Jul 8–9, 2017 · Vienna, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Karl Farkas Gasses 1,1030 Wien
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE won Grand Champion at the Vienna BBQ Days on July 8, 2017 in Vienna , at Karl Farkas Gasses 1,1030 Wien, scoring 686.3200 in a field of 20 teams. WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.4400. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS (176.5944); Pork Ribs — SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ (173.1200); Pork — SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE (177.1428); Brisket — SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE (173.1316). This is the 1st of 8 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2018.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
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 77 times in 100
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
2 of 8 tracked editions
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Brisket places 8–9: BOHEMIAN BBQ and WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ tied on 161.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS edged SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ by 0.0228. Chicken places 3–4: WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ edged GRILLKUNST by 0.0344.
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2017 ← this one | Vienna | Karl Farkas Gasses 1,1030 Wien | 20 | 686.3200 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Vienna | Karl Farkas Gasses 19,1030 Wien | 15 | 672.5484 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 13 | 690.7656 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | BACKCORNER BBQ |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 15 | 177.7372 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 14 | 693.7144 | Insomnia BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 19 | 178.8800 | Chris' BBQ | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 11 | 687.3600 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Vienna | Otmar-Brix-Gasse 1 | 14 | 178.8572 | BBQ Farm | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 171.4400 | 164.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 166.2744 | 160.5028 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 171.4172 | 162.8228 |
| Brisket | 173.1316 | 165.7028 | 159.9428 |
20 entries · top 686.3200 · median 649.9142
20 entries · top 176.5944 · median 164.0114
20 entries · top 173.1200 · median 160.2744
20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.5314
20 entries · top 173.1316 · median 158.5372
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 177.1428 · median 171.4000