Riding a hot streak
12
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 12-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 12
Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1589
peak 1589 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ
Best runs
12
straight top-10s
Contests
19
in the data
First seen
2021-09-11
latest 2025-04-26
Best ToY finish
#205
Master 2024
Grand champs
2
3 reserve
Category wins
9
22 podiums
Overall top-10s
14
of 19 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.08 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 656.80 (+12.28)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
12
and counting
Consistency
±15.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.60 · weakest Brisket (162.46)
Road miles
197
mi across 19 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
656.80 / 720
15 Master contests · 2 GCs
Storylines (14 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.
The heartbreaker
4.6056
points from the title
Came within 4.6056 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin' in the Valley (2024-08-03).
A multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Smokin' in the Valley (2024-11-02).
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
They almost always walk
100%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 19 of 19 contests
A top-10 category call in 100% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
693.6916
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.6916 at Smokin' in the Valley — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-08-03
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smokin Steve's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLA WARFARE BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
GRILLA WARFARE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
11–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 92% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smokin Genius in 11 of their 12 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
8 of 12
shared chicken entries lost
Pit Bull Smokers ahead 67% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Pit Bull Smokers has out-cooked them in 8 of 12 shared chicken entries.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival (2021-09-11).
- 2021-09-11
- 16-team field
Always the bridesmaid
3
reserve championships
Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.
- 2 Grand Championships
- 19 contests
Looking over their shoulder
3×
one call behind them
Pit Bull Smokers has landed one call behind them 3 times.
The metronome
±2.13%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.13% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.2% of a perfect score
- 19 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Smokin' in the Valley every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 1st
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.
33 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1150 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 47%
- Peak
- 1589
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1148 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1590
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1593
No shared contest yet.
20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 30% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1156 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1596
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1589
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1152 of the rated field
- Contests
- 31
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 52%
- Peak
- 1597
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 31 contests to 19.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE MIST BBQ | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Genius | 12 | 11 | 1 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| Aussie TongMasters | 12 | 10 | 2 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin it up BBQ Australia | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| Pit Bull Smokers | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs n Pigs BBQ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| Lit Salami | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Steve's BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Outagas bbq | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| San Lorenzo BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Bringing the Flame to Your Game | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Barking Gecko BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 173.7144 | 158.2284 | 165.60 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 174.8572 | 153.1544 | 164.77 | top 37% |
| Pork | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 176.5828 | 155.9772 | 164.25 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 174.8800 | 150.8344 | 162.46 | top 42% |
“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) | 14 | 2 | top 29% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' in the Valley | 6 | 1 | 1 | top 31% | 2024-11-02 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.6 yrs
2021-09-11 → 2025-04-26
Busiest season
2022
9 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
3.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
10
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
17 entries · 2 wins · 16 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.60 · weakest Brisket (162.46)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 19 of 19 contests
Overall top-10 rate
74%
14 of 19 contests
Wins it all
11%
2 Grand Championships · 3 reserve
First title
2022-04-30
Spit In The Hills
Best top-10 run
12
straight contests — and still running
Master average
656.80
out of 720 · 15 contests · 2 GCs
Opponents faced
48
141–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
197
19 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1507
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Power rating
1589
peak 1589 · #1153 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival
- First call CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork) Smokin in the Valley (International)
- First overall podium Smokin in the Valley (International)
- First Reserve Championship Smokin in the Valley (International)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4060 Smokin in the Valley (International)
- 2022
- First Grand Championship Spit In The Hills
- 10th tracked contest Chidlow BBQ Festival
- 2024
- Career-best overall score693.6916 Smokin' in the Valley
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5828 Smokin' in the Valley
- First multi-meat day Smokin' in the Valley
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1589) Smokin' in the Valley
- Most recent contest Smokin' in the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | Spit In The Hills | 2022-04-30 |
| +13.6 | Smokin in the Valley (International) | 2021-10-30 |
| +12.9 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2024-05-04 |
| +10.7 | Chidlow BBQ Festival | 2022-09-09 |
| +9.5 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley | 2023-08-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2022-11-26 |
| -5.5 | Smoking on the Swan | 2024-10-11 |
| -3.5 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 | 2021-12-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 23% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% | top 27% | 96.3% | 93% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 35% | 90.3% | 90.2% |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 100% | top 31% | 93.6% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 91.6% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-26 | Smokin' in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 3 / 13 (667.9544) | 4 (168.5828) | 1 (174.2972) | 6 (165.0972) | 8 (159.9772) |
| 2024-11-02 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 3 / 14 (663.9084) | 11 (158.2284) | 1 (173.7144) | 14 (157.0856) | 1 (174.8800) |
| 2024-10-11 | Smoking on the Swan Burswood, Western Australia, 6100 | 6 / 10 (659.3716) | 9 (164.5600) | 3 (166.2628) | 6 (166.8800) | 6 (161.6688) |
| 2024-08-03 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 2 / 10 (693.6916) | 6 (170.2628) | 4 (171.9772) | 1 (176.5828) | 3 (174.8688) |
| 2024-05-04 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 1 / 14 (660.4916) | 9 (161.6800) | 2 (174.8572) | 8 (155.9772) | 1 (167.9772) |
| 2023-11-04 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 5 / 11 (650.2740) | 1 (170.8572) | 6 (161.6684) | 9 (156.6056) | 6 (161.1428) |
| 2023-08-05 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, | 2 / 8 (648.0116) | 1 (170.2856) | 7 (154.2860) | 5 (161.1428) | 2 (162.2972) |
| 2022-11-26 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 9 / 12 (629.8400) | 9 (158.8912) | 10 (153.1544) | 4 (164.6172) | 7 (153.1772) |
| 2022-10-21 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon, 6010 | 5 / 15 (655.8396) | 12 (161.6684) | 5 (166.8112) | 4 (166.8572) | 11 (160.5028) |
| 2022-09-09 | Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6556 | 3 / 17 (649.6228) | 2 (172.0000) | 3 (162.2744) | 10 (157.1200) | 5 (158.2284) |
| 2022-08-06 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 3 / 12 (673.7484) | 2 (171.4172) | 5 (170.3084) | 9 (162.8572) | 1 (169.1656) |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) Carmel , 6076 | — | 4 (163.4056) | — | — | — |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) Carmel, 6076 | — | — | 2 (166.2972) | — | — |
| 2022-04-30 | Spit In The Hills Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 1 / 16 (661.6684) | 13 (158.8572) | 4 (164.0000) | 4 (168.0000) | 4 (170.8112) |
| 2022-03-13 | Pork in the Valley-Pork OMC (One Meat Pork) Perth, Western Australia, 6000 | — | — | — | 2 (167.4628) | — |
| 2022-03-13 | Pork in the Valley-Pork Ribs OMC (One Meat Ribs) Perth, Western Australia, 6000 | — | — | 2 (166.3428) | — | — |
| 2021-12-03 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont, 6010 | 14 / 23 (630.8344) | 13 (161.7372) | 13 (154.8572) | 10 (163.4056) | 15 (150.8344) |
| 2021-10-30 | Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth, | 2 / 14 (659.4060) | 4 (163.4172) | 3 (165.1544) | 1 (172.0000) | 6 (158.8344) |
| 2021-09-11 | CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 5 / 16 (647.3372) | 2 (173.7144) | 10 (154.8344) | 3 (166.2628) | 12 (152.5256) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #677 (213 pts) | #791 (188 pts) | #698 (263 pts) | #850 (153 pts) | #887 (133 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #205 (1024 pts) | #304 (764 pts) | #221 (1049 pts) | #293 (759 pts) | #199 (1039 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #521 (355 pts) | #524 (380 pts) | #767 (250 pts) | #556 (345 pts) | #513 (375 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #231 (963 pts) | #230 (977 pts) | #144 (1309 pts) | #229 (976 pts) | #279 (828 pts) |