Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019
2019-10-05 – 2019-10-06 · Graz, Messegelande, 8010 · AUSTRIA · 📍 Messeplatz 1,
Reps: ANDREAS SCHNOELL, EVA SCHNOELL
Grand Champion: iQ - Netherlands (679.4172) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ
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 0.7088 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 3–4: IQ - NETHERLANDS and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: DRAGON BBQ edged SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 4–5: COOKLOUNGE BBQ edged WESTSIDE BBQ by 0.0344.
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 | 177.1544 | 170.8228 | 164.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.0116 | 169.6800 | 165.1088 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 167.3944 | 161.6800 |
| Brisket | 172.0000 | 162.2400 | 155.9428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 679.4172 · median 651.5656
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.8228
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 172.0116 · median 166.2630
Pork
16 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.2400
Brisket
16 entries · top 172.0000 · median 157.9830