A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
EUREKA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
EUREKA SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Southern Boys Barbecue
Southern Boys Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 4th of 15 at the Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2015). They are ranked #2829 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1527 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jan 31, 2015
latest Feb 16, 2019 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.48 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 633.64 (-1.16)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.73 · weakest Brisket (154.56)
Road miles
61
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1505)
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
633.64 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Southern Boys Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
95 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,833 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,847 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with Southern Boys Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Southern Boys Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Boy BBQ Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 166.3200 | 151.9656 | 159.44 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 173.1772 | 153.7144 | 161.73 | top 40% |
| Pork | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 172.5828 | 144.5600 | 157.91 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 143.4744 | 154.56 | top 54% |
“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 53% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 23% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 48% | Feb 3, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AU
1 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
104
finished ahead 92 times, behind 54
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jan 31, 2015 → Feb 5, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Sth East BeerBQ
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score644.5372 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1527) Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
20155 milestones
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1772 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Jan 31, 2015 |
| +8.9 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | Feb 5, 2016 |
| +8.6 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 4, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Sth East BeerBQ | Feb 16, 2019 |
| -6.7 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 3, 2018 |
| -0.1 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship | Sep 1, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 88.9% | 87.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2019 | Sth East BeerBQ Tynong Vic | 8 / 10 (616.6172) | 3 (163.4400) | 8 (155.4628) | 10 (146.2972) | 7 (151.4172) |
| Sep 1, 2018 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship Victoria, Australia | 12 / 24 (640.1028) | 10 (166.3200) | 8 (166.3084) | 7 (164) | 22 (143.4744) |
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn | 18 / 26 (622.9148) | 14 (161.7716) | 5 (166.3316) | 24 (144.5600) | 19 (150.2516) |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne | 10 / 43 (644.5372) | 22 (159.4056) | 23 (155.3828) | 10 (163.4516) | 5 (166.2972) |
| Feb 5, 2016 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia | 8 / 34 (638.2400) | 23 (151.9656) | 17 (153.7144) | 2 (172.5828) | 10 (159.9772) |
| Jan 31, 2015 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria | 4 / 15 (639.4516) | 10 (153.7372) | 1 (173.1772) | 7 (156.5944) | 7 (155.9428) |