High-water mark
676.5596
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.5596 at Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2018
Smokeface Grillahs
Smokeface Grillahs is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2018), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1535
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Feb 5, 2016
latest Nov 5, 2018 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.95
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.27)
Road miles
26
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
650.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 171.4056 | 153.1316 | 164.27 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 141.1316 | 158.27 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 174.8800 | 154.9372 | 165.88 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4284 | 158.2744 | 161.99 | top 41% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AU
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
85
finished ahead 92 times, behind 28
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Feb 5, 2016 → Feb 4, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20187 milestones
- First overall podium Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First Reserve Championship Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First category win (Pork) Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- Career-best overall score676.5596 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8800 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- Peak power rating (1535) Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- Most recent contest Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
20172 milestones
- First overall top-10 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7884 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First call The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 3, 2018 |
| +10.2 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 4, 2017 |
| +9.1 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars | Nov 5, 2018 |
| +1.6 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | Feb 5, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 16% | 94% | 93% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2018 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria | 5 / 21 (676.5596) | 3 (171.4056) | 6 (166.8456) | 1 (174.8800) | 13 (163.4284) |
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn | 2 / 26 (662.2172) | 6 (166.2628) | 7 (165.1200) | 2 (172.5600) | 13 (158.2744) |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne | 9 / 43 (650.7884) | 8 (166.2744) | 16 (159.9772) | 16 (161.1312) | 12 (163.4056) |
| Feb 5, 2016 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia | 16 / 34 (612.0460) | 21 (153.1316) | 28 (141.1316) | 19 (154.9372) | 8 (162.8456) |