High-water mark
683.4288
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.4288 at Northeast Beerbq Festival — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 24, 2020
Smokeface Grillahs - Australia
Smokeface Grillahs - Australia is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 4th of 10 at the Northeast Beerbq Festival (2020). They finished #521 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2019
latest Jan 24, 2020
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.42
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 174.47 · weakest Chicken (167.22)
Road miles
9,153
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 9,153 mi
Purse competed for
$106K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
680.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 160.5256 | 167.22 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 171.4172 | 174.47 | top 18% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 161.1316 | 167.98 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 166.8344 | 171.02 | top 43% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
475
finished ahead 325 times, behind 284
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20206 milestones
- First call Northeast Beerbq Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Northeast Beerbq Festival
- First overall top-10 Northeast Beerbq Festival
- Career-best overall score683.4288 Northeast Beerbq Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8800 Northeast Beerbq Festival
- Most recent contest Northeast Beerbq Festival
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.7660 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2020 | Northeast Beerbq Festival Bundalong, Vic | 4 / 10 (683.4288) | 7 (166.8456) | 1 (178.8800) | 9 (161.1316) | 2 (176.5716) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 117 / 468 (675.8740) | 339 (160.5256) | 88 (171.4172) | 45 (174.2628) | 132 (169.6684) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 71 / 135 (682.7660) | 40 (174.2744) | 33 (173.1200) | 86 (168.5372) | 109 (166.8344) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.