Big Boy BBQ Australia

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1463

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1567

peak 1570 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-01-31

latest 2020-02-08

Best ToY finish

#188

Master 2019

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 18 contests

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

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019

Consistency

±14.75

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.13)

Road miles

17,767

mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 1691 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

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Storylines (12 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.

On the rise

+35 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 35 points across 9 contests since 2019-02-16 — from 1532 up to 1567.

9 contests since 2019-02-16
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
2019-09-14

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

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GRILLA WARFARE BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 15 at their very first tracked contest, Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2015-01-31).

2015-01-31
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

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

Bearded Boar BBQ

#1454 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1580

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-07-03

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE N' ASH BBQ

#1461 of the rated field

1567 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

309 BBQ

#1464 of the rated field

1567 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 24 contests, alongside a 71% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Lip S-Macn BBQ

#1462 of the rated field

1567 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1567

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

⚔ Head-to-head

PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS

#1467 of the rated field

1567 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1587

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

KUDZU Q

#1456 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before Big Boy BBQ Australia's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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	5	4	1	80%	⚔ 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 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%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin in the city	2	3	0	top 20%	2019-04-06
Melbourne Barbecue Festival	2	2	0	top 47%	2018-02-03

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2015-01-31 → 2020-02-08

Busiest season 2019 8 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 3 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AU 1 of 18 contests

Contests visited 16 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 1 win · 10 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.13)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 18 of 18 contests

Overall top-10 rate 61% 11 of 18 contests

Wins it all 6% 1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve

First title 2019-09-14 The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 651.43 out of 720 · 18 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 243 248–137 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 17,767 18 mapped stops · furthest 1,691 mi

Schedule strength 1508 average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests

Purse competed for $30,000 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2015-01-31 → 2016-02-05

Power rating 1567 peak 1570 · #1463 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
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
2019
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
Oct 4 Peak power rating (1570) Brew N Que-Perth 2019
2020
Feb 8 Most recent contest Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019	2019-09-14
+13.7	Melbourne Barbecue Festival	2015-01-31
+11.6	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival	2016-02-05
+11.2	Spit in the Hills	2019-05-04
+10.9	Smokin in the city	2019-04-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Sydney Barbeque Festival	2018-02-10
-10.9	Melbourne Barbecue Festival	2018-02-03
-6.9	Smokin in the Valley	2019-11-09
-5.5	Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars	2018-11-05
-2.5	Queensland BBQ Championship	2019-06-29

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)
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
2020-02-08	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup Perth, 6000	4 / 11 (658.7884)	6 (166.8572)	7 (157.6800)	7 (161.1084)	2 (173.1428)
2019-11-09	Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA, 6056	11 / 17 (633.0628)	16 (151.3600)	7 (159.9772)	4 (164.5600)	12 (157.1656)
2019-11-04	Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne, 3950	12 / 28 (651.9428)	27 (150.8344)	10 (165.7372)	9 (165.1084)	5 (170.2628)
2019-10-04	Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA, 6104	10 / 30 (657.6576)	16 (163.3944)	1 (172.0460)	13 (160.5716)	17 (161.6456)
2019-09-14	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow, 6558	1 / 17 (679.9656)	13 (164.5600)	1 (174.8572)	2 (171.4400)	4 (169.1084)
2019-06-29	Queensland BBQ Championship CLEVELAND QUEENSLAND, 4163	21 / 41 (664.5140)	29 (164.5600)	28 (162.2744)	23 (164.5140)	6 (173.1656)
2019-05-04	Spit in the Hills Chidlow,Western, 6556	3 / 21 (675.4740)	10 (166.8228)	6 (169.1772)	3 (172.0456)	10 (167.4284)
2019-04-06	Smokin in the city Perth WA, 6962	3 / 19 (654.8340)	3 (165.7372)	2 (168.6056)	5 (164.5256)	13 (155.9656)
2019-02-16	Sth East BeerBQ Tynong Vic, 3813	3 / 10 (647.3372)	7 (158.2516)	4 (158.8572)	3 (166.8228)	2 (163.4056)
2018-11-05	Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria, 3977	14 / 21 (653.6112)	16 (163.9656)	11 (164.0228)	4 (170.8572)	17 (154.7656)
2018-07-07	Pure Q Bellerive,Tasmania,	3 / 10 (640.4460)	7 (158.2172)	5 (151.4060)	1 (165.7028)	2 (165.1200)
2018-04-21	Smokin in the City Perth, 6929	5 / 20 (657.1548)	3 (170.2628)	8 (158.3204)	6 (166.2744)	10 (162.2972)
2018-02-10	Sydney Barbeque Festival Sydney, 8008	16 / 19 (629.0860)	15 (161.6912)	14 (158.2860)	4 (169.7144)	19 (139.3944)
2018-02-03	Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn, 8008	21 / 26 (618.2056)	9 (163.4400)	24 (139.4172)	13 (160.5256)	18 (154.8228)
2017-04-08	*Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth, 8008	8 / 22 (657.6456)	1 (172.5600)	11 (162.2972)	18 (151.9428)	6 (170.8456)
2017-02-04	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008	13 / 43 (642.7772)	14 (163.4172)	41 (139.3600)	6 (169.1200)	1 (170.8800)
2016-02-05	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU	5 / 34 (654.7428)	4 (165.6916)	5 (162.8228)	7 (164.5256)	9 (161.7028)
2015-01-31	Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria,	2 / 15 (648.5600)	2 (168.0000)	7 (157.1428)	1 (169.7256)	9 (153.6916)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#269 (416 pts)	#399 (291 pts)	#305 (416 pts)	#268 (471 pts)	#224 (521 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#188 (1357 pts)	#357 (882 pts)	#148 (1472 pts)	#180 (1357 pts)	#232 (1207 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)