Aussie TongMasters TN
Rating
1501
peak 1509
Contests
28
in the data
First seen
2021-09-11
latest 2026-06-21
Best ToY finish
#277
Master 2025
Grand champs
2
2 reserve
Category wins
7
23 podiums
Overall top-10s
9
of 28 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
679.85 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 651.14 (+28.71)
Walk rate
86%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±26.69
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.06 · weakest Chicken (161.78)
Road miles
22969
mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 11145 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Lit Salami has finished one call ahead of Aussie TongMasters 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BLUE MIST BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Ribs n Pigs BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Aussie Davo in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Smokin in the Valley is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 3 visits.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Smokin in the Valley (2025-08-02) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Ribs n Pigs BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 173.7028 | 145.6912 | 161.78 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 22 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 177.1544 | 143.4516 | 165.06 | top 49% |
| Pork | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 146.2628 | 163.40 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 178.3200 | 150.2972 | 162.17 | top 57% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| WA | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 15 | 2 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2026 (6 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TN (3 of 28 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (22 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smokin in the Valley (2025-08-02)
- Wins it all in 7% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 651.14
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 689.1084 | 676.19 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 694.3312 | 672.58 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 673.1088 | 664.41 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 639.9888 | 639.99 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 639.3596 | 632.13 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 618.8916 | 610.87 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | — | 7 (167.9656) | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | — | — | 3 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 79 / 82 (663.2800) | 81 (163.9428) | 76 (165.1200) | 77 (164.5372) | 57 (169.6800) |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | 74 (152.4800) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 9 (177.1544) | — | — |
| 2026-04-25 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 2 / 9 (689.1084) | 6 (166.8456) | 2 (174.8800) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (167.3828) |
| 2025-11-01 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 1 / 9 (682.7772) | 2 (173.7028) | 6 (166.8344) | 6 (169.1200) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2025-08-02 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 1 / 12 (694.3312) | 9 (163.3712) | 1 (174.3200) | 1 (178.3200) | 1 (178.3200) |
| 2025-06-14 | Smokin Barrel Fest Nanson, WA | 5 / 10 (669.7600) | 2 (171.4400) | 3 (169.7144) | 9 (164.0000) | 3 (164.6056) |
| 2025-04-26 | Smokin' in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 11 / 13 (643.4400) | 12 (158.8572) | 9 (162.2628) | 12 (156.6172) | 5 (165.7028) |
| 2024-11-02 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 2 / 14 (665.7372) | 1 (168.5828) | 2 (172.0228) | 6 (162.8800) | 8 (162.2516) |
| 2024-10-11 | Smoking on the Swan Burswood, Western Australia, 6100 | 5 / 10 (662.8684) | 7 (166.8228) | 8 (158.8456) | 2 (174.3200) | 5 (162.8800) |
| 2024-08-03 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 7 / 10 (673.1088) | 7 (165.1544) | 2 (173.7028) | 3 (174.2972) | 10 (159.9544) |
| 2024-05-04 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 3 / 14 (655.9204) | 7 (163.3944) | 1 (177.1544) | 7 (156.5372) | 7 (158.8344) |
| 2024-02-24 | Chicken in Bakers (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bakers Hill, Western Australia, 6562 | — | 3 (164.0000) | — | — | — |
| 2024-02-24 | OMC - Pork Ribs in Bakers (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bakers Hill, Western Australia, 6562 | — | — | 3 (166.2628) | — | — |
| 2023-08-05 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, | 5 / 8 (639.9888) | 6 (161.7144) | 2 (164.0344) | 4 (163.4056) | 8 (150.8344) |
| 2023-07-08 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) Carmel , 6076 | — | 6 (158.2972) | — | — | — |
| 2023-07-08 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) Carmel , 6076 | — | — | 1 (173.7144) | — | — |
| 2022-11-26 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-10-21 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon, 6010 | 14 / 15 (626.1828) | 14 (151.4056) | 8 (162.2972) | 11 (153.0972) | 13 (159.3828) |
| 2022-08-06 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 11 / 12 (639.3596) | 12 (153.1656) | 11 (160.5256) | 7 (165.1084) | 7 (160.5600) |
| 2022-04-30 | Spit In The Hills Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 13 / 16 (630.8460) | 9 (162.2972) | 15 (149.1088) | 13 (152.5600) | 6 (166.8800) |
| 2022-03-13 | Pork in the Valley-Pork OMC (One Meat Pork) Perth, Western Australia, 6000 | — | — | — | 5 (158.8572) | — |
| 2022-03-13 | Pork in the Valley-Pork Ribs OMC (One Meat Ribs) Perth, Western Australia, 6000 | — | — | 3 (164.5828) | — | — |
| 2021-12-03 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont, 6010 | 19 / 23 (618.8916) | 23 (145.6912) | 19 (152.5716) | 7 (165.1772) | 14 (155.4516) |
| 2021-10-30 | Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth, | 13 / 14 (598.8000) | 12 (153.1772) | 13 (148.5256) | 13 (146.2628) | 11 (150.8344) |
| 2021-09-11 | CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 13 / 16 (614.9260) | 10 (165.1544) | 16 (143.4516) | 8 (156.0228) | 13 (150.2972) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #368 (294 pts) | #305 (412 pts) | #199 (652 pts) | #362 (319 pts) | #401 (269 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #277 (789 pts) | #329 (694 pts) | #352 (744 pts) | #357 (634 pts) | #278 (844 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #292 (753 pts) | #260 (898 pts) | #209 (1077 pts) | #301 (743 pts) | #400 (548 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #836 (158 pts) | #623 (297 pts) | #487 (492 pts) | #796 (183 pts) | #964 (128 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #530 (381 pts) | #564 (381 pts) | #413 (618 pts) | #359 (664 pts) | #458 (501 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #712 (200 pts) | #730 (220 pts) | #818 (185 pts) | #670 (235 pts) | #737 (210 pts) |