A statement win
14.7432
points clear of the field
Wider than 96% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 14.7432 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
BBQ Festival 2021
Aug 20–21, 2021 · Saue Parish, Estonia · ESTONIA · 📍 Vanamoisa
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Luca Famigli
Sweaty Hogs won Grand Champion at the BBQ Festival 2021 on August 20, 2021 in Saue Parish, 76505 at Vanamoisa, scoring 675.4172 in a field of 13 teams. SMOKING FINNS FI took Reserve Grand Champion with 660.6740. Category winners: Chicken — Dreamfire (173.1656); Pork Ribs — Sweaty Hogs (174.8572); Pork — Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team (173.1428); Brisket — Sweaty Hogs (177.1772). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2022.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
462.88
median 642.17
675.42 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 173.17
- Pork Ribs 174.86
- Pork 173.14
- Brisket 177.18
20
177.18
Entries
13
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
675.4172
Winning margin
14.7432
GC over RC
Field average
618.65
462.88675.42
median 642.17 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
10.3428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
609.7484
462.88675.42
10th place overall
Field spread
212.5372
winner to last place
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 93%
beats 7% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,508
avg power rating going in · stronger than 6% of contests
Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 2 tracked editions
Sweaty Hogs has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
- 2021
- 2022
A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
Dreamfire finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
0.0112
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
Brisket places 6–7: Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team edged Piiripealsed by 0.0112. Chicken places 4–5: Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team edged Sweaty Hogs by 0.0228. Chicken places 9–10: Piiripealsed edged 3BBQ by 0.0460.
- Brisket 6–7 · 0.0112
- Chicken 4–5 · 0.0228
- Chicken 9–10 · 0.0460
- Brisket 3–4 · 0.4916
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
Sweaty Hogs won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
Sweaty Hogs took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.
- Chicken 5th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 5th
- Brisket 1st
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2021 ← this one | Saue Parish | Vanamoisa | 13 | 675.4172 | Sweaty Hogs | SMOKING FINNS FI |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Saue Parish | Vanamoisa | 10 | 686.8228 | Sweaty Hogs | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1656 | 162.8228 | 158.2284 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 164 | 148.5712 |
| Pork | 173.1428 | 160.5600 | 147.9884 |
| Brisket | 177.1772 | 154.8112 | 141.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 675.4172 · median 642.1712
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 2 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 3 | Dreamfire | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Piiripealsed | |
| 9 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 10 | Kaupmees BBQ | |
| 11 | 3BBQ | |
| 12 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 13 | Grillimaailm BBQ |
Chicken
13 entries · top 173.1656 · median 160.0456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamfire | |
| 2 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 3 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 4 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 6 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 7 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 8 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 9 | Piiripealsed | |
| 10 | 3BBQ | |
| 11 | Grillimaailm BBQ | |
| 12 | Kaupmees BBQ | |
| 13 | BBQ Rüütlid |
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 174.8572 · median 159.4628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 2 | Dreamfire | |
| 3 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Kaupmees BBQ | |
| 8 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 9 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 10 | 3BBQ | |
| 11 | Piiripealsed | |
| 12 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 13 | Grillimaailm BBQ |
Pork
13 entries · top 173.1428 · median 157.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 2 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 3 | Piiripealsed | |
| 4 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 6 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Dreamfire | |
| 8 | Kaupmees BBQ | |
| 9 | 3BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 11 | Grillimaailm BBQ | |
| 12 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 13 | BBQ Rüütlid |
Brisket
13 entries · top 177.1772 · median 151.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 2 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 3 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 4 | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
| 5 | Dreamfire | |
| 6 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Piiripealsed | |
| 8 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ Rüütlid | |
| 11 | Kaupmees BBQ | |
| 12 | 3BBQ | |
| 13 | Grillimaailm BBQ |
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
9 entries · top 176.0228 · median 149.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 2 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 3 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Grillimaailm BBQ | |
| 5 | Dreamfire | |
| 6 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | |
| 8 | 3BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKING FINNS FI |