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Big Smoke BBQ Australia

Big Smoke BBQ Australia is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1265 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,265
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1581
peak 1581 · rated over 7 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

9
in the data

First seen

Feb 15, 2019
latest Sep 29, 2022 · 3.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#231
Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

3
1 reserve · wins it all 33% of the time

Category wins

2
5 podiums

Overall top-10s

4
44% of 9 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 23%
overall standings

Best overall

687.3484 / 720
Master · Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

683.71 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 678.90 (+4.80)

Walk rate

56%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972
Brisket · Northeast Beerbq Festival

Consistency

±7.63
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 171.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.66)

Road miles

37,472
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 10,648 mi

Schedule strength

35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$117K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

678.90 / 720
9 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

2.2740 points from the title

Came within 2.2740 points of the Grand Championship at Northeast Beerbq Festival (Jan 24, 2020).

Against the odds

10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Brew N Que-Perth 2019 (Oct 4, 2019) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 10-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Burnin and Lootin.

Giant slayer

32 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at Burleigh BBQ Championships.

  • Aug 3, 2019

High-water mark

687.3484 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.3484 at Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Nov 4, 2019

Their season

2019 3 Grand Championships

2019 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 20%.

  • 6 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 20%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smoking OCD in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

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Brisket nemesis

4 of 5 shared brisket entries lost

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared brisket entries.

The long haul

37,472 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 37,472 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 10,648 miles to Brew N Que-Perth 2019.

  • 9 mapped stops
  • furthest 10,648 mi

The metronome

±1.10% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.10% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.4% of a perfect score
  • 9 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2022 ↗ Master #986 (120 pts) #1051 (120 pts) #1107 (120 pts) #1046 (120 pts) #1021 (120 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #231 (513 pts) #324 (388 pts) #330 (378 pts) #299 (413 pts) #254 (463 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #351 (900 pts) #469 (725 pts) #454 (755 pts) #435 (785 pts) #397 (835 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Big Smoke BBQ Australia, each with one reason worth a look.

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

JordyQ
#1,275 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
34
GCs
1
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1600
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Big Smoke BBQ Australia)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Smoke BBQ Australia has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 31 contests
  • last seen May 2, 2025
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RAILYARD BBQ
#1,257 of the rated field
1582 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
1
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1586

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 14 contests to 9.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Jun 5, 2026
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FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK
#1,271 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
1
Top-10s
67%
Peak
1581

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Nov 16, 2018
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THE LOONEY PIT
#1,267 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1583

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Big Smoke BBQ Australia's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 12 contests
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WILD BLUE
#1,260 of the rated field
1582 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
53%
Peak
1603

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 53% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen Jul 16, 2021
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SLICKS BAR-B-QUE
#1,261 of the rated field
1582 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1593

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Big Smoke BBQ Australia's first contest.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen May 19, 2017
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
MUDVILLE BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 3 1 1 175.4400 161.0740 169.82 top 42%
Pork Ribs 9 3 0 2 170.8456 158.8000 167.66 top 45%
Pork 9 4 0 1 174.8456 163.9544 170.13 top 34%
Brisket 9 5 1 1 178.2972 162.2628 171.30 top 25%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 20%
Medium (20–39)33top 3%
Large (40+)50top 35%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS40top 38%
CA10top 22%

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 6 contests · 3 GCs
Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 4 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 9 a different one every time
First title Aug 3, 2019 Burleigh BBQ Championships
Opponents faced 875 finished ahead 991 times, behind 504
Longest layoff 2.7 yrs Jan 24, 2020 → Sep 29, 2022

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

20222 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1581) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
  2. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
20202 milestones
  1. First Reserve Championship Northeast Beerbq Festival
  2. Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2972 Northeast Beerbq Festival
20199 milestones
  1. First tracked contest The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  2. First call The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.6000 The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  4. First overall top-10 Burleigh BBQ Championships
  5. First overall podium Burleigh BBQ Championships
  6. First Grand Championship Burleigh BBQ Championships
  7. Biggest field won (32 teams) Burleigh BBQ Championships
  8. First category win (Chicken) Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
  9. Career-best overall score687.3484 Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.2Brew N Que-Perth 2019Oct 4, 2019
+14.4Burleigh BBQ ChampionshipsAug 3, 2019
+14Heatbeads BBQ Turf WarsNov 4, 2019
+13.3The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)Feb 15, 2019
+10.2Northeast Beerbq FestivalJan 24, 2020

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20222000 0% top 33% 95% 94.8%
20201011 100% top 20% 95.2% 95.2%
20196331 67% top 20% 95.8% 94.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 133 / 505 (681.0856) 60 (175.4056) 213 (168.5372) 228 (168.5256) 168 (168.6172)
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS 99 / 249 (683.8972) 77 (173.7144) 176 (167.3944) 125 (170.8228) 85 (171.9656)
Jan 24, 2020 Northeast Beerbq Festival Bundalong, Vic 2 / 10 (685.7144) 10 (165.1428) 6 (167.4288) 2 (174.8456) 1 (178.2972)
Nov 4, 2019 Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne 1 / 28 (687.3484) 1 (175.4400) 3 (169.6684) 5 (170.8228) 4 (171.4172)
Oct 4, 2019 Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA 1 / 30 (680.4912) 12 (165.1084) 2 (170.8456) 4 (170.8344) 4 (173.7028)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 96 / 468 (678.2400) 74 (172.5600) 110 (170.2744) 54 (173.1428) 257 (162.2628)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS 90 / 135 (675.8972) 108 (166.8228) 70 (169.7260) 115 (165.0856) 33 (174.2628)
Aug 3, 2019 Burleigh BBQ Championships Queensland 1 / 32 (517.1312) 24 (161.0740) 18 (166.2516) 15 (163.9544) 8 (168.5828)
Feb 15, 2019 The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA 11 / 49 (677.6000) 9 (173.1200) 42 (158.8000) 6 (173.1200) 8 (172.5600)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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