Apr 30 – May 1, 2016 · Brugg, Switzerland · SWITZERLAND
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS won Grand Champion at the Smoke By the River on April 30, 2016 in Brugg, CH, scoring 681.7028 in a field of 20 teams. MISS PIGGY'S U.K. took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.0856. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS (176.0116); Pork Ribs — GRILLER UNCHAINED (173.1772); Pork — GECKO BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — MISS PIGGY'S U.K. (176.5600). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by MISS PIGGY'S U.K..
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 86% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
This was BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 16th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS and S.W.A.T. BBQ tied on 165.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM edged DRAGON BBQ by 0.0112. Chicken places 9–10: BBQ from Hell edged S.W.A.T. BBQ by 0.0116.
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 5th.
GECKO BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 175.4056 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: MISS PIGGY'S U.K. (won 2015).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2015 | Brugg | Brugg, | 20 | 691.4056 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | BBQ4All |
| Apr 30, 2016 ← this one | Brugg, Switzerland | Brugg , CH | 20 | 681.7028 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Cazis | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0116 | 169.7600 | 165.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1772 | 165.7144 | 163.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 167.9656 | 161.1772 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 164.0116 | 157.6912 |
20 entries · top 681.7028 · median 646.2858
20 entries · top 176.0116 · median 164.8456
20 entries · top 173.1772 · median 162.5658
20 entries · top 180 · median 160.5772 · 🔥 perfect 180
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 157.4228
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.
14 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.0400