A razor-thin finish
Closer than 93% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5368 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
- MISS PIGGY'S U.K.
- Smoking Bad BBQ Team
2016-09-10 – 2016-09-11 · Brescia, IT · ITALY · 📍 Museo Mille Miglia
Grand Champion: MISS PIGGY'S U.K. (687.3368) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoking Bad BBQ Team
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 93% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5368 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 9–10: GRILLKUNST and SALZBURGER STIERGRILLER tied on 170.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: LETZQ and SOUTH BRIXIA tied on 172.0228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: THE BARKTENDERS edged DRAGON BBQ by 0.0112.
MISS PIGGY'S U.K. took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 170.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 170.2628 | 168.0228 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 171.9656 | 168.0000 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 173.7372 | 169.1200 |
26 entries · top 687.3368 · median 663.4404
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.7200
26 entries · top 175.4400 · median 165.4228
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.5714
26 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7086
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.
19 entries · top 176.5828 · median 168.5828