2024-08-16 – 2024-08-17 · Saue Parish, 76505 · ESTONIA · 📍 Vanamoisa
Reps: MANUELA SELIGER, STEPHAN SELIGER
Grand Champion: 3BBQ (703.3944) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Dreamfire BBQ Team
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.
Closer than 99% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0004 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100
3BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was 3BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.
Chicken places 3–4: COOKLOUNGE BBQ and 3BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Piiripealsed and BM Grils & Smokers tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Grillify and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Dreamfire BBQ Team won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-16 ← this one | Saue Parish, 76505 | Vanamoisa | 16 | 703.3944 | 3BBQ | Dreamfire BBQ Team |
| 2025-08-15 | Saue, 76505 | Vanamoisa | 11 | 686.2512 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | Insomnia BBQ Team |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2972 | 170.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 174.2628 | 168.5600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.8572 | 167.4056 |
16 entries · top 703.3944 · median 685.5998
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3BBQ | |
| 2 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 6 | Hungry Moose | |
| 7 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 8 | Piiripealsed | |
| 9 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 10 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 11 | Grillify | |
| 12 | No Name | |
| 13 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 14 | U&M BBQ Duo | |
| 15 | Grillimaailm Weber BBQ team | |
| 16 | Lande Grillikoda |
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 2 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 3 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 4 | 3BBQ | |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 6 | Piiripealsed | |
| 7 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 8 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 9 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 10 | No Name | |
| 11 | Grillify | |
| 12 | Hungry Moose | |
| 13 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Grillimaailm Weber BBQ team | |
| 15 | U&M BBQ Duo | |
| 16 | Lande Grillikoda |
16 entries · top 176.5828 · median 171.4174
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 2 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 3 | Grillimaailm Weber BBQ team | |
| 4 | No Name | |
| 5 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 6 | 3BBQ | |
| 7 | Piiripealsed | |
| 8 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Hungry Moose | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 11 | U&M BBQ Duo | |
| 12 | Grillify | |
| 13 | Lande Grillikoda | |
| 14 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 16 | BM Grils & Smokers |
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1142 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Grillify | |
| 3 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 4 | 3BBQ | |
| 5 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 6 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Hungry Moose | |
| 8 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 9 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 10 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 11 | No Name | |
| 12 | U&M BBQ Duo | |
| 13 | Piiripealsed | |
| 14 | Lande Grillikoda | |
| 15 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 16 | Grillimaailm Weber BBQ team |
16 entries · top 178.2972 · median 172.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 3 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 4 | 3BBQ | |
| 5 | Hungry Moose | |
| 6 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 7 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 8 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 9 | Piiripealsed | |
| 10 | U&M BBQ Duo | |
| 11 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 12 | Grillify | |
| 13 | No Name | |
| 14 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 15 | Grillimaailm Weber BBQ team | |
| 16 | Lande Grillikoda |
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.
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 180.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3BBQ | |
| 2 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 3 | No Name | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Grillify |