Vienna BBQ Days
2025-10-18 – 2025-10-19 · Vienna, 1110 · AUSTRIA · 📍 Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1
Reps: ANDREAS SCHNOELL, EVA SCHNOELL
Grand Champion: Woodquarter Smokerheads (687.3600) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 COOKLOUNGE 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
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 6–7: Insomnia BBQ Team and SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ tied on 166.2400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BBQ Hot Yard edged The BBQ Ranch by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 4–5: DREAMFIRE BBQ Team edged The BBQ Ranch by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: COOKLOUNGE BBQ (won 2023, 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
Woodquarter Smokerheads came in rated below the field's top team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-08 | Karl Farkas Gasses 1,1030 Wien | 20 | 686.3200 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 2018-07-14 | Karl Farkas Gasses 19,1030 Wien | 15 | 672.5484 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED | |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna, 1110 | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 13 | 690.7656 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | BACKCORNER BBQ |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna, 1110 | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 15 | 177.7372 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | — |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna, 1110 | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 14 | 693.7144 | Insomnia BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna, 1110 | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 19 | 178.8800 | Chris' BBQ | — |
| 2025-10-18 ← this one | Vienna, 1110 | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 11 | 687.3600 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna, 1110 | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 14 | 178.8572 | BBQ Farm | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 170.8112 | 169.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 168.5256 | 159.3600 |
| Pork | 176.5716 | 174.2628 | 164.5256 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 167.9540 | 159.3484 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
11 entries · top 687.3600 · median 679.8512
Chicken
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.2744
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9772
Pork
11 entries · top 176.5716 · median 171.9772
Brisket
11 entries · top 173.1200 · median 166.2400