2025-06-28 – 2025-06-29 · Innsbruck, 6020 · AUSTRIA · 📍 Grabenweg 74
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, ROBERTO SIROK
Grand Champion: Smoky Cotte (695.4284) · 7 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WESTSIDE BBQ
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.
Closer than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6052 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
This was Smoky Cotte's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.
Chicken places 2–3: Woodquarter Smokerheads and Smoky Cotte tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Onkel Felix BBQ and SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: WESTSIDE BBQ edged BBQ Hot Yard by 0.0116.
Smoky Cotte took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 5th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-28 ← this one | Innsbruck, 6020 | Grabenweg 74 | 7 | 695.4284 | Smoky Cotte | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| 2025-06-28 | Innsbruck, 6020 | Grabenweg 74 | 11 | 175.4288 | Schluchtengriller | — |
| 2027-04-17 | Innsbruck, 6020 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2027-04-17 | Innsbruck, 6020 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 170.8228 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 168.5712 | — |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.2744 | — |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 170.2972 | — |
7 entries · top 695.4284 · median 693.0744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 2 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 4 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 5 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 6 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 7 | Grill King's & Queens |
7 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 2 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 3 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 4 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 5 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 6 | Grill King's & Queens | |
| 7 | BBQ Hot Yard |
7 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 2 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 3 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 4 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 5 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 6 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 7 | Grill King's & Queens |
7 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 2 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 3 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 4 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 5 | Grill King's & Queens | |
| 6 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 7 | WESTSIDE BBQ |
7 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 2 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 4 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 5 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 6 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 7 | Grill King's & Queens |