Aug 9–10, 2025 · Medvode, Slovenia · SLOVENIA · 📍 Lake Zbilje
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Luca Famigli
FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ won Grand Champion at the Wild West Fest on Fire on August 9, 2025 in Medvode, 1215 at Lake Zbilje, scoring 699.9540 in a field of 20 teams. WESTSIDE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3600. Category winners: Chicken — VIRUNUM SMOKERS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ (180.0000); Pork — Knox BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — WESTSIDE BBQ (180.0000). This is the 7th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Smoky Cotte; the next was held in 2025.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 88% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5940 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Westside BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 12 tracked editions
Knockstone BBq Team Austria has won this contest 2 times across its 12 tracked editions.
VIRUNUM SMOKERS finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
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.
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 6 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smoky Cotte (won 2024).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2018 | Zbilje, Medvode | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 21 | 673.6344 | FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS | THE BARKTENDERS |
| Aug 10, 2019 | Zbilje, Medvode | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 27 | 697.7600 | White Squirrel BBQ | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| Aug 6, 2022 | Medvode | Zbilje | 11 | 693.6688 | Knockstone BBq Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Aug 12, 2023 | Medvode | Zbilje | 12 | 695.3944 | Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Medvode | Zbilje | 11 | 707.9772 | Insomnia BBQ Team | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Medvode | Zbilje | 14 | 177.7144 | Smoky Cotte | — |
| Aug 9, 2025 ← this one | Medvode | Lake Zbilje | 20 | 699.9540 | Food'Venture Grill & BBQ | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Medvode | Lake Zbilje | 19 | 177.1544 | BBQ Hot Yard | — |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Medvode | Lake Zbilje | 19 | 180 | Virunum Smokers | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Medvode | Lake Zbilje | 12 | 180 | The smoked barbecue team | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Medvode | Lake Zbilje | 14 | 178.8572 | The smoked barbecue team | — |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Medvode | Lake Zbilje | 18 | 707.3944 | SOUTH BRIXIA | SMOKY COTTE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7144 | 172.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 173.7028 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4172 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 180 | 172 | 167.3712 |
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 |
20 entries · top 180 · 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 |
20 entries · top 180 · 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 |
20 entries · top 180 · 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 |
20 entries · top 180 · 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 |