FO.G & SMOKE
2021-09-25 – 2021-09-26 · Modena, 41013 · ITALY · 📍 Modena, 41013
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Schluchtengriller BBQ (696.5716) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ
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📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 1–2: SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ and LUNA SMOKE - Italy tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: ITALIAN GRILL CLUB and ALL YOU CAN SMOKE BBQ TEAM tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 1–2: ALL YOU CAN SMOKE BBQ TEAM edged SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ by 0.0116.
🃏 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 32-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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-25 ← this one | Modena, 41013 | Modena, 41013 | 16 | 696.5716 | Schluchtengriller BBQ | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| 2022-09-17 | Spilamberto, Mo | Spilamberto, Mo | 12 | 697.7372 | Cooklounge BBQ | WESTSIDE BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 173.7028 | 163.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 170.8688 | 168.0000 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.8572 | 161.7372 |
| Brisket | 172.0000 | 170.2628 | 163.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 696.5716 · median 664.2628
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.1256
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.0344
Pork
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8114 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
16 entries · top 172.0000 · median 166.0116
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 — Mistery Box Antipasto
10 entries · top 176.5600 · median 172.2628