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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1527 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-01-31
latest 2019-02-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 6 contests
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
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.17
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.73 · weakest Brisket (154.56)
Road miles
61
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1505)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
633.64 / 720
6 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.
The weak link
−7.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.17 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 67% of the time against 67%.
- Brisket avg 154.56
- Pork Ribs avg 161.73
- 4 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of AUSSIE PITMASTERS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 15 at their very first tracked contest, Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2015-01-31).
- 2015-01-31
- 15-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.
91 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Southern Boys Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2812 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#2800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Southern Boys Barbecue did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 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% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 48% | 2018-02-03 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2015-01-31 → 2019-02-16
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AU
1 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.73 · weakest Brisket (154.56)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 6 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
4 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
633.64
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
92–54 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
61
6 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
1505
average field rating faced — tougher than 4% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-01-31 → 2016-02-05
Power rating
1510
peak 1527 · #2814 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- 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
- 2017
- Career-best overall score644.5372 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1527) Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- 2019
- Most recent contest Sth East BeerBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2015-01-31 |
| +8.9 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | 2016-02-05 |
| +8.6 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2017-02-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Sth East BeerBQ | 2019-02-16 |
| -6.7 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2018-02-03 |
| -0.1 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship | 2018-09-01 |
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-16 | Sth East BeerBQ Tynong Vic, 3813 | 8 / 10 (616.6172) | 3 (163.4400) | 8 (155.4628) | 10 (146.2972) | 7 (151.4172) |
| 2018-09-01 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship Victoria,Australia, 3775 | 12 / 24 (640.1028) | 10 (166.3200) | 8 (166.3084) | 7 (164.0000) | 22 (143.4744) |
| 2018-02-03 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn, 8008 | 18 / 26 (622.9148) | 14 (161.7716) | 5 (166.3316) | 24 (144.5600) | 19 (150.2516) |
| 2017-02-04 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008 | 10 / 43 (644.5372) | 22 (159.4056) | 23 (155.3828) | 10 (163.4516) | 5 (166.2972) |
| 2016-02-05 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU | 8 / 34 (638.2400) | 23 (151.9656) | 17 (153.7144) | 2 (172.5828) | 10 (159.9772) |
| 2015-01-31 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria, | 4 / 15 (639.4516) | 10 (153.7372) | 1 (173.1772) | 7 (156.5944) | 7 (155.9428) |