May 27–28, 2017 · Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy · ITALY · 📍 Via Fernando Santi-40011
STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM won Grand Champion at the Italian Hardcore Barbcue on May 27, 2017 in Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy, 20015 at Via Fernando Santi-40011, scoring 693.0512 in a field of 12 teams. FOUR STAR BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5716. Category winners: Chicken — STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM (175.4056); Pork Ribs — FOUR STAR BBQ (176.5600); Pork — BURROS BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM (172.5944).
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.
Pork Ribs places 8–9: SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM and GECKO BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM edged SMOKEY JOB by 0.0116. Chicken places 9–10: GECKO BBQ edged OLDRIVER BBQ TEAM by 0.0116.
STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 170.2628 | 165.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 167.3828 | 158.8344 |
| Brisket | 172.5944 | 168.5944 | 148.5372 |
12 entries · top 693.0512 · median 674.7598
12 entries · top 175.4056 · median 168.5544
12 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.4114
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1028
12 entries · top 172.5944 · median 166.2686
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.
10 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.9884