2019-08-10 – 2019-08-11 · Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 · SLOVENIA · 📍 Zbilje, Medvode, 1215
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: White Squirrel BBQ (697.7600) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BUNCH OF SWINES
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, 2018 to 2025 — 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.
697.7600 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 673.6344 FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS set in 2018.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
White Squirrel BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 93% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 12.7088 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Knockstone BBq Team Austria has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 4–5: Grillers - bbq passion and WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: FULAC BBQ and NYARSPOLGAR BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: NYARSPOLGAR BBQ and WESTSIDE BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 10th.
WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ turned in 179.4400 in brisket — past the 168.5716 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS (won 2018).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-11 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 21 | 673.6344 | FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS | THE BARKTENDERS |
| 2019-08-10 ← this one | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 27 | 697.7600 | White Squirrel BBQ | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| 2022-08-06 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 11 | 693.6688 | Knockstone BBq Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2023-08-12 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 12 | 695.3944 | Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-08-10 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 11 | 707.9772 | Insomnia BBQ Team | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2025-08-09 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 20 | 699.9540 | Food'Venture Grill & BBQ | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 172.0000 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1772 | 170.8456 | 168.0000 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 171.9656 | 168.5140 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 169.7028 | 165.7372 |
27 entries · top 697.7600 · median 662.8344
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9888
27 entries · top 173.1772 · median 166.2972
27 entries · top 178.3200 · median 165.1200
27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5944
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.
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Grillers - bbq passion | |
| 3 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 4 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 6 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 7 | SPENA BBQ | |
| 8 | HEDGEHOG BBQ |