The heartbreaker
0.7204
points from the title
Came within 0.7204 points of the Grand Championship at The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival (Feb 5, 2016).
MEAT SWEATS AUSTRALIA
MEAT SWEATS AUSTRALIA is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 34 at The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival (2016), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1532
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jan 31, 2015
latest Feb 5, 2016 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
2
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 20%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.89 · weakest Pork (159.57)
Road miles
887
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
647.93 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1656 | 146.8344 | 159.82 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 170.8228 | 154.8344 | 162.65 | top 29% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 164.5372 | 152.4912 | 159.57 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 170.2972 | 163.4056 | 165.89 | top 12% |
“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
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AU
2 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
50
finished ahead 55 times, behind 8
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20165 milestones
- First Reserve Championship The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score668.4912 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1532) The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
20156 milestones
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First category win (Brisket) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall podium Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5368 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2016 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia | 2 / 34 (668.4912) | 2 (169.1656) | 3 (170.8228) | 6 (164.5372) | 6 (163.9656) |
| Jan 29, 2016 | The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival Sydney, Australia | 6 / 17 (626.7656) | 11 (146.8344) | 10 (154.8344) | 1 (161.6912) | 2 (163.4056) |
| Jan 31, 2015 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria | 3 / 15 (648.5368) | 5 (163.4628) | 3 (162.2856) | 11 (152.4912) | 1 (170.2972) |