The heartbreaker
2.7888
points from the title
Came within 2.7888 points of the Grand Championship at DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship (2018-09-01).
FORREST LUMP BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-09-01
latest 2019-11-04
Best ToY finish
#651
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.64
last 3 Master vs avg 666.64 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.27 · weakest Pork (161.72)
Road miles
34
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
666.64 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
High-water mark
678.4000
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.4000 at DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-09-01
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Ribbed For Your Pleasure in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
2nd
at their very first contest
Finished 2 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship (2018-09-01).
- 2018-09-01
- 24-team field
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.
FORREST LUMP BBQ has 3 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 97 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.
#2399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before FORREST LUMP BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2403 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before FORREST LUMP BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with FORREST LUMP BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 173.1200 | 162.8456 | 169.33 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 157.6800 | 165.31 | top 41% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 155.9656 | 161.72 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 166.2400 | 170.27 | top 31% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2018-09-01 → 2019-11-04
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 170.27 · weakest Pork (161.72)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
666.64
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
60
52–18 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
34
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1509
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Power rating
1523
peak 1523 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First call DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First overall podium DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First Reserve Championship DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.4000 DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score678.4000 DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8800 DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- 2019
- Peak power rating (1523) Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
- Most recent contest Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship | 2018-09-01 |
| +4.9 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars | 2018-11-05 |
| +3.6 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars | 2019-11-04 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 94.2% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-04 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne, 3950 | 11 / 28 (653.0056) | 3 (173.1200) | 21 (157.6800) | 21 (155.9656) | 12 (166.2400) |
| 2018-11-05 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria, 3977 | 8 / 21 (668.5028) | 19 (162.8456) | 5 (167.4172) | 7 (168.5600) | 9 (169.6800) |
| 2018-09-01 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship Victoria,Australia, 3775 | 2 / 24 (678.4000) | 3 (172.0344) | 6 (170.8456) | 13 (160.6400) | 2 (174.8800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #651 (123 pts) | #496 (228 pts) | #883 (73 pts) | #869 (73 pts) | #736 (118 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1461 (123 pts) | #1144 (228 pts) | #1959 (73 pts) | #1950 (73 pts) | #1637 (118 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1064 (249 pts) | #1207 (224 pts) | #1444 (164 pts) | #1795 (109 pts) | #1134 (249 pts) |