Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2
2021-07-24 – 2021-07-25 · Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 · AUSTRIA · 📍 Scholss Reichenau
Reps: ANDREAS SCHNOELL, EVA SCHNOELL
Grand Champion: Schluchtengriller BBQ (688.5372) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SOUTHERN DUTCH 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 0.0232 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ and SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: COOKLOUNGE BBQ edged WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 5–6: THE BARBECUBE edged SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ by 0.0228.
🃏 An upset on the books
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, White Squirrel BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-24 ← this one | Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | Scholss Reichenau | 10 | 688.5372 | Schluchtengriller BBQ | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ |
| 2022-07-30 | Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | Scholss Reichenau | 11 | 687.3716 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 172.5600 | 147.8972 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1428 | 165.1428 | 152.5144 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 166.8572 | 156.5600 |
| Brisket | 174.2744 | 164.5372 | 152.5484 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
10 entries · top 688.5372 · median 671.6056
Chicken
10 entries · top 177.7372 · median 172.2742
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 173.1428 · median 165.1314
Pork
10 entries · top 176.5828 · median 166.8342
Brisket
10 entries · top 174.2744 · median 164.2572