Apr 29–30, 2017 · Salzburg, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Lieferinger Hauptstrasse 102
IQ - NETHERLANDS won Grand Champion at the 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 on April 29, 2017 in Salzburg Austria, 5020 at Lieferinger Hauptstrasse 102, scoring 689.6684 in a field of 28 teams. KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.0112. Category winners: Chicken — IQ - NETHERLANDS (176.0000); Pork Ribs — IQ - NETHERLANDS (173.7028); Pork — BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS (179.4400); Brisket — STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM (175.4056).
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 76% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6572 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
Brisket places 6–7: NYARSPOLGAR BBQ and THE BARKTENDERS tied on 169.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM edged GRILLER UNCHAINED by 0.0116. Brisket places 4–5: GRILLKUNST edged KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA by 0.0116.
IQ - NETHERLANDS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
IQ - NETHERLANDS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 11th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 173.1200 | 169.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7028 | 170.8572 | 169.1428 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.2972 | 171.4172 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 170.2628 | 167.3828 |
28 entries · top 689.6684 · median 663.4916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 2 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 3 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 4 | NYARSPOLGAR BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 6 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 7 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 8 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 9 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 10 | BALDICUE | |
| 11 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 12 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 13 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 14 | Stoaberg Griller | |
| 15 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 16 | GRILLER UNCHAINED | |
| 17 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 18 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 19 | BUTCHER'S BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKING HORSE BBQ | |
| 21 | Traunsee BBQ Grillers | |
| 22 | Grill A,B,C | |
| 23 | CARNIVORES | |
| 24 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 25 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 26 | Texas Longhorn Grills | |
| 27 | The Smoke-Maker | |
| 28 | KULI MU BBQ |
28 entries · top 176 · median 167.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 2 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 3 | Traunsee BBQ Grillers | |
| 4 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 5 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 6 | SMOKING HORSE BBQ | |
| 7 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 8 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 9 | Texas Longhorn Grills | |
| 10 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 11 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 12 | NYARSPOLGAR BBQ | |
| 13 | GRILLER UNCHAINED | |
| 14 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 15 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 16 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 17 | BALDICUE | |
| 18 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 19 | Grill A,B,C | |
| 20 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 21 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 22 | CARNIVORES | |
| 23 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 24 | Stoaberg Griller | |
| 25 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 26 | BUTCHER'S BBQ | |
| 27 | The Smoke-Maker | |
| 28 | KULI MU BBQ |
28 entries · top 173.7028 · median 167.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 2 | Stoaberg Griller | |
| 3 | BALDICUE | |
| 4 | BUTCHER'S BBQ | |
| 5 | NYARSPOLGAR BBQ | |
| 6 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 7 | Traunsee BBQ Grillers | |
| 8 | Grill A,B,C | |
| 9 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 10 | GRILLER UNCHAINED | |
| 11 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 12 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 13 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 14 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKING HORSE BBQ | |
| 16 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 17 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 18 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 19 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 20 | The Smoke-Maker | |
| 21 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 22 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 23 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 24 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 25 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 26 | CARNIVORES | |
| 27 | KULI MU BBQ | |
| 28 | Texas Longhorn Grills |
28 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 2 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 3 | NYARSPOLGAR BBQ | |
| 4 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 5 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 6 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 7 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 8 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 9 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 10 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 11 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 12 | Stoaberg Griller | |
| 13 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 14 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 15 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 16 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 17 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 18 | BALDICUE | |
| 19 | KULI MU BBQ | |
| 20 | BUTCHER'S BBQ | |
| 21 | GRILLER UNCHAINED | |
| 22 | The Smoke-Maker | |
| 23 | CARNIVORES | |
| 24 | SMOKING HORSE BBQ | |
| 25 | Traunsee BBQ Grillers | |
| 26 | Texas Longhorn Grills | |
| 27 | Grill A,B,C | |
| 28 | STARONESMOKER |
28 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 2 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 3 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 4 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 5 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 6 | NYARSPOLGAR BBQ | |
| 7 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 8 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 9 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 10 | BALDICUE | |
| 11 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 12 | BUTCHER'S BBQ | |
| 13 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 14 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 16 | CARNIVORES | |
| 17 | GRILLER UNCHAINED | |
| 18 | Stoaberg Griller | |
| 19 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 20 | Texas Longhorn Grills | |
| 21 | KULI MU BBQ | |
| 22 | Grill A,B,C | |
| 23 | The Smoke-Maker | |
| 24 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 25 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 26 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKING HORSE BBQ | |
| 28 | Traunsee BBQ Grillers |
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.
17 entries · top 180 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 2 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 3 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 4 | KULI MU BBQ | |
| 5 | BUTCHER'S BBQ | |
| 6 | CARNIVORES | |
| 7 | Stoaberg Griller | |
| 8 | Grill A,B,C | |
| 9 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 10 | Traunsee BBQ Grillers | |
| 11 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 12 | GRILLER UNCHAINED | |
| 13 | Texas Longhorn Grills | |
| 14 | Grillspitz BBQ Hunters | |
| 15 | NYARSPOLGAR BBQ | |
| 16 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 17 | The Smoke-Maker |