Jun 28–29, 2025 · Innsbruck, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Grabenweg 74
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Roberto Sirok
Smoky Cotte won Grand Champion at the Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck on June 28, 2025 in Innsbruck, 6020 at Grabenweg 74, scoring 695.4284 in a field of 7 teams. WESTSIDE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8232. Category winners: Chicken — WESTSIDE BBQ (177.7144); Pork Ribs — BBQ Hot Yard (180.0000); Pork — Smoky Cotte (180.0000); Brisket — Onkel Felix BBQ (176.5600). This is the 1st of 4 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2025.
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 87% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6052 points — closer than 87% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2025 ← this one | Innsbruck | Grabenweg 74 | 7 | 695.4284 | Smoky Cotte | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Innsbruck | Grabenweg 74 | 11 | 175.4288 | Schluchtengriller | — |
| Apr 17, 2027 | Innsbruck | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2027 | Innsbruck | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 170.8228 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 168.5712 | — |
| Pork | 180 | 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 · 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 · 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 |