Apr 14–15, 2018 · Tirol, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Inns brocker Str 66,
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE won Grand Champion at the Wild King BBQ Competition on April 14, 2018 in Tirol, A-6380 at Inns brocker Str 66,, scoring 668.0000 in a field of 23 teams. WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 665.6572. Category winners: Chicken — WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ (172.0000); Pork Ribs — Omerta BBQ (170.2972); Pork — GRILLKUNST (168.5372); Brisket — EGGHEAD-BARBECUE (172.6172).
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 68 times in 100
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE came in rated below the field's top team, White Squirrel BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was EGGHEAD-BARBECUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.
Chicken places 4–5: B.O.S. BBQ and WESTSIDE BBQ tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BBQ BROS Competition Team edged GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS by 0.0004. Pork places 5–6: SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ edged BALDICUE by 0.0116.
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 13th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172 | 168 | 165.6912 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.2972 | 163.4056 | 161.6916 |
| Pork | 168.5372 | 163.9544 | 161.7372 |
| Brisket | 172.6172 | 163.9772 | 157.7028 |
23 entries · top 668 · median 633.5776
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 2 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 3 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 4 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 5 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 6 | BALDICUE | |
| 7 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 8 | Natural Born Grillaz | |
| 9 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 10 | MIG | |
| 11 | Butcher´s BBQ | |
| 12 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 13 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 14 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 15 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 16 | Saint Johns finest BBQ | |
| 17 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 18 | GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS | |
| 19 | Pitztaler Grillverein | |
| 20 | BBQ4FUN | |
| 21 | Grill ABC - Life Radio | |
| 22 | GrillXperts Brunau | |
| 23 | Only 4 Lu BBQ |
23 entries · top 172 · median 165.1312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 2 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 3 | Butcher´s BBQ | |
| 4 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 5 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 6 | Saint Johns finest BBQ | |
| 7 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 8 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 9 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 10 | GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS | |
| 11 | Grill ABC - Life Radio | |
| 12 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 13 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 14 | MIG | |
| 15 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 16 | Natural Born Grillaz | |
| 17 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 18 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 19 | Only 4 Lu BBQ | |
| 20 | BALDICUE | |
| 21 | GrillXperts Brunau | |
| 22 | Pitztaler Grillverein | |
| 23 | BBQ4FUN |
23 entries · top 170.2972 · median 161.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 3 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 4 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 5 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 6 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 7 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 8 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 9 | GrillXperts Brunau | |
| 10 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 11 | BALDICUE | |
| 12 | GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS | |
| 13 | Grill ABC - Life Radio | |
| 14 | MIG | |
| 15 | Saint Johns finest BBQ | |
| 16 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 17 | Pitztaler Grillverein | |
| 18 | Natural Born Grillaz | |
| 19 | BBQ4FUN | |
| 20 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 21 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 22 | Butcher´s BBQ | |
| 23 | Only 4 Lu BBQ |
23 entries · top 168.5372 · median 158.2284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 2 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ4FUN | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 6 | BALDICUE | |
| 7 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 8 | Natural Born Grillaz | |
| 9 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 10 | MIG | |
| 11 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 12 | Butcher´s BBQ | |
| 13 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 14 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 15 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 16 | Pitztaler Grillverein | |
| 17 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 18 | GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS | |
| 19 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 20 | GrillXperts Brunau | |
| 21 | Saint Johns finest BBQ | |
| 22 | Only 4 Lu BBQ | |
| 23 | Grill ABC - Life Radio |
23 entries · top 172.6172 · median 153.7488
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 2 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 3 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 4 | Butcher´s BBQ | |
| 5 | BALDICUE | |
| 6 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 7 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 8 | Natural Born Grillaz | |
| 9 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 10 | Only 4 Lu BBQ | |
| 11 | MIG | |
| 12 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 13 | Saint Johns finest BBQ | |
| 14 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 15 | GRILLKUNST | |
| 16 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 17 | Grill ABC - Life Radio | |
| 18 | Pitztaler Grillverein | |
| 19 | GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS | |
| 20 | BBQ4FUN | |
| 21 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 22 | GrillXperts Brunau | |
| 23 | B.O.S. BBQ |
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 179.4400 · median 172.2742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omerta BBQ | |
| 2 | Pitztaler Grillverein | |
| 3 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 4 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 5 | Grill ABC - Life Radio | |
| 6 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 7 | Saint Johns finest BBQ | |
| 8 | Natural Born Grillaz | |
| 9 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 10 | Butcher´s BBQ | |
| 11 | STARONESMOKER | |
| 12 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 13 | MIG | |
| 14 | BALDICUE |