Jul 17–18, 2026 · Wilhering, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Andreas-Wurm-Weg
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Roberto Sirok
Smoking Butchers won Grand Champion at the European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) on July 17, 2026 in Wilhering, 4073 at Andreas-Wurm-Weg, scoring 695.9428 in a field of 17 teams. COOKLOUNGE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3828. Category winners: Chicken — Smoky Cotte (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Smoking Butchers (178.8572); Pork — Schluchtengriller BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — The Antwerp Smoker (178.8572).
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.
Closer than 91% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
This was Smoking Butchers's first Grand Championship in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4284 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Smoking Butchers finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
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.
Smoking Butchers took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 11th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5828 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 165.6800 |
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 |
17 entries · top 180 · 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 |
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 |
17 entries · top 180 · 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 |
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 |