2019-03-22 – 2019-03-23 · Torreglia, Pa 30027 · ITALY · 📍 Torreglia, Pa 30027
Grand Champion: Bbq Suncity Szeged (685.2000) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BROS HOG
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.
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 86 times in 100
SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 9–10: COOKLOUNGE BBQ and ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: THE BARKTENDERS and LOS GRILLOS tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM edged COOKLOUNGE BBQ by 0.0112.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 172.0000 | 167.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 172.0000 | 168.0344 |
| Pork | 176.0344 | 174.2628 | 170.8800 |
| Brisket | 175.4628 | 168.5600 | 163.9656 |
20 entries · top 685.2000 · median 666.2400
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.7086
20 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.0172
20 entries · top 176.0344 · median 169.4286
20 entries · top 175.4628 · median 163.4114