Smoke in the North
2024-08-23 – 2024-08-24 · Rolfstorp, · SWEDEN · 📍 Akulla Outdoor Resort
Reps: MANUELA SELIGER, STEPHAN SELIGER
Grand Champion: Insomnia BBQ Team (693.1544) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 10.3316 points — a wider margin than 92% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
Insomnia BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, Backcorner BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-02 | Olofstorp Sweden, EU 42470 | 15 | 675.3600 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | GHOST BARBECUE | |
| 2015-08-01 | Gunnilse/Gothenburg, | 26 | 704.5944 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | LETZQ | |
| 2016-08-06 | Gothenburg, SE | 31 | 674.2512 | BUTTRUB.COM | FREE RANGE BBQ | |
| 2024-08-23 ← this one | Rolfstorp, | Akulla Outdoor Resort | 23 | 693.1544 | Insomnia BBQ Team | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ |
| 2025-08-22 | Rolfstorp, | Akulla Outdoor Resort | 31 | 674.8680 | No Name | BBQ+ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| 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 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
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 |
Brisket
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 |
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Mystery Box
11 entries · top 168.0000 · 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 |