W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

2019-01-19 – 2019-01-20

Grand Champion: Hot Wachula's (696.5828) · 30 teams

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HOT WACHULA'S

696.5828 · Master Series — Overall

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GECKO BBQ

689.0744 · Master Series — Overall

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GOOD OLD BBQ

687.9544 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

5 categories

Top score

696.5828

Winning margin

7.5084

GC over RC

Field average

642.10

median 653.05

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Pork

0.5716 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.3484

what a walk cost here

Field spread

226.8340

winner to last place

Most consistent

THE BARKTENDERS

avg finish 3.33 across 3 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.8000 pts — MASTERS OF FIRE

How hot was the win?

Top 45%

beats 55% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1500

avg power rating going in · stronger than 2% of contests

Top-rated in the field

HOT WACHULA'S

rated 1500 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Hot Wachula's has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.

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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2017-01-14		30	679.4172	BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS
2018-01-13		30	674.8688	GRILLER INSTINCT
2019-01-19 ← this one		30	696.5828	Hot Wachula's
2020-01-18	Rein in Taufers, BZ	28	693.0972	Hot Wachula's
2022-03-12	Rein in Taufers, BZ	15	687.9888	COOKLOUNGE BBQ
2023-02-25	Rein in Taufers, BZ	23	695.9772	BBQ+

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Ancillary — Mystery box

9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1084

#	Team	Score
1	KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA	178.8572
2	CHLAGGI BRUTZLER	177.1772
3	SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA	176.0572
4	HOT WACHULA'S	174.8456
5	LUNA SMOKE - Italy	173.1084
6	BBQ Freunde Südtirol	172.0456
7	Tactigrill	169.1200
8	Iron BBQ	167.9656
9	Südtiroler BBQ	151.9540

Master Series — Brisket

30 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.9944

#	Team	Score
1	THE BARKTENDERS	176.0000
2	Wild Hogs BBQ	175.4056
3	GECKO BBQ	173.1200
4	HOT WACHULA'S	172.5716
5	VIKING BBQ	169.1428
6	GOOD OLD BBQ	168.5372
7	LUNA SMOKE - Italy	167.9772
8	SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT	166.2972
9	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	165.7372
10	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	165.6800
11	BROS HOG	165.6800
12	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	165.1428
13	No Regrets Barbecue	164.5944
14	BURROS BBQ	164.5488
15	KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE	164.0116
16	PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM	163.9772
17	KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA	163.9428
18	District of Grillers-Xtreme BBQ Team	163.3828
19	Tactigrill	162.8572
20	Iron BBQ	162.2972
21	SMOKE AND FIRE	162.2744
22	ROKENDE REGAHS	161.6800
23	PUREBBQ	160.5488
24	SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA	159.4172
25	MASTERS OF FIRE	157.1084
26	WESTSIDE BBQ	155.3828
27	BBQ Freunde Südtirol	143.9200
28	CHLAGGI BRUTZLER	142.2516
29	Südtiroler BBQ	138.7772
30	BBQ Grillfreunde Vinschgau	126.8116

Master Series — Chicken

29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.6400 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	MASTERS OF FIRE	180.0000 🔥
2	HOT WACHULA'S	177.2000
3	SMOKE AND FIRE	177.1428
4	WESTSIDE BBQ	174.8456
5	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	173.1428
6	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	171.9656
7	ROKENDE REGAHS	170.8456
8	BBQ Freunde Südtirol	169.6800
9	GECKO BBQ	169.6800
10	PUREBBQ	169.6684
11	KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE	169.6684
12	GOOD OLD BBQ	168.5600
13	SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT	165.6912
14	BROS HOG	165.1084
15	Iron BBQ	164.6400
16	Wild Hogs BBQ	164.5484
17	No Regrets Barbecue	163.4284
18	VIKING BBQ	161.7372
19	Südtiroler BBQ	159.9656
20	LUNA SMOKE - Italy	159.9428
21	District of Grillers-Xtreme BBQ Team	159.9428
22	KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA	159.4056
23	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	157.0856
24	BURROS BBQ	155.3484
25	CHLAGGI BRUTZLER	153.1200
26	BBQ Grillfreunde Vinschgau	152.5828
27	SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA	150.8112
28	Tactigrill	149.1888
29	PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM	116.9944

Master Series — Overall

30 entries · top 696.5828 · median 653.0516

#	Team	Score
1	HOT WACHULA'S	696.5828
2	GECKO BBQ	689.0744
3	GOOD OLD BBQ	687.9544
4	SMOKE AND FIRE	679.4404
5	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	675.4400
6	LUNA SMOKE - Italy	675.3372
7	KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA	673.6340
8	SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT	673.1772
9	Iron BBQ	672.1144
10	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	667.3484
11	ROKENDE REGAHS	667.2912
12	BROS HOG	665.0056
13	VIKING BBQ	661.1656
14	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	655.2684
15	KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE	653.1088
16	BURROS BBQ	652.9944
17	WESTSIDE BBQ	649.6112
18	PUREBBQ	649.0172
19	MASTERS OF FIRE	647.9084
20	Wild Hogs BBQ	637.5888
21	District of Grillers-Xtreme BBQ Team	635.7940
22	BBQ Freunde Südtirol	635.2572
23	SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA	631.2912
24	No Regrets Barbecue	627.4744
25	CHLAGGI BRUTZLER	622.7544
26	PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM	618.0800
27	BBQ Grillfreunde Vinschgau	586.8344
28	Südtiroler BBQ	581.0056
29	THE BARKTENDERS	525.6916
30	Tactigrill	469.7488

Master Series — Pork

29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.5600

#	Team	Score
1	THE BARKTENDERS	177.7144
2	GECKO BBQ	177.7028
3	SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT	177.2000
4	Iron BBQ	177.1772
5	KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA	177.1428
6	BURROS BBQ	175.4400
7	GOOD OLD BBQ	174.8456
8	LUNA SMOKE - Italy	174.2744
9	HOT WACHULA'S	173.1084
10	BROS HOG	171.9656
11	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	170.8228
12	ROKENDE REGAHS	168.5256
13	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	167.9772
14	SMOKE AND FIRE	167.4288
15	VIKING BBQ	164.5600
16	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	164.0000
17	KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE	164.0000
18	PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM	163.9884
19	CHLAGGI BRUTZLER	163.4056
20	SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA	158.8344
21	BBQ Freunde Südtirol	157.6800
22	PUREBBQ	156.5484
23	WESTSIDE BBQ	155.9884
24	Wild Hogs BBQ	155.9772
25	District of Grillers-Xtreme BBQ Team	154.2628
26	BBQ Grillfreunde Vinschgau	150.8572
27	MASTERS OF FIRE	147.4172
28	No Regrets Barbecue	142.8800
29	Südtiroler BBQ	141.1428

Master Series — Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 176.0116 · median 163.9772

#	Team	Score
1	GOOD OLD BBQ	176.0116
2	HOT WACHULA'S	173.7028
3	KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA	173.1428
4	LUNA SMOKE - Italy	173.1428
5	PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM	173.1200
6	SMOKE AND FIRE	172.5944
7	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	172.5600
8	THE BARKTENDERS	171.9772
9	GECKO BBQ	168.5716
10	Iron BBQ	168.0000
11	ROKENDE REGAHS	166.2400
12	VIKING BBQ	165.7256
13	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	164.5256
14	SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT	163.9888
15	BBQ Freunde Südtirol	163.9772
16	CHLAGGI BRUTZLER	163.9772
17	WESTSIDE BBQ	163.3944
18	MASTERS OF FIRE	163.3828
19	BROS HOG	162.2516
20	PUREBBQ	162.2516
21	SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA	162.2284
22	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	159.4172
23	District of Grillers-Xtreme BBQ Team	158.2056
24	Tactigrill	157.7028
25	BURROS BBQ	157.6572
26	BBQ Grillfreunde Vinschgau	156.5828
27	No Regrets Barbecue	156.5716
28	KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE	155.4288
29	Wild Hogs BBQ	141.6576
30	Südtiroler BBQ	141.1200