2019-01-19 – 2019-01-20 · Rein in Taufers, BZ · ITALY · 📍 Cross Country Ski Center
Grand Champion: Hot Wachula's (696.5828) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GECKO 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, 2017 to 2023 — 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.
696.5828 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 679.4172 BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS set in 2017.
HOT WACHULA'S won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Hot Wachula's has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: BBQ Freunde Südtirol and GECKO BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA and LUNA SMOKE - Italy tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: GECKO BBQ edged PUREBBQ by 0.0116.
THE BARKTENDERS won Pork, Brisket — a double.
MASTERS OF FIRE turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-14 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 30 | 679.4172 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | GECKO BBQ |
| 2018-01-13 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 30 | 674.8688 | GRILLER INSTINCT | GECKO BBQ |
| 2019-01-19 ← this one | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 30 | 696.5828 | Hot Wachula's | GECKO BBQ |
| 2020-01-18 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 28 | 693.0972 | Hot Wachula's | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| 2022-03-12 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Rein in Taufers, BZ 39032 | 15 | 687.9888 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | ALL YOU CAN SMOKE BBQ TEAM |
| 2023-02-25 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Rein in Taufers, BZ 39032 | 23 | 695.9772 | BBQ+ | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1428 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0116 | 173.1200 | 168.0000 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 177.1428 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 176.0000 | 169.1428 | 165.6800 |
30 entries · top 696.5828 · median 653.0516
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.6400 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 176.0116 · median 163.9772
29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.5600
30 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.9944
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.
9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 2 | CHLAGGI BRUTZLER | |
| 3 | SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA | |
| 4 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 5 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 6 | BBQ Freunde Südtirol | |
| 7 | Tactigrill | |
| 8 | Iron BBQ | |
| 9 | Südtiroler BBQ |