Fo.G & Smoke 2024
2024-09-21 – 2024-09-22 · Providence of MODENA (MO), · ITALY · 📍 Providence of MODENA (MO),
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Woodquarter Smokerheads (695.9772) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LUNA SMOKE - Italy
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6060 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Woodquarter Smokerheads won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
Woodquarter Smokerheads came in rated below the field's top team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 171.4056 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.7488 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 176.0000 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 167.3828 | 165.1316 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
19 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
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 |
Brisket
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 |
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
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 |