Aug 23–24, 2024 · Rolfstorp, Sweden · SWEDEN · 📍 Akulla Outdoor Resort
Reps: Manuela Seliger, Stephan Seliger
Insomnia BBQ Team won Grand Champion at the Smoke in the North on August 23, 2024 in Rolfstorp, at Akulla Outdoor Resort, scoring 693.1544 in a field of 23 teams. BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.8228. Category winners: Chicken — Magic Creek BBQ (177.1428); Pork Ribs — Cozy Pig BBQ (177.7144); Pork — BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ (177.1544); Brisket — Insomnia BBQ Team (174.8800). This is the 4th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by BUTTRUB.COM; the next was held in 2025.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
Insomnia BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, Backcorner BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 89% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.3316 points — a wider margin than 89% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 6–7: BBQ BROTHERS and Cozy Pig BBQ tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: No Name edged Clean Smoke BBQ by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 8–9: BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ edged Just wing it BBQ team by 0.0112.
Insomnia BBQ Team took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
Cozy Pig BBQ turned in 177.7144 in pork ribs — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 8 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2016-08-06.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2014 | Olofstorp Sweden, EU | Olofstorp Sweden, EU 42470 | 15 | 675.3600 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | GHOST BARBECUE |
| Aug 1, 2015 | Gunnilse/Gothenburg | Gunnilse/Gothenburg, | 26 | 704.5944 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | LETZQ |
| Aug 6, 2016 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Gothenburg, SE | 31 | 674.2512 | BUTTRUB.COM | FREE RANGE BBQ |
| Aug 23, 2024 ← this one | Rolfstorp | Akulla Outdoor Resort | 23 | 693.1544 | Insomnia BBQ Team | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Rolfstorp | Akulla Outdoor Resort | 31 | 674.8680 | No Name | BBQ+ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 170.8800 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 170.2744 | 167.9656 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 169.7028 | 166.2744 |
| Brisket | 174.8800 | 170.2972 | 164.5256 |
23 entries · top 693.1544 · median 663.3364
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 2 | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ | |
| 3 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 4 | 3BBQ | |
| 5 | Cozy Pig BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 7 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 8 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 9 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 10 | Kott & Blod BBQ | |
| 11 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 12 | No Name | |
| 13 | Pigwings BBQ | |
| 14 | Rök och Bark BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 16 | Clean Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Magic Creek BBQ | |
| 18 | Lingon & Dill | |
| 19 | AlltimeBBQ | |
| 20 | The Crazy BBQ Team | |
| 21 | NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM | |
| 22 | Queens of BBQ | |
| 23 | Infernum BBQ |
23 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magic Creek BBQ | |
| 2 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 3 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 4 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 5 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 6 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 7 | Cozy Pig BBQ | |
| 8 | Kott & Blod BBQ | |
| 9 | Clean Smoke BBQ | |
| 10 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 11 | 3BBQ | |
| 12 | The Crazy BBQ Team | |
| 13 | No Name | |
| 14 | AlltimeBBQ | |
| 15 | Infernum BBQ | |
| 16 | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ | |
| 17 | Pigwings BBQ | |
| 18 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 19 | NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | Rök och Bark BBQ | |
| 21 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 22 | Lingon & Dill | |
| 23 | Queens of BBQ |
23 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.3084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cozy Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | 3BBQ | |
| 3 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 4 | No Name | |
| 5 | Clean Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 7 | Kott & Blod BBQ | |
| 8 | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ | |
| 9 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 10 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 11 | Rök och Bark BBQ | |
| 12 | Pigwings BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 14 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 15 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 16 | NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM | |
| 17 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 18 | Lingon & Dill | |
| 19 | Infernum BBQ | |
| 20 | Queens of BBQ | |
| 21 | Magic Creek BBQ | |
| 22 | The Crazy BBQ Team | |
| 23 | AlltimeBBQ |
23 entries · top 177.1544 · median 163.4400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ | |
| 2 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 4 | Lingon & Dill | |
| 5 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 7 | 3BBQ | |
| 8 | Queens of BBQ | |
| 9 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 10 | Rök och Bark BBQ | |
| 11 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 12 | Cozy Pig BBQ | |
| 13 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 14 | Infernum BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 16 | Pigwings BBQ | |
| 17 | AlltimeBBQ | |
| 18 | Kott & Blod BBQ | |
| 19 | The Crazy BBQ Team | |
| 20 | No Name | |
| 21 | NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM | |
| 22 | Clean Smoke BBQ | |
| 23 | Magic Creek BBQ |
23 entries · top 174.8800 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 3 | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ | |
| 4 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 5 | Pigwings BBQ | |
| 6 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 7 | No Name | |
| 8 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 9 | Rök och Bark BBQ | |
| 10 | 3BBQ | |
| 11 | Cozy Pig BBQ | |
| 12 | Kott & Blod BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 14 | Lingon & Dill | |
| 15 | Clean Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Magic Creek BBQ | |
| 17 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 18 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 19 | NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | AlltimeBBQ | |
| 21 | Queens of BBQ | |
| 22 | The Crazy BBQ Team | |
| 23 | Infernum BBQ |
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.
11 entries · top 168 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Rök och Bark BBQ | |
| 3 | AlltimeBBQ | |
| 4 | Magic Creek BBQ | |
| 5 | Pigwings BBQ | |
| 6 | Kott & Blod BBQ | |
| 7 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 8 | The Crazy BBQ Team | |
| 9 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 10 | Queens of BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ BROTHERS |