Oct 5–6, 2019 · Graz, Messegelande, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Messeplatz 1,
Reps: Andreas Schnoell, Eva Schnoell
IQ - NETHERLANDS won Grand Champion at the Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 on October 5, 2019 in Graz, Messegelande, 8010 at Messeplatz 1,, scoring 679.4172 in a field of 16 teams. WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.7084. Category winners: Chicken — SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ (177.1544); Pork Ribs — EGGHEAD-BARBECUE (172.0116); Pork — KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA (174.2628); Brisket — SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED (172.0000).
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 85% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.7088 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
IQ - NETHERLANDS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
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.
| 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 | 162.2400 | 155.9428 |
16 entries · top 679.4172 · median 651.5656
16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.8228
16 entries · top 172.0116 · median 166.2630
16 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.2400
16 entries · top 172 · median 157.9830