Aug 15–16, 2020 · Vedum, Sweden · SWEDEN
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Luca Famigli
Clean Smoke BBQ won Grand Champion at the Slow Joe's Barn Burner on August 15, 2020 in Vedum,, scoring 696.0000 in a field of 14 teams. BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.3484. Category winners: Chicken — iNFERNUM BBQ (176.0344); Pork Ribs — BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ (179.4400); Pork — Clean Smoke BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — Clean Smoke BBQ (177.1428).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
Clean Smoke BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PUREBBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Clean smoke BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 13th tracked contest.
Chicken places 4–5: SOUTH SWEDEN BBQ and BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: SMOKING ACES BBQ SWEDEN and BBQ TEAM WEST COAST tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Gryta Västerås BBQ Sweden and NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Clean Smoke BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Clean Smoke BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0344 | 167.3828 | 159.4400 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 173.7144 | 159.9428 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.4400 | 164.5716 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 165.6684 | 155.4284 |
14 entries · top 696 · median 661.0342
14 entries · top 176.0344 · median 163.4114
14 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.4286
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.4114
14 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.8058
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.
9 entries · top 178.8800 · median 170.8572