May 18–19, 2019 · Covasna County, Romania · ROMANIA · 📍 Olteni(RO)/Oltszem(HU)
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Petra Rebenstorf
IQ - NETHERLANDS won Grand Champion at the Transylvanian BBQ Festival on May 18, 2019 in Covasna County, 520008 at Olteni(RO)/Oltszem(HU), scoring 684.5940 in a field of 17 teams. UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 675.9656. Category winners: Chicken — FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ (174.2856); Pork Ribs — WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ (172.0344); Pork — MASTERS OF FIRE (170.8456); Brisket — IQ - NETHERLANDS (178.2972).
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.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q and IQ - NETHERLANDS tied on 169.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Carpathian BBQ edged Onkel Felix BBQ by 0.0112. Pork places 3–4: UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q edged WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ by 0.0228.
IQ - NETHERLANDS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2856 | 168.5600 | 163.4628 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.0344 | 169.1428 | 153.7144 |
| Pork | 170.8456 | 165.1084 | 161.6800 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 165.1428 | 158.8344 |
17 entries · top 684.5940 · median 642.2860
17 entries · top 174.2856 · median 165.6800
17 entries · top 172.0344 · median 154.2172
17 entries · top 170.8456 · median 162.2516
17 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.0856
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.
6 entries · top 174.2628 · median 166.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Bertis Family | |
| 2 | MASTERS OF FIRE | |
| 3 | Bodrog Smokers BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Hope Sped & Saint Georgius Barbecue Team | |
| 5 | Bobo's BBQ | |
| 6 | Barbecue Brothers |