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Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)

2019-09-14 – 2019-09-15 · Carugate MI, 20015 · ITALY · 📍 SP208, KM 2 20061

Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI

Grand Champion: Psycho Dog BBQ Team (676.5600) · 13 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 LUNA SMOKE - Italy

🥇
676.5600 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
673.0168 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
672.4456 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

13
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

676.5600

Winning margin

3.5432
GC over RC

Field average

653.37
median 661.14

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Brisket
2.8112 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

644.5832
10th place overall

Field spread

63.4516
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 6.8572 pts — PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM

How hot was the win?

Top 97%
beats 3% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

100%
5 of 5 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Weak
ρ = -0.21 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1501
avg power rating going in · stronger than 4% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1562 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

BBQ+ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.

📸 Photo finishes

Brisket places 2–3: STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM edged PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM by 0.0004. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Smoking Bad BBQ Team edged LUNA SMOKE - Italy by 0.0116. Pork places 4–5: Machete BBQ edged PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM by 0.0228.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Friuli Violent Grillers (won 2019).

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)

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2018-06-08 Via Circnvallazione 51 12 685.0512 BBQ+ FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS
2018-06-09 Via Circnvallazione 51 20 701.0972 BBQ+ FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS
2019-09-13 Carugate MI, 20015 SP208 KM 2 20061 5 683.4060 Friuli Violent Grillers ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM
2019-09-14 ← this one Carugate MI, 20015 SP208, KM 2 20061 13 676.5600 Psycho Dog BBQ Team LUNA SMOKE - Italy

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000169.1772161.6340
Pork Ribs172.6288165.1428160.0116
Pork173.1200168.5600154.8800
Brisket169.6684166.8572158.2284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

13 entries · top 676.5600 · median 661.1428

#TeamScore
1 PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM 676.5600
2 LUNA SMOKE - Italy 673.0168
3 FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS 672.4456
4 Machete BBQ 669.0972
5 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 665.6460
6 ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM 663.4056
7 Covered Embers 661.1428
8 ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT 648.4456
9 Smoking Bad BBQ Team 647.8056
10 SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT 644.5832
11 smoked wood 631.8400
12 Smoky Porkys 626.7088
13 Chill+Grill 613.1084

Chicken

13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1544 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM 180.0000 🔥
2 LUNA SMOKE - Italy 173.1428
3 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 172.0228
4 FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS 169.6800
5 SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT 169.1772
6 ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM 168.5600
7 Machete BBQ 165.1544
8 smoked wood 162.8344
9 Smoky Porkys 161.6572
10 Smoking Bad BBQ Team 161.6340
11 ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT 161.1428
12 Covered Embers 158.2284
13 Chill+Grill 153.7256

Pork Ribs

13 entries · top 172.6288 · median 162.8116

#TeamScore
1 Covered Embers 172.6288
2 Smoking Bad BBQ Team 168.5372
3 LUNA SMOKE - Italy 168.5256
4 Machete BBQ 167.9772
5 ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM 165.1428
6 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 165.0972
7 SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT 162.8116
8 FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS 161.6800
9 PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM 160.5944
10 Smoky Porkys 160.0116
11 Chill+Grill 159.4284
12 smoked wood 158.8000
13 ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT 155.9428

Pork

13 entries · top 173.1200 · median 162.8456

#TeamScore
1 LUNA SMOKE - Italy 173.1200
2 FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS 171.4172
3 Covered Embers 170.2856
4 Machete BBQ 168.5828
5 PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM 168.5600
6 ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT 167.4172
7 ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM 162.8456
8 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 161.1200
9 Smoking Bad BBQ Team 159.3600
10 SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT 154.8800
11 Smoky Porkys 154.7772
12 Chill+Grill 151.9772
13 smoked wood 151.3944

Brisket

13 entries · top 169.6684 · median 160.0000

#TeamScore
1 FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS 169.6684
2 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 167.4060
3 PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM 167.4056
4 Machete BBQ 167.3828
5 ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM 166.8572
6 ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT 163.9428
7 Covered Embers 160.0000
8 smoked wood 158.8112
9 Smoking Bad BBQ Team 158.2744
10 LUNA SMOKE - Italy 158.2284
11 SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT 157.7144
12 Smoky Porkys 150.2628
13 Chill+Grill 147.9772

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 — Chef'S Choice

11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9544 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM 180.0000 🔥
2 PSYCHO DOG BBQ TEAM 178.3200
3 Covered Embers 176.5828
4 Smoking Bad BBQ Team 175.4972
5 LUNA SMOKE - Italy 165.6800
6 Smoky Porkys 163.9544
7 ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT 163.4172
8 STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 163.3828
9 FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS 160.5600
10 Chill+Grill 157.7028
11 smoked wood 154.2056

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