BBQ Festival 2019
2019-08-16 – 2019-08-17 · Vanamõisa, Saue Parish, 75501 · ESTONIA · 📍 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish, 75501
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Smoking Finns (681.6684) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BBQ Symphony
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Sleeping Beauties of BBQ edged Faeton BBQ by 0.0112. Brisket places 8–9: Faeton BBQ edged Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Insomnia BBQ Team edged Rök & Bark BBQ by 0.0228.
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 | 175.4400 | 169.1312 | 166.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.0456 | 168.5944 | 163.9772 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 170.2628 | 160.0000 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 170.9028 | 165.7372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
18 entries · top 681.6684 · median 660.5884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 2 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 3 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Rök & Bark BBQ | |
| 6 | Texas BBQ | |
| 7 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 8 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 9 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 10 | Kamado | |
| 11 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 12 | Faeton BBQ | |
| 13 | ArcticBBQ | |
| 14 | Uq bbq ja grill | |
| 15 | Jävla Sås Bolag BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Piiripealsed | |
| 17 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 18 | Multivac |
Chicken
18 entries · top 175.4400 · median 167.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Texas BBQ | |
| 3 | Jävla Sås Bolag BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Kamado | |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 6 | Faeton BBQ | |
| 7 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 8 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 9 | ArcticBBQ | |
| 10 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 11 | Multivac | |
| 12 | Rök & Bark BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 14 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Piiripealsed | |
| 16 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 17 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 18 | Uq bbq ja grill |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 172.0456 · median 163.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Multivac | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 6 | Kamado | |
| 7 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Rök & Bark BBQ | |
| 9 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 10 | Jävla Sås Bolag BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 12 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 13 | Uq bbq ja grill | |
| 14 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Faeton BBQ | |
| 16 | Piiripealsed | |
| 17 | ArcticBBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ Rüütlid |
Pork
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 160.3028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 2 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 3 | Rök & Bark BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 5 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 6 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 9 | Uq bbq ja grill | |
| 10 | Texas BBQ | |
| 11 | Piiripealsed | |
| 12 | Multivac | |
| 13 | Kamado | |
| 14 | Faeton BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 16 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 17 | ArcticBBQ | |
| 18 | Jävla Sås Bolag BBQ Team |
Brisket
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.0114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 2 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 4 | ArcticBBQ | |
| 5 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 6 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 7 | Rök & Bark BBQ | |
| 8 | Faeton BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 11 | Kamado | |
| 12 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 13 | Texas BBQ | |
| 14 | Uq bbq ja grill | |
| 15 | Jävla Sås Bolag BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Piiripealsed | |
| 17 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 18 | Multivac |
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 — Sauce
17 entries · top 174.2856 · median 166.3088
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multivac | |
| 2 | Texas BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 4 | Jävla Sås Bolag BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Faeton BBQ | |
| 6 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 8 | Rök & Bark BBQ | |
| 9 | Uq bbq ja grill | |
| 10 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 11 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 12 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 13 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 14 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 16 | Piiripealsed | |
| 17 | Kamado |