European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2026-07-17 – 2026-07-18 · Wilhering, 4073 · AUSTRIA · 📍 Andreas-Wurm-Weg
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, ROBERTO SIROK
Grand Champion: Smoking Butchers (695.9428) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 COOKLOUNGE BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
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 0.5600 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Average Joe BBQ Team and Barbecoa BBQ Team tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Dreamfire BBQ Team and Smoking Butchers tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: Schluchtengriller BBQ and BBQ Symphony tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Smoking Butchers came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ+, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5828 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 165.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 695.9428 · median 685.0744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoking Butchers | |
| 2 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ + | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 6 | Bunch of Swines | |
| 7 | The Antwerp Smoker | |
| 8 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 10 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Food Venture BBQ Team | |
| 12 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 13 | No Name BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Schluchtengriller BBQ | |
| 15 | 3 BBQ | |
| 16 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 17 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team |
Chicken
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 2 | Bunch of Swines | |
| 3 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 4 | 3 BBQ | |
| 5 | Food Venture BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Smoking Butchers | |
| 11 | The Antwerp Smoker | |
| 12 | Schluchtengriller BBQ | |
| 13 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 14 | No Name BBQ Team | |
| 15 | BBQ + | |
| 16 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 17 | Woodquarter Smokerheads |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoking Butchers | |
| 2 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 4 | 3 BBQ | |
| 5 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 6 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Schluchtengriller BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 9 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 12 | BBQ + | |
| 13 | No Name BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Food Venture BBQ Team | |
| 15 | The Antwerp Smoker | |
| 16 | Bunch of Swines | |
| 17 | Barbecoa BBQ Team |
Pork
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schluchtengriller BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 3 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 4 | BBQ + | |
| 5 | No Name BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 7 | Food Venture BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 10 | The Antwerp Smoker | |
| 11 | Smoking Butchers | |
| 12 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 13 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 14 | Bunch of Swines | |
| 15 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 16 | 3 BBQ | |
| 17 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team |
Brisket
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Antwerp Smoker | |
| 2 | Bunch of Swines | |
| 3 | BBQ + | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | Smoking Butchers | |
| 6 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 7 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 9 | No Name BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Food Venture BBQ Team | |
| 12 | 3 BBQ | |
| 13 | Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 15 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 16 | Ribs in Peace | |
| 17 | Schluchtengriller BBQ |