Jun 30 – Jul 1, 2018 · Gaiarine, Italy · ITALY · 📍 Distilleria Bonaventura Maschio SRL
BUNCH OF SWINES won Grand Champion at the PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP on June 30, 2018 in Gaiarine, 31018 at Distilleria Bonaventura Maschio SRL, scoring 695.3944 in a field of 18 teams. BBQ+ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5600. Category winners: Chicken — BUNCH OF SWINES (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BUNCH OF SWINES (176.0116); Pork — BBQ+ (176.0116); Brisket — BOHEMIAN BBQ (178.8572). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS.
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, 2015 to 2018 — 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.
695.3944 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.8340 BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS set in 2017.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM and DE FILOUS tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ edged DE FILOUS by 0.0116. Pork places 5–6: BROS HOG edged MISS PIGGY'S U.K. by 0.0116.
BUNCH OF SWINES won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
BUNCH OF SWINES took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 10th.
BOHEMIAN BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 175.4400 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IQ - NETHERLANDS (won 2016), BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS (won 2017).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
13 of 18 teams from 2017-07-01 came back
13 of the 18 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2015 | Gaiarine Italy | Gaiarine Italy, | 15 | 677.6684 | BR.BQ | BBQ4ALL INTERNATIONAL |
| Jul 2, 2016 | Gaiarine, Italy | Distilleria Bonaventura | 18 | 694.7884 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| Jul 1, 2017 | Gaiarine | Distilleria Bonaventura | 18 | 694.8340 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. |
| Jun 30, 2018 ← this one | Gaiarine | Distilleria Bonaventura Maschio SRL | 18 | 695.3944 | BUNCH OF SWINES | BBQ+ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 172.5600 | 165.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0116 | 170.2628 | 167.4516 |
| Pork | 176.0116 | 168.5372 | 166.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 170.8228 | 166.8344 |
18 entries · top 695.3944 · median 666.2058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | BBQ+ | |
| 3 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 4 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 5 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 6 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 7 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 8 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 9 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 10 | BROS HOG | |
| 11 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 12 | DE FILOUS | |
| 13 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | SMOKE AND FIRE | |
| 15 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 16 | LETZQ | |
| 17 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 18 | PUREBBQ |
18 entries · top 180 · median 165.9770 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 3 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 4 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 5 | DE FILOUS | |
| 6 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 7 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 8 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | PUREBBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ+ | |
| 11 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 12 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 13 | LETZQ | |
| 14 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 15 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKE AND FIRE | |
| 17 | BROS HOG | |
| 18 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS |
18 entries · top 176.0116 · median 167.7258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 3 | BBQ+ | |
| 4 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | DE FILOUS | |
| 6 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 7 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 8 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 9 | SMOKE AND FIRE | |
| 10 | LETZQ | |
| 11 | BROS HOG | |
| 12 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 13 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 14 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 15 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 16 | PUREBBQ | |
| 17 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS |
18 entries · top 176.0116 · median 166.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ+ | |
| 2 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 3 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 4 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 5 | BROS HOG | |
| 6 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 7 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 8 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 9 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 10 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 11 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 13 | SMOKE AND FIRE | |
| 14 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 15 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 16 | PUREBBQ | |
| 17 | DE FILOUS | |
| 18 | LETZQ |
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1202
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ+ | |
| 3 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 4 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 5 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 6 | BROS HOG | |
| 7 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 8 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 9 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 10 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 11 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 12 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 13 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE AND FIRE | |
| 15 | DE FILOUS | |
| 16 | LETZQ | |
| 17 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 18 | PUREBBQ |
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 180 · median 170.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUREBBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 3 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 4 | LETZQ | |
| 5 | BBQ+ | |
| 6 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 7 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 8 | BROS HOG | |
| 9 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 10 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ |
15 entries · top 176.0228 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROS HOG | |
| 2 | BBQ+ | |
| 3 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 5 | PUREBBQ | |
| 6 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 7 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 8 | LETZQ | |
| 9 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 10 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 11 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 12 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 13 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 14 | DE FILOUS | |
| 15 | BOHEMIAN BBQ |