Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
2025-10-18 · Fossalta di Piave , 30020 · ITALY · 📍 Piazza IV Novembre
Reps: LUCA FAMIGLI, ROBERTO SIROK
Grand Champion: Smoking Butcher (176.5600) · 16 teams
Entries
16
1 judged meat · 1 ancillary
Top score
176.5600
Winning margin
2.8228
1st over 2nd
Field average
166.55
median 167.12
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5944 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
165.6684
10th place overall
Field spread
28.0228
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 79%
beats 21% of 2791 Chicken wins in the data
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Smoking Butcher has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 4–5: I Cinghiali and Charcoal BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-18 ← this one | Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | Piazza IV Novembre | 16 | 176.5600 | Smoking Butcher | — |
| 2025-10-18 | Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | Piazza IV Novembre | 16 | 180.0000 | Smoking Butcher | — |
| 2026-10-17 | Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-17 | Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |