Aug 15–16, 2025 · Saue, Estonia · ESTONIA · 📍 Vanamoisa
Reps: Manuela Seliger, Stephan Seliger
Dreamfire BBQ Team won Grand Champion at the BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia on August 15, 2025 in Saue, 76505 at Vanamoisa, scoring 686.2512 in a field of 11 teams. Insomnia BBQ Team took Reserve Grand Champion with 683.9656. Category winners: Chicken — No Name (173.7028); Pork Ribs — Insomnia BBQ Team (173.1084); Pork — No Name (173.7372); Brisket — Insomnia BBQ Team (174.8572). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by 3BBQ.
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 83 times in 100
Dreamfire BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ+, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Dreamfire BBQ Team won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Dreamfire BBQ Team's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.
Pork places 2–3: Insomnia BBQ Team and Mäxitralli tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team and No Name tied on 165.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: Grillfy edged BBQ Symphony by 0.0116.
No Name won Chicken, Pork — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2024 | Saue Parish | Vanamoisa | 16 | 703.3944 | 3BBQ | Dreamfire BBQ Team |
| Aug 15, 2025 ← this one | Saue | Vanamoisa | 11 | 686.2512 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | Insomnia BBQ Team |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7028 | 166.2400 | 149.1316 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1084 | 167.9884 | 161.6684 |
| Pork | 173.7372 | 171.9772 | 162.2856 |
| Brisket | 174.8572 | 165.1428 | 153.0856 |
11 entries · top 686.2512 · median 669.5656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 3 | BBQ+ | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | No Name | |
| 6 | Mäxitralli | |
| 7 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Piiripealsed | |
| 9 | Grillfy | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Rüütlid |
11 entries · top 173.7028 · median 162.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Name | |
| 2 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 4 | BBQ+ | |
| 5 | Mäxitralli | |
| 6 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 7 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 8 | Piiripealsed | |
| 9 | Grillfy | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Rüütlid |
11 entries · top 173.1084 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 2 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 3 | Grillfy | |
| 4 | Piiripealsed | |
| 5 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 6 | BBQ+ | |
| 7 | Mäxitralli | |
| 8 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 10 | No Name | |
| 11 | BBQ Rüütlid |
11 entries · top 173.7372 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Name | |
| 2 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Mäxitralli | |
| 4 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Grillfy | |
| 6 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 7 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ+ | |
| 9 | Piiripealsed | |
| 10 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 11 | BBQ Rüütlid |
11 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 3 | BBQ+ | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 6 | No Name | |
| 7 | Piiripealsed | |
| 8 | Mäxitralli | |
| 9 | Grillfy | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Rüütlid |
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.
7 entries · top 180 · median 173.1772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 2 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 4 | No Name | |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 7 | Grillfy |