Big Boy BBQ Australia

Big Boy BBQ Australia is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2020. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1463 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,463

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1567

peak 1570 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 31, 2015

latest Feb 8, 2020 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#188

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

61% of 18 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9656 / 720

Master · The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.28 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.43 (+4.85)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019

Consistency

±14.75

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.13)

Road miles

17,767

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 1,691 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)

Purse competed for

$30K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

651.43 / 720

18 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

On the rise

+35 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 35 points across 9 contests since Feb 16, 2019 — from 1532 up to 1567.

9 contests since Feb 16, 2019
now 1567

They almost always walk

100% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 100% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.9656 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9656 at The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 14, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

EUREKA SMOKE has finished one call ahead of Big Boy BBQ Australia 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–2 behind in the head-to-head

FASTLANE BBQ CREW ahead in 80% of their meetings

FASTLANE BBQ CREW has come out ahead in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.38 points below their pork, and turns into a call 67% of the time against 78%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.13
Pork avg 165.50
12 calls in 18 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

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Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 15 at their very first tracked contest, Melbourne Barbecue Festival (Jan 31, 2015).

Jan 31, 2015
15-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Big D's BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 26% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 26% across 3 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

17,767 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 17,767 miles across 18 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,691 miles to Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival.

18 mapped stops
furthest 1,691 mi

The metronome

±2.05% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.05% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.5% of a perfect score
18 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020 ↗	Master	#269 (416 pts)	#399 (291 pts)	#305 (416 pts)	#268 (471 pts)	#224 (521 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#188 (1,357 pts)	#357 (882 pts)	#148 (1,472 pts)	#180 (1,357 pts)	#232 (1,207 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#555 (641 pts)	#548 (681 pts)	#645 (571 pts)	#381 (921 pts)	#611 (601 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1150 (262 pts)	#984 (387 pts)	#1550 (177 pts)	#1241 (257 pts)	#859 (447 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Big Boy BBQ Australia, each with one reason worth a look.

39 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SMOKE N' ASH BBQ

#1,465 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1567

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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309 BBQ

#1,467 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1613

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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BREW-B-Q

#1,468 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1567

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before Big Boy BBQ Australia's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

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PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS

#1,458 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1588

25 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 16% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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KUDZU Q

#1,460 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1568

Level with Big Boy BBQ Australia on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Aug 4, 2017

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GAME ON BBQ

#1,470 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1567

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jun 15, 2018

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FASTLANE BBQ CREW	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
GRILLA WARFARE BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Rib Racks BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
BSA	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Ribs n Pigs BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Perth BBQ School Varsity	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Southern Boys Barbecue	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Smokin Steve's BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Gryphon Smokehouse	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
EUREKA SMOKE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	10	1	4	172.5600	150.8344	163.31	top 51%
Pork Ribs	18	12	2	3	174.8572	139.3600	160.13	top 45%
Pork	18	14	2	5	172.0456	151.9428	165.50	top 31%
Brisket	18	12	1	4	173.1656	139.3944	162.49	top 43%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	8	1	top 35%
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 41%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin in the city	2	3	0	top 20%	Apr 6, 2019
Melbourne Barbecue Festival	2	2	0	top 47%	Feb 3, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 8 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AU 1 of 18 contests

Contests visited 16 2 of them more than once

First title Sep 14, 2019 The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019

Opponents faced 241 finished ahead 248 times, behind 137

Longest layoff 1 yrs Jan 31, 2015 → Feb 5, 2016

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20201 milestone

Feb 8 Most recent contest Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup

20195 milestones

Feb 16 10th tracked contest Sth East BeerBQ
Sep 14 First Grand Championship The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
Sep 14 Career-best overall score679.9656 The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
Sep 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
Nov 4 Peak power rating (1570) Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars

20157 milestones

Jan 31 First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Jan 31 First call Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Jan 31 First category win (Pork) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Jan 31 First overall top-10 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Jan 31 First overall podium Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Jan 31 First Reserve Championship Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Jan 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5600 Melbourne Barbecue Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019	Sep 14, 2019
+13.7	Melbourne Barbecue Festival	Jan 31, 2015
+11.6	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival	Feb 5, 2016
+11.2	Spit in the Hills	May 4, 2019
+10.9	Smokin in the city	Apr 6, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.8	Sydney Barbeque Festival	Feb 10, 2018
-10.9	Melbourne Barbecue Festival	Feb 3, 2018
-6.9	Smokin in the Valley	Nov 9, 2019
-5.5	Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars	Nov 5, 2018
-2.5	Queensland BBQ Championship	Jun 29, 2019

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)
2020	1	0	1	0	100%	top 36%	91.5%	91.5%
2019	8	1	5	2	100%	top 32%	94.4%	91.4%
2018	5	0	2	1	100%	top 57%	91.3%	88.8%
2017	2	0	1	2	100%	top 33%	91.3%	90.3%
2016	1	0	1	0	100%	top 15%	90.9%	90.9%
2015	1	0	1	1	100%	top 13%	90.1%	90.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 8, 2020	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup Perth	4 / 11 (658.7884)	6 (166.8572)	7 (157.6800)	7 (161.1084)	2 (173.1428)
Nov 9, 2019	Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA	11 / 17 (633.0628)	16 (151.3600)	7 (159.9772)	4 (164.5600)	12 (157.1656)
Nov 4, 2019	Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne	12 / 28 (651.9428)	27 (150.8344)	10 (165.7372)	9 (165.1084)	5 (170.2628)
Oct 4, 2019	Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA	10 / 30 (657.6576)	16 (163.3944)	1 (172.0460)	13 (160.5716)	17 (161.6456)
Sep 14, 2019	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow	1 / 17 (679.9656)	13 (164.5600)	1 (174.8572)	2 (171.4400)	4 (169.1084)
Jun 29, 2019	Queensland BBQ Championship Cleveland Queensland	21 / 41 (664.5140)	29 (164.5600)	28 (162.2744)	23 (164.5140)	6 (173.1656)
May 4, 2019	Spit in the Hills Chidlow, Western	3 / 21 (675.4740)	10 (166.8228)	6 (169.1772)	3 (172.0456)	10 (167.4284)
Apr 6, 2019	Smokin in the city Perth WA	3 / 19 (654.8340)	3 (165.7372)	2 (168.6056)	5 (164.5256)	13 (155.9656)
Feb 16, 2019	Sth East BeerBQ Tynong Vic	3 / 10 (647.3372)	7 (158.2516)	4 (158.8572)	3 (166.8228)	2 (163.4056)
Nov 5, 2018	Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria	14 / 21 (653.6112)	16 (163.9656)	11 (164.0228)	4 (170.8572)	17 (154.7656)
Jul 7, 2018	Pure Q Bellerive, Tasmania	3 / 10 (640.4460)	7 (158.2172)	5 (151.4060)	1 (165.7028)	2 (165.1200)
Apr 21, 2018	Smokin in the City Perth	5 / 20 (657.1548)	3 (170.2628)	8 (158.3204)	6 (166.2744)	10 (162.2972)
Feb 10, 2018	Sydney Barbeque Festival Sydney	16 / 19 (629.0860)	15 (161.6912)	14 (158.2860)	4 (169.7144)	19 (139.3944)
Feb 3, 2018	Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn	21 / 26 (618.2056)	9 (163.4400)	24 (139.4172)	13 (160.5256)	18 (154.8228)
Apr 8, 2017	Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth	8 / 22 (657.6456)	1 (172.5600)	11 (162.2972)	18 (151.9428)	6 (170.8456)
Feb 4, 2017	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne	13 / 43 (642.7772)	14 (163.4172)	41 (139.3600)	6 (169.1200)	1 (170.8800)
Feb 5, 2016	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia	5 / 34 (654.7428)	4 (165.6916)	5 (162.8228)	7 (164.5256)	9 (161.7028)
Jan 31, 2015	Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria	2 / 15 (648.5600)	2 (168)	7 (157.1428)	1 (169.7256)	9 (153.6916)

Big Boy BBQ Australia

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)