | 4 (165.1200) | 11 (147.9772) |