BBQ Festival 2020
2020-08-21 – 2020-08-22 · Saue Parish, · ESTONIA · 📍 Vanamoisa
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Sweaty Hogs (685.0512) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BBQ Symphony
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 double category winner
BBQ Symphony won Chicken, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Piiripealsed and Sweaty Hogs tied on 166.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: Insomnia BBQ Team edged Sweaty Hogs by 0.0232.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team (won 2018).
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | Vanamõisa, Saue Parish, 13522 | 10 | 662.3544 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 2020-08-21 ← this one | Saue Parish, | Vanamoisa | 13 | 685.0512 | Sweaty Hogs | BBQ Symphony |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 167.4172 | 162.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 169.1656 | 154.8228 |
| Pork | 173.7028 | 165.7028 | 160.5716 |
| Brisket | 174.8572 | 167.9656 | 158.8572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 685.0512 · median 654.1828
Chicken
13 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.2628
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8800
Pork
13 entries · top 173.7028 · median 165.0740
Brisket
12 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.8686
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Fantasy Halloumi Cheese
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 2 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 4 | Homefy Grillimaailma BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauties Of BBQ | |
| 6 | Dreamfire BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Savujullit BBQ | |
| 8 | Kellu ja grill |