A statement win
10.3084
points clear of the field
Wider than 88% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.3084 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition
Apr 5–6, 2019 · Wels, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Messegelaende
BUNCH OF SWINES won Grand Champion at the 3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition on April 5, 2019 in Wels, 4600 at Messegelaende, scoring 685.0856 in a field of 16 teams. WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.7772. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ BROS Competition Team (174.2856); Pork Ribs — BUNCH OF SWINES (174.2856); Pork — Omerta BBQ (172.0228); Brisket — BUNCH OF SWINES (176.0000).
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.
636.57
median 650.75
685.09 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.29
- Pork Ribs 174.29
- Pork 172.02
- Brisket 176
146.83
176
Entries
16
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
685.0856
Winning margin
10.3084
GC over RC
Field average
653.68
636.57685.09
median 650.75 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
2.8568 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
649.5768
636.57685.09
10th place overall
Field spread
48.5140
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 82%
beats 18% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,560
avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 7–8: GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 162.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: BALDICUE and Omerta BBQ tied on 161.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: COOKLOUNGE BBQ edged GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS by 0.0004.
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
- Brisket 9–10 · tie
- Pork 7–8 · 0.0004
- Chicken 3–4 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BUNCH OF SWINES won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BUNCH OF SWINES took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
- Chicken 7th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 5th
- Brisket 1st
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)
Score distribution
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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2856 | 171.4288 | 165.1316 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2856 | 165.1316 | 157.6800 |
| Pork | 172.0228 | 166.2628 | 162.2628 |
| Brisket | 176 | 166.2744 | 161.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 685.0856 · median 650.7484
Chicken
16 entries · top 174.2856 · median 166.3142
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 174.2856 · median 161.7144
Pork
16 entries · top 172.0228 · median 164.2626
Brisket
16 entries · top 176 · median 162.5428
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.
Ancillary — Beef Ribs
2 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FEHER NYUL BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ |