2026-05-23 – 2026-05-24 · Romano Di Lombardia, GG · ITALY · 📍 Viale Lombardia 708
Reps: LUCA FAMIGLI, ROBERTO SIROK
Grand Champion: Skinny Beans BBQ team (682.7428) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Justice BBQ
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, 2026 to 2026 — 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 70 times in 100
Skinny Beans BBQ team came in rated below the field's top team, Justice BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Skinny Beans BBQ team's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.
2 of 3 tracked editions
SOUTH BRIXIA has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Skinny Beans BBQ team and the north brianza bbq smokers tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: Onkel Felix BBQ and Tracica BBQ Team tied on 165.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Machete edged Skinny Beans BBQ team by 0.0116.
Skinny Beans BBQ team took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 ← this one | Romano Di Lombardia, GG | Viale Lombardia 708 | 10 | 682.7428 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | Justice BBQ |
| 2026-05-23 | Romano Di Lombardia, GG | Viale Lombardia 708 | 11 | 171.4056 | SOUTH BRIXIA | — |
| 2026-05-23 | Romano Di Lombardia, GG | Viale Lombardia 708 | 13 | 175.4172 | SOUTH BRIXIA | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 171.9656 | 149.6340 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.8228 | 167.9772 | 157.6684 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 169.6800 | 153.7028 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 164.5256 | 150.7772 |
10 entries · top 682.7428 · median 666.7828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 2 | Justice BBQ | |
| 3 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 4 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 5 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 6 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 7 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 8 | the north brianza bbq smokers | |
| 9 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 10 | Machete |
10 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 2 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 3 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 4 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 5 | Justice BBQ | |
| 6 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 7 | the north brianza bbq smokers | |
| 8 | Machete | |
| 9 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 10 | SOUTH BRIXIA |
10 entries · top 170.8228 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 2 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 3 | the north brianza bbq smokers | |
| 4 | Justice BBQ | |
| 5 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 6 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 7 | Machete | |
| 8 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 9 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Onkel Felix BBQ |
10 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 2 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 3 | the north brianza bbq smokers | |
| 4 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 5 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 6 | Justice BBQ | |
| 7 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 8 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 9 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Machete |
10 entries · top 173.1200 · median 164.2342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracica BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Justice BBQ | |
| 3 | Skinny Beans BBQ team | |
| 4 | SOUTH BRIXIA | |
| 5 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 6 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 7 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 8 | Machete | |
| 9 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 10 | the north brianza bbq smokers |