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2×
wins at this contest
2 of 2 tracked editions
Smoking Butcher has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
- 2025
- 2025
Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) 2025
Oct 18, 2025 · Fossalta di Piave, Italy · ITALY · 📍 Piazza IV Novembre
Reps: Luca Famigli, Roberto Sirok
Grand Champion: Smoking Butcher (176.5600) · 16 teams
Full results from the Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) 2025, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on October 18, 2025 in Fossalta di Piave , 30020 at Piazza IV Novembre. Category winners: Chicken — Smoking Butcher (176.5600). This is the 1st of 4 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2025.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Chicken totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
148.54
median 167.12
176.56 🏆
Entries
16
1 judged meat · 1 ancillary
Top score
176.5600
Winning margin
2.8228
1st over 2nd in Chicken
Field average
166.55
148.54176.56
Chicken · median 167.12 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5944 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
165.6684
148.54176.56
10th place in Chicken
Field spread
28.0228
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 75%
beats 25% of 5574 Chicken wins in the data
Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
decided the closest call
Chicken places 4–5: I Cinghiali and Charcoal BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2025 ← this one | Fossalta di Piave | Piazza IV Novembre | 16 | 176.5600 | Smoking Butcher |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta di Piave | Piazza IV Novembre | 16 | 180 | Smoking Butcher |
| Oct 17, 2026 | Fossalta di Piave | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 17, 2026 | Fossalta di Piave | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 171.9656 | 165.6684 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Chicken
16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 2 | Grill Angels | |
| 3 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 4 | I Cinghiali | |
| 5 | Charcoal BBQ | |
| 6 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 7 | The Smoked Barbecue | |
| 8 | IU PORK | |
| 9 | Pyrat BBQ | |
| 10 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 11 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 12 | Bronse Cuerte | |
| 13 | Smoky flavour Giulio | |
| 14 | BBQ HERO | |
| 15 | ribs & the gang | |
| 16 | Smoked Mavericks |
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Cicchetti
12 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IU PORK | |
| 2 | I Cinghiali | |
| 3 | Pyrat BBQ | |
| 4 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 5 | Bronse Cuerte | |
| 6 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 7 | ribs & the gang | |
| 8 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 9 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 10 | Grill Angels | |
| 11 | Smoky flavour Giulio | |
| 12 | BBQ HERO |