Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 6
Smokin it up BBQ Australia
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1549
peak 1559 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Best runs
6
straight top-10s
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
2021-09-11
latest 2025-04-26
Best ToY finish
#203
Master 2022
Grand champs
2
1 reserve
Category wins
3
10 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.70 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 655.89 (+1.80)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.72 · weakest Pork (161.19)
Road miles
168
mi across 13 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
655.89 / 720
11 Master contests · 2 GCs
Storylines (10 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
2.2404
points from the title
Came within 2.2404 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin' in the Valley (2024-05-04).
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 Chidlow BBQ Festival (2022-09-09).
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
They almost always walk
100%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 13 of 13 contests
A top-10 category call in 100% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
685.7028
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.7028 at Smokin' in the Valley — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-08-03
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin it up BBQ Australia 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
The weak link
−5.5
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 73% of the time against 100%.
- Pork avg 161.19
- Chicken avg 166.72
- 8 calls in 11 entries
A strong matchup
9–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 90% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Aussie TongMasters in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
The comeback
1.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at Smokin' in the Valley (2024-05-04).
- last seen 2022-10-21
- back 2024-05-04
The metronome
±1.82%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.82% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.1% of a perfect score
- 13 contests
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.
58 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smokin it up BBQ Australia's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1754 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin it up BBQ Australia on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1747 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Smokin it up BBQ Australia's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE MIST BBQ | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| Aussie TongMasters | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Genius | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| Pit Bull Smokers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs n Pigs BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Outagas bbq | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Steve's BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Lit Salami | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Barking Gecko BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 176.0000 | 153.7028 | 166.72 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 171.4628 | 151.9772 | 162.05 | top 52% |
| Pork | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 172.5828 | 149.1200 | 161.19 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 173.1316 | 154.8000 | 164.61 | top 38% |
“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) | 10 | 1 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' in the Valley | 4 | 2 | 0 | top 39% | 2024-11-02 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.6 yrs
2021-09-11 → 2025-04-26
Busiest season
2022
6 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
3.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Contests visited
8
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
12 entries · 1 win · 12 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.72 · weakest Pork (161.19)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 13 of 13 contests
Overall top-10 rate
77%
10 of 13 contests
Wins it all
15%
2 Grand Championships · 1 reserve
First title
2021-12-03
Brew N Que Perth 2021
Best top-10 run
6
straight contests
Master average
655.89
out of 720 · 11 contests · 2 GCs
Opponents faced
48
109–44 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
168
13 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1507
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2022-10-21 → 2024-05-04
Power rating
1549
peak 1559 · #1753 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 overall podium Brew N Que Perth 2021
- First Grand Championship Brew N Que Perth 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.2344 Brew N Que Perth 2021
- 2022
- First category win (Chicken) Spit In The Hills
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 Spit In The Hills
- First multi-meat day Chidlow BBQ Festival
- 2024
- First Reserve Championship Smokin' in the Valley
- 10th tracked contest Smokin' in the Valley
- Peak power rating (1559) Smokin' in the Valley
- Career-best overall score685.7028 Smokin' in the Valley
- 2025
- Most recent contest Smokin' in the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 | 2021-12-03 |
| +14.6 | Chidlow BBQ Festival | 2022-09-09 |
| +10.9 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2024-05-04 |
| +10.8 | Spit In The Hills | 2022-04-30 |
| +6.5 | Smokin in the Valley (International) | 2021-10-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION | 2022-10-21 |
| -4.6 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2025-04-26 |
| -3.7 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2024-11-02 |
| -1.3 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2024-08-03 |
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 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 95.2% | 92.4% |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% | top 33% | 92.2% | 90.8% |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 92.9% | 90.3% |
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 | 8 / 13 (651.9772) | 5 (167.9656) | 10 (158.8688) | 10 (158.2628) | 4 (166.8800) |
| 2024-11-02 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 8 / 14 (651.9884) | 7 (159.4056) | 3 (169.7372) | 12 (160.5600) | 7 (162.2856) |
| 2024-08-03 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 5 / 10 (685.7028) | 3 (174.2856) | 7 (165.7028) | 4 (172.5828) | 5 (173.1316) |
| 2024-05-04 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 2 / 14 (658.2512) | 2 (169.1428) | 7 (165.1428) | 6 (157.1428) | 2 (166.8228) |
| 2022-10-21 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon, 6010 | 11 / 15 (640.5600) | 4 (169.1656) | 12 (155.9772) | 12 (149.1200) | 4 (166.2972) |
| 2022-09-09 | Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6556 | 1 / 17 (652.5828) | 7 (164.0000) | 11 (155.4516) | 1 (168.0228) | 1 (165.1084) |
| 2022-08-06 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 4 / 12 (664.0456) | 5 (165.7028) | 3 (171.4628) | 3 (166.9144) | 8 (159.9656) |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) Carmel , 6076 | — | 8 (153.7028) | — | — | — |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) Carmel, 6076 | — | — | 5 (160.5484) | — | — |
| 2022-04-30 | Spit In The Hills Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 3 / 16 (658.8684) | 1 (176.0000) | 5 (163.4628) | 9 (156.5484) | 10 (162.8572) |
| 2021-12-03 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont, 6010 | 1 / 23 (669.2344) | 6 (166.8916) | 7 (166.3200) | 5 (168.0228) | 6 (168.0000) |
| 2021-10-30 | Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth, | 5 / 14 (641.6912) | 3 (163.4628) | 5 (160.0000) | 12 (153.6684) | 4 (164.5600) |
| 2021-09-11 | CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 7 / 16 (639.9316) | 4 (170.8800) | 13 (151.9772) | 5 (162.2744) | 9 (154.8000) |
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 | #829 (133 pts) | #853 (163 pts) | #1102 (113 pts) | #1002 (113 pts) | #758 (188 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #394 (533 pts) | #389 (593 pts) | #474 (498 pts) | #468 (443 pts) | #404 (543 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #203 (1053 pts) | #211 (1057 pts) | #275 (907 pts) | #269 (883 pts) | #264 (868 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #547 (310 pts) | #477 (405 pts) | #649 (265 pts) | #614 (270 pts) | #579 (315 pts) |