Sep 21–22, 2024 · Providence of MODENA (MO), Italy · ITALY
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Luca Famigli
Woodquarter Smokerheads won Grand Champion at the Fo.G & Smoke 2024 on September 21, 2024 in Providence of MODENA (MO),, scoring 695.9772 in a field of 19 teams. LUNA SMOKE - Italy took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3712. Category winners: Chicken — WESTSIDE BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Gold’s BBQ (178.2972); Pork — Woodquarter Smokerheads (179.4400); Brisket — Woodquarter Smokerheads (175.4056).
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 87% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6060 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100
Woodquarter Smokerheads came in rated below the field's top team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Woodquarter Smokerheads's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 9th tracked contest.
Pork places 2–3: SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ and Roast a Piece tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: LUNA SMOKE - Italy and BM Grils & Smokers tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: Smoky Cotte edged TSM - Tuttosimuove by 0.0116.
Woodquarter Smokerheads won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Woodquarter Smokerheads took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 171.4056 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.7488 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 176 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 167.3828 | 165.1316 |
19 entries · top 695.9772 · median 671.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 2 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 3 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 4 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 5 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 6 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 7 | Roast a Piece | |
| 8 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 9 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 10 | I Cinghiali | |
| 11 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 12 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 13 | TSM - Tuttosimuove | |
| 14 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 15 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 16 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 17 | Barba Q | |
| 18 | Jack&Place | |
| 19 | Dagh del Fom |
19 entries · top 180 · median 167.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 2 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 3 | Roast a Piece | |
| 4 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 5 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 6 | I Cinghiali | |
| 7 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 8 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 9 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 10 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 11 | Barba Q | |
| 12 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 13 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 14 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 15 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Jack&Place | |
| 17 | TSM - Tuttosimuove | |
| 18 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 19 | Dagh del Fom |
19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 2 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 3 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 4 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 5 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 6 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 7 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 8 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 9 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 10 | Roast a Piece | |
| 11 | Jack&Place | |
| 12 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 13 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 14 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 16 | I Cinghiali | |
| 17 | TSM - Tuttosimuove | |
| 18 | Barba Q | |
| 19 | Dagh del Fom |
19 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 2 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 3 | Roast a Piece | |
| 4 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 5 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 6 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 8 | TSM - Tuttosimuove | |
| 9 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 10 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 11 | I Cinghiali | |
| 12 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 13 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 14 | Dagh del Fom | |
| 15 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 17 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 18 | Barba Q | |
| 19 | Jack&Place |
18 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.1430
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 2 | I Cinghiali | |
| 3 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 4 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 5 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 6 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 7 | TSM - Tuttosimuove | |
| 8 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 9 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Barba Q | |
| 11 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 12 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 13 | Roast a Piece | |
| 14 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 15 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 16 | Jack&Place | |
| 17 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 18 | Onkel Felix 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.
9 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack&Place | |
| 2 | TSM - Tuttosimuove | |
| 3 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 4 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 5 | I Cinghiali | |
| 6 | BM Grils & Smokers | |
| 7 | Barba Q | |
| 8 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 9 | Dagh del Fom |