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3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

Jul 21–22, 2018 · Bad Bellingen, Germany · GERMANY · 📍 Am Sonnenstuck 1

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BOHEMIAN BBQ
681.0972 · Master Series — Overall
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UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q
678.2972 · Master Series — Overall
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STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM
674.2284 · Master Series — Overall

BOHEMIAN BBQ won Grand Champion at the 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival on July 21, 2018 in Bad Bellingen, 79415 at Am Sonnenstuck 1, scoring 681.0972 in a field of 48 teams. UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2972. Category winners: Chicken — BOHEMIAN BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — VIKING BBQ (173.7144); Pork — SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ (174.2744); Brisket — UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q (172.5600).

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 173.71
  • Pork 174.27
  • Brisket 172.56
117.70 180

Entries

48
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

681.0972

Winning margin

2.8000
GC over RC

Field average

635.57
520.38681.10
median 642.47 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
BOHEMIAN BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork
3.3944 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

658.7316
520.38681.10
10th place overall

Field spread

160.7196
winner to last place

Most consistent

UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q
avg finish 7 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 6.2628 pts — BOHEMIAN BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 88%
beats 12% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,543
avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests

Top-rated in the field

HIGH ON THE HAWG
rated 1793 pre-contest

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

An upset on the books

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

BOHEMIAN BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, HIGH ON THE HAWG, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1620
  • top seed 1793

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BOHEMIAN BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 25th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 4th
  • Pork 25th
  • Brisket 4th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • BOHEMIAN BBQ · Chicken

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180171.4056168.0456
Pork Ribs173.7144169.6800165.7372
Pork174.2744170.8800169.1544
Brisket172.5600166.8456165.1428

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

48 entries · top 681.0972 · median 642.4686

#TeamScore
1 BOHEMIAN BBQ 681.0972
2 UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q 678.2972
3 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 674.2284
4 VIKING BBQ 670.8344
5 BROS HOG 670.2740
6 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 667.3940
7 HIGH ON THE HAWG 666.7768
8 BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN 663.4172
9 DE FILOUS 660.0688
10 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 658.7316
11 GRILLER UNCHAINED 656.5484
12 Natural Born Grillaz 656
13 LOS GRILLOS 655.9540
14 BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM 653.0396
15 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ 652.5712
16 EGGHEAD-BARBECUE 652.0912
17 GECKO BBQ 651.9084
18 Omerta BBQ 649.5768
19 BACKCORNER BBQ 648.4688
20 BBQ WIESEL 648.4112
21 BBQ AUS MASSEN 648.0232
22 MUELLHEIM AFTERWORK BBQ TEAM 646.8688
23 WESTSIDE BBQ 643.9084
24 KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA 642.7200
25 GRILLKUNST 642.2172
26 SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ 641.5772
27 GOOD OLD BBQ 641.5544
28 GRILLTEAM GUTGLUT E.V. 638.7888
29 GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS 638.2744
30 Tuniberg BBQ 635.9084
31 BBQ BROS Competition Team 633.5768
32 BBQ BREW CREW 631.3832
33 SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM 631.3488
34 GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM 630.7768
35 BBQ Point 627.8856
36 SIDE BY SIDE BBQ 623.3836
37 Passion BBQ 621.6460
38 THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS 618.7656
39 Beniamin's Best Quality 615.8396
40 BONSAIS WILD BBQ 610.6400
41 Baden in Glut 608.8912
42 OLD TRUCKERS BBQ 607.9428
43 CHLAGGI BRUTZLER 605.7372
44 SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE 578.8348
45 SLOW BROS. BBQ 577.0292
46 Big B & Mitch on fire 574.1828
47 Underground BBQ 553.5540
48 Smokermaker 520.3776

Chicken

48 entries · top 180 · median 163.6628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BOHEMIAN BBQ 180 🔥
2 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 173.7372
3 BBQ BREW CREW 172
4 BROS HOG 171.4284
5 LOS GRILLOS 171.4056
6 GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS 170.3200
7 BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN 170.2972
8 BBQ Point 170.2512
9 Passion BBQ 169.7028
10 Natural Born Grillaz 168.0456
11 SIDE BY SIDE BBQ 168.0228
12 MUELLHEIM AFTERWORK BBQ TEAM 168
13 BONSAIS WILD BBQ 167.9888
14 Omerta BBQ 167.9656
15 SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM 167.4628
16 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 167.4172
17 UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q 167.4056
18 Tuniberg BBQ 166.2628
19 BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM 166.2512
20 SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ 166.2400
21 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 165.6684
22 GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM 164.5368
23 GRILLER UNCHAINED 163.9884
24 BACKCORNER BBQ 163.9428
25 OLD TRUCKERS BBQ 163.3828
26 THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS 162.8456
27 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ 162.8456
28 EGGHEAD-BARBECUE 162.3312
29 VIKING BBQ 161.7028
30 WESTSIDE BBQ 160.5600
31 GRILLKUNST 160.5484
32 GOOD OLD BBQ 160.5256
33 HIGH ON THE HAWG 160.5140
34 KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA 160
35 BBQ AUS MASSEN 160
36 GECKO BBQ 159.4056
37 BBQ WIESEL 157.0856
38 SLOW BROS. BBQ 156.5484
39 SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE 155.9656
40 DE FILOUS 155.9656
41 GRILLTEAM GUTGLUT E.V. 155.3828
42 CHLAGGI BRUTZLER 153.1656
43 BBQ BROS Competition Team 153.1084
44 Baden in Glut 149.6572
45 Underground BBQ 145.6684
46 Big B & Mitch on fire 143.3828
47 Beniamin's Best Quality 143.3712
48 Smokermaker 118.7772

Pork Ribs

48 entries · top 173.7144 · median 159.1430

#TeamScore
1 VIKING BBQ 173.7144
2 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 172.5600
3 DE FILOUS 171.4516
4 BOHEMIAN BBQ 169.7144
5 GOOD OLD BBQ 169.6800
6 GECKO BBQ 167.4172
7 UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q 166.8916
8 HIGH ON THE HAWG 166.2628
9 SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ 165.7484
10 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 165.7372
11 BROS HOG 165.1428
12 Omerta BBQ 164.5716
13 GRILLKUNST 163.9772
14 Tuniberg BBQ 163.9772
15 BACKCORNER BBQ 162.2628
16 LOS GRILLOS 161.7372
17 BBQ Point 161.1544
18 BBQ AUS MASSEN 161.1544
19 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ 160.0228
20 BBQ WIESEL 159.9772
21 GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS 159.9772
22 SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE 159.4288
23 BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN 159.4172
24 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 159.3944
25 GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM 158.8916
26 GRILLTEAM GUTGLUT E.V. 158.2972
27 Passion BBQ 157.7144
28 BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM 157.6916
29 SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM 157.1316
30 BBQ BROS Competition Team 157.1088
31 KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA 157.0972
32 CHLAGGI BRUTZLER 156.6172
33 GRILLER UNCHAINED 156.5372
34 EGGHEAD-BARBECUE 153.7028
35 WESTSIDE BBQ 153.6572
36 SIDE BY SIDE BBQ 151.9888
37 Natural Born Grillaz 151.9772
38 Baden in Glut 151.3600
39 MUELLHEIM AFTERWORK BBQ TEAM 148.5256
40 BONSAIS WILD BBQ 147.9888
41 Beniamin's Best Quality 146.8228
42 THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS 146.8000
43 Big B & Mitch on fire 146.2972
44 OLD TRUCKERS BBQ 145.1544
45 Smokermaker 141.0972
46 BBQ BREW CREW 140.5600
47 SLOW BROS. BBQ 139.4288
48 Underground BBQ 126.8344

Pork

48 entries · top 174.2744 · median 163.9886

#TeamScore
1 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 174.2744
2 GRILLER UNCHAINED 171.4628
3 UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q 171.4400
4 BROS HOG 171.4172
5 VIKING BBQ 170.8800
6 EGGHEAD-BARBECUE 170.8800
7 BBQ BROS Competition Team 169.7028
8 BONSAIS WILD BBQ 169.6800
9 BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN 169.1656
10 Natural Born Grillaz 169.1544
11 HIGH ON THE HAWG 168.5944
12 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 168.5484
13 MUELLHEIM AFTERWORK BBQ TEAM 168.0460
14 KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA 167.9656
15 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 166.8800
16 DE FILOUS 166.8572
17 WESTSIDE BBQ 166.8456
18 BACKCORNER BBQ 166.8228
19 BBQ WIESEL 166.2628
20 LOS GRILLOS 165.1428
21 GRILLTEAM GUTGLUT E.V. 164.5600
22 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ 164.5600
23 BBQ AUS MASSEN 164.5600
24 GECKO BBQ 164.5600
25 BOHEMIAN BBQ 163.4172
26 BBQ BREW CREW 162.2744
27 BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM 162.2512
28 Omerta BBQ 161.6568
29 GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS 160.0228
30 GRILLKUNST 159.9772
31 Beniamin's Best Quality 159.9428
32 SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM 159.9428
33 Passion BBQ 156.0116
34 SLOW BROS. BBQ 156
35 SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ 154.8116
36 THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS 154.2628
37 SIDE BY SIDE BBQ 152.5144
38 GOOD OLD BBQ 151.9772
39 GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM 151.9428
40 CHLAGGI BRUTZLER 151.4172
41 Tuniberg BBQ 150.8340
42 Underground BBQ 150.2856
43 OLD TRUCKERS BBQ 150.2628
44 Baden in Glut 150.2284
45 BBQ Point 146.2400
46 SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE 145.7372
47 Big B & Mitch on fire 141.1200
48 Smokermaker 137.6800

Brisket

48 entries · top 172.5600 · median 157.6628

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q 172.5600
2 HIGH ON THE HAWG 171.4056
3 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 169.1200
4 BOHEMIAN BBQ 167.9656
5 BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM 166.8456
6 Natural Born Grillaz 166.8228
7 DE FILOUS 165.7944
8 Beniamin's Best Quality 165.7028
9 EGGHEAD-BARBECUE 165.1772
10 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ 165.1428
11 BBQ WIESEL 165.0856
12 GRILLER UNCHAINED 164.5600
13 VIKING BBQ 164.5372
14 BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN 164.5372
15 WESTSIDE BBQ 162.8456
16 BBQ AUS MASSEN 162.3088
17 MUELLHEIM AFTERWORK BBQ TEAM 162.2972
18 BROS HOG 162.2856
19 GRILLTEAM GUTGLUT E.V. 160.5488
20 GECKO BBQ 160.5256
21 GOOD OLD BBQ 159.3716
22 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 159.3712
23 GRILLKUNST 157.7144
24 LOS GRILLOS 157.6684
25 KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA 157.6572
26 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 157.6456
27 Baden in Glut 157.6456
28 BBQ BREW CREW 156.5488
29 BACKCORNER BBQ 155.4404
30 GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM 155.4056
31 Omerta BBQ 155.3828
32 THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS 154.8572
33 Tuniberg BBQ 154.8344
34 SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ 154.7772
35 BBQ BROS Competition Team 153.6568
36 SIDE BY SIDE BBQ 150.8576
37 BBQ Point 150.2400
38 OLD TRUCKERS BBQ 149.1428
39 GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS 147.9544
40 SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM 146.8116
41 CHLAGGI BRUTZLER 144.5372
42 Big B & Mitch on fire 143.3828
43 Passion BBQ 138.2172
44 Underground BBQ 130.7656
45 SLOW BROS. BBQ 125.0520
46 BONSAIS WILD BBQ 124.9824
47 Smokermaker 122.8232
48 SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE 117.7032

Ancillary categories

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.

Master Series — Anything But, But Wine

24 entries · top 180 · median 170 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Underground BBQ 180 🔥
2 BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN 180 🔥
3 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 177.7028
4 Passion BBQ 176.5944
5 BBQ Point 176.5600
6 MUELLHEIM AFTERWORK BBQ TEAM 176
7 GOOD OLD BBQ 175.4056
8 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 174.8572
9 GRILLKUNST 174.2856
10 BACKCORNER BBQ 173.1084
11 THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS 171.9656
12 WESTSIDE BBQ 170.8572
13 Big B & Mitch on fire 169.1428
14 OLD TRUCKERS BBQ 168.5828
15 CHLAGGI BRUTZLER 168.5600
16 LOS GRILLOS 166.2400
17 SLOW BROS. BBQ 163.9772
18 BBQ AUS MASSEN 163.3828
19 GRILLER UNCHAINED 163.3828
20 GRILLTEAM GUTGLUT E.V. 159.3600
21 EGGHEAD-BARBECUE 159.3484
22 Beniamin's Best Quality 158.2972
23 SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ 157.0972
24 SIDE BY SIDE BBQ 146.8228

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