Apr 8–9, 2017 · Wels, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Messe Plate 2
DRAGON BBQ won Grand Champion at the Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 on April 8, 2017 in Wels, 4072 at Messe Plate 2, scoring 688.5716 in a field of 14 teams. Sale & Pepe took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.6572. Category winners: Chicken — DRAGON BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — Sale & Pepe (170.8688); Pork — THE BARKTENDERS (178.2972); Brisket — DRAGON BBQ (177.7372).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
DRAGON BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was DRAGON BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
Wider than 90% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.9144 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 7–8: Omerta BBQ edged BOHEMIAN BBQ by 0.0112. Chicken places 6–7: SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ edged Omerta BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: DRAGON BBQ edged UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q by 0.0116.
DRAGON BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
DRAGON BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 3rd.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 170.2856 | 161.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.8688 | 166.2972 | 162.2972 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 166.8456 | 162.8684 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 167.9884 | 161.1428 |
14 entries · top 688.5716 · median 657.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 2 | Sale & Pepe | |
| 3 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 4 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 5 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 6 | BALDICUE | |
| 7 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 8 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 9 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 10 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 11 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 12 | SALZBURGER STIERGRILLER | |
| 13 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 14 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
14 entries · top 176 · median 167.4456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 2 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 3 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 4 | Sale & Pepe | |
| 5 | BALDICUE | |
| 6 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 7 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 8 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 9 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 10 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 11 | SALZBURGER STIERGRILLER | |
| 12 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 13 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q |
14 entries · top 170.8688 · median 163.7200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sale & Pepe | |
| 2 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 3 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 4 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 5 | BALDICUE | |
| 6 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 7 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 8 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 9 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 10 | SALZBURGER STIERGRILLER | |
| 11 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 12 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 13 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 14 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ |
14 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 2 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 3 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 4 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 5 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 6 | BALDICUE | |
| 7 | Sale & Pepe | |
| 8 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 9 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 10 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 11 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 12 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 13 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 14 | SALZBURGER STIERGRILLER |
14 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 2 | SALZBURGER STIERGRILLER | |
| 3 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 4 | Sale & Pepe | |
| 5 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 7 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 8 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 9 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 10 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 11 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 12 | BALDICUE | |
| 13 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 14 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters |