2014-08-02 – 2014-08-03 · Olofstorp Sweden, EU · 📍 Olofstorp Sweden, EU 42470
Grand Champion: THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM (675.3600) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GHOST BARBECUE
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, 2014 to 2025 — 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 95% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.4572 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
This was THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM's first Grand Championship in the data.
THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 4–5: LETZQ edged ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM by 0.0228. Pork places 6–7: Infernum BBQ edged Pork Mafia Chicago.US by 0.0344. Brisket places 4–5: Peter Kock BBQ edged Backyard Superstar Grill Heros by 0.0800.
THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 13th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-02 ← this one | Olofstorp Sweden, EU | Olofstorp Sweden, EU 42470 | 15 | 675.3600 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | GHOST BARBECUE |
| 2015-08-01 | Gunnilse/Gothenburg, | Gunnilse/Gothenburg, | 26 | 704.5944 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | LETZQ |
| 2016-08-06 | Gothenburg, SE | Gothenburg, SE | 31 | 674.2512 | BUTTRUB.COM | FREE RANGE BBQ |
| 2024-08-23 | Rolfstorp, | Akulla Outdoor Resort | 23 | 693.1544 | Insomnia BBQ Team | BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ |
| 2025-08-22 | Rolfstorp, | Akulla Outdoor Resort | 31 | 674.8680 | No Name | BBQ+ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7028 | 167.4056 | 159.4400 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8800 | 166.2744 | 162.8800 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 165.7140 | 160.5944 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 166.8456 | 156.5944 |
15 entries · top 675.3600 · median 644.5256
14 entries · top 173.7028 · median 165.4170
15 entries · top 174.8800 · median 164.0000
14 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5828
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.7314 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
14 entries · top 177.1772 · median 165.4172