Oct 18–19, 2025 · Vienna, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1
Reps: Andreas Schnoell, Eva Schnoell
Woodquarter Smokerheads won Grand Champion at the Vienna BBQ Days on October 18, 2025 in Vienna, 1110 at Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1, scoring 687.3600 in a field of 11 teams. COOKLOUNGE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.1944. Category winners: Chicken — Insomnia BBQ Team (176.5600); Pork Ribs — SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ (177.1544); Pork — Woodquarter Smokerheads (176.5716); Brisket — COOKLOUNGE BBQ (173.1200). This is the 7th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Chris' BBQ; 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, 2017 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 79% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
Woodquarter Smokerheads came in rated below the field's top team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 8 tracked editions
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5828 points.
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.
Woodquarter Smokerheads took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: COOKLOUNGE BBQ (won 2023, 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2017 | Vienna | Karl Farkas Gasses 1,1030 Wien | 20 | 686.3200 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Vienna | Karl Farkas Gasses 19,1030 Wien | 15 | 672.5484 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 13 | 690.7656 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | BACKCORNER BBQ |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 15 | 177.7372 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 14 | 693.7144 | Insomnia BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 19 | 178.8800 | Chris' BBQ | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 ← this one | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 11 | 687.3600 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 14 | 178.8572 | BBQ Farm | — |
| 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 |
11 entries · top 687.3600 · median 679.8512
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.2744
11 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9772
11 entries · top 176.5716 · median 171.9772
11 entries · top 173.1200 · median 166.2400