2024-02-24 – 2024-02-25 · Rein in Taufers, BZ · ITALY · 📍 Rein in Taufers, BZ 39032
Reps: ANDREAS SCHNOELL, EVA SCHNOELL
Grand Champion: BBQ+ (700.5372) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 COOKLOUNGE BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
700.5372 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 685.7140 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ set in 2016.
Wider than 96% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 15.4972 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 2–3: WESTSIDE BBQ and The BBQ Ranch tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: COOKLOUNGE BBQ and The Grill Gathering bbq team tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: BBQ+ and The Antwerp Smokers tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BBQ+ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
BBQ+ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.
The Antwerp Smokers turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 8.1 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2016-01-15.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-15 | Rein in Taufers, IT | Rein in Taufers, IT | 30 | 685.7140 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM |
| 2024-02-24 ← this one | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Rein in Taufers, BZ 39032 | 26 | 700.5372 | BBQ+ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.3200 | 170.2512 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 173.7144 | 166.8344 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4628 | 171.4400 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 170.2744 | 165.1200 |
26 entries · top 700.5372 · median 669.0344
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2914 · 🔥 perfect 180
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.1142
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 175.4172 · median 164.0116
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.8342