Wild West Fest on Fire
2025-08-09 – 2025-08-10 · Medvode, 1215 · SLOVENIA · 📍 Lake Zbilje
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Food'Venture Grill & BBQ (699.9540) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WESTSIDE 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 dynasty in the making
Knockstone BBq Team Austria has won this contest 2 times across its 12 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5940 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: VIRUNUM SMOKERS and Smoky Cotte tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Smoky Cotte and Ribs in Peace tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Onkel Felix BBQ and Hard Smoke BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smoky Cotte (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Westside BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-11 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 21 | 673.6344 | FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 2019-08-10 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 27 | 697.7600 | White Squirrel BBQ | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| 2022-08-06 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 11 | 693.6688 | Knockstone BBq Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2023-08-12 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 12 | 695.3944 | Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-08-10 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 11 | 707.9772 | Insomnia BBQ Team | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-08-10 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 14 | 177.7144 | Smoky Cotte | — |
| 2025-08-09 ← this one | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 20 | 699.9540 | Food'Venture Grill & BBQ | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| 2025-08-09 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 19 | 177.1544 | BBQ Hot Yard | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 19 | 180.0000 | Virunum Smokers | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 12 | 180.0000 | The smoked barbecue team | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 14 | 178.8572 | The smoked barbecue team | — |
| 2026-08-08 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 18 | 707.3944 | SOUTH BRIXIA | SMOKY COTTE |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 172.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 172.0000 | 167.3712 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 699.9540 · median 677.6114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 2 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 3 | VIRUNUM SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 5 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 6 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 7 | Knox BBQ | |
| 8 | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED | |
| 9 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 10 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 11 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 12 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 13 | Gril Kings & Queens BBQ | |
| 14 | Jack's Smokey BBQ | |
| 15 | SPENA BBQ | |
| 16 | Hard Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Ma-Kole BBQ | |
| 18 | Hedgehog BBQ | |
| 19 | Koroški čili klub | |
| 20 | Belli & Magrill |
Chicken
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIRUNUM SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 3 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 4 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 5 | Hard Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 7 | Knox BBQ | |
| 8 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 9 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 10 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 11 | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED | |
| 12 | Gril Kings & Queens BBQ | |
| 13 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Belli & Magrill | |
| 15 | Jack's Smokey BBQ | |
| 16 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 17 | Ma-Kole BBQ | |
| 18 | SPENA BBQ | |
| 19 | Koroški čili klub | |
| 20 | Hedgehog BBQ |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 2 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 3 | Jack's Smokey BBQ | |
| 4 | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED | |
| 5 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 6 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 7 | VIRUNUM SMOKERS | |
| 8 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 9 | Gril Kings & Queens BBQ | |
| 10 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 12 | SPENA BBQ | |
| 13 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 14 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Knox BBQ | |
| 16 | Hard Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Belli & Magrill | |
| 18 | Hedgehog BBQ | |
| 19 | Koroški čili klub | |
| 20 | Ma-Kole BBQ |
Pork
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knox BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 3 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 4 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 5 | VIRUNUM SMOKERS | |
| 6 | Gril Kings & Queens BBQ | |
| 7 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 8 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 9 | Ma-Kole BBQ | |
| 10 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 11 | SPENA BBQ | |
| 12 | Jack's Smokey BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 14 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 15 | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED | |
| 16 | Belli & Magrill | |
| 17 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 18 | Hedgehog BBQ | |
| 19 | Koroški čili klub | |
| 20 | Hard Smoke BBQ |
Brisket
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 3 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 5 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 6 | SPENA BBQ | |
| 7 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 8 | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED | |
| 9 | VIRUNUM SMOKERS | |
| 10 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 11 | Knox BBQ | |
| 12 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 13 | Hedgehog BBQ | |
| 14 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 15 | Jack's Smokey BBQ | |
| 16 | Hard Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Ma-Kole BBQ | |
| 18 | Gril Kings & Queens BBQ | |
| 19 | Koroški čili klub | |
| 20 | Belli & Magrill |