2025-03-29 – 2025-03-30 · Brescia, 25125 · ITALY · 📍 Via Caprera, 5
Reps: LUCA FAMIGLI, ROBERTO SIROK
Grand Champion: Average Joe BBQ Team (701.1200) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BBQ+
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 87 times in 100
Average Joe BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Average Joe BBQ Team's first Grand Championship in the data.
Average Joe BBQ Team finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 3–4: LUNA SMOKE - Italy and Skinny Beans BBQ team tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Aldo's BBQ and Average Joe BBQ Team tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: BUNCH OF SWINES and I Cinghiali tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Average Joe BBQ Team took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-29 ← this one | Brescia, 25125 | Via Caprera, 5 | 30 | 701.1200 | Average Joe BBQ Team | BBQ+ |
| 2026-04-11 | PARMA, 43126 | Viale delle Esposizioni, 393a | 42 | 702.8572 | I Cinghiali | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2027-04-03 | PARMA, 43126 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 171.4400 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 174.2744 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5828 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 175.4056 | 167.9772 |
30 entries · top 701.1200 · median 670.4972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 2 | BBQ+ | |
| 3 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 4 | Aldo's BBQ | |
| 5 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 7 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 8 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 9 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 10 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 11 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 12 | I Cinghiali | |
| 13 | The Grill Gathering BBQ-Team | |
| 14 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 15 | Griller Unchained | |
| 16 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 17 | 3BBQ | |
| 18 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 19 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 20 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 21 | Italian's Steak team | |
| 22 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 23 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 24 | Charcoal BBQ | |
| 25 | M&M's BBQ | |
| 26 | Q-King | |
| 27 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 28 | No Probllama BBQ | |
| 29 | Bacat del bbq | |
| 30 | Bar Bee q |
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 2 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 3 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 4 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 5 | Aldo's BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 7 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 8 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 9 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 10 | Charcoal BBQ | |
| 11 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 12 | BBQ+ | |
| 13 | Griller Unchained | |
| 14 | I Cinghiali | |
| 15 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 16 | The Grill Gathering BBQ-Team | |
| 17 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 18 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 19 | 3BBQ | |
| 20 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 21 | M&M's BBQ | |
| 22 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 23 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 24 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 25 | Italian's Steak team | |
| 26 | Q-King | |
| 27 | Bacat del bbq | |
| 28 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 29 | No Probllama BBQ | |
| 30 | Bar Bee q |
30 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 2 | BBQ+ | |
| 3 | 3BBQ | |
| 4 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 5 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 6 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 7 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 8 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 9 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 10 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 11 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 12 | Aldo's BBQ | |
| 13 | Griller Unchained | |
| 14 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 15 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 16 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 17 | I Cinghiali | |
| 18 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 19 | M&M's BBQ | |
| 20 | The Grill Gathering BBQ-Team | |
| 21 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 22 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 23 | Italian's Steak team | |
| 24 | Charcoal BBQ | |
| 25 | No Probllama BBQ | |
| 26 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 27 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 28 | Q-King | |
| 29 | Bacat del bbq | |
| 30 | Bar Bee q |
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ+ | |
| 2 | Aldo's BBQ | |
| 3 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 5 | The Grill Gathering BBQ-Team | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 7 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 8 | I Cinghiali | |
| 9 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 10 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 11 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 12 | Q-King | |
| 13 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 14 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 15 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 16 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 17 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 18 | Italian's Steak team | |
| 19 | M&M's BBQ | |
| 20 | 3BBQ | |
| 21 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 22 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 23 | Griller Unchained | |
| 24 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 25 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 26 | Charcoal BBQ | |
| 27 | No Probllama BBQ | |
| 28 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 29 | Bacat del bbq | |
| 30 | Bar Bee q |
30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 2 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 3 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 4 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 5 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Aldo's BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ+ | |
| 8 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 9 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 10 | Griller Unchained | |
| 11 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 12 | The Grill Gathering BBQ-Team | |
| 13 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 14 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 15 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 16 | I Cinghiali | |
| 17 | Italian's Steak team | |
| 18 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 19 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 20 | 3BBQ | |
| 21 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 22 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 23 | Charcoal BBQ | |
| 24 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 25 | Bacat del bbq | |
| 26 | Q-King | |
| 27 | M&M's BBQ | |
| 28 | No Probllama BBQ | |
| 29 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 30 | Bar Bee q |