Mar 12–13, 2022 · Rein in Taufers, Italy · ITALY
Reps: Andreas Schnoell, Eva Schnoell
COOKLOUNGE BBQ won Grand Champion at the W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest on March 12, 2022 in Rein in Taufers, BZ, scoring 687.9888 in a field of 15 teams. ALL YOU CAN SMOKE BBQ TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2972. Category winners: Chicken — COOKLOUNGE BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — Onkel Felix BBQ (175.4400); Pork — COOKLOUNGE BBQ (176.0000); Brisket — BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q (177.7028). This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2020 edition was won by Hot Wachula's; the next was held in 2023.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2023 — this edition picked out.
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 76 times in 100
COOKLOUNGE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, White Squirrel BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was COOKLOUNGE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 37th tracked contest.
Wider than 86% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.6916 points — a wider margin than 86% of championships in the data.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Hot Wachula's has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 6–7: ALL YOU CAN SMOKE BBQ TEAM and WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ tied on 169.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: WESTSIDE BBQ edged ALL YOU CAN SMOKE BBQ TEAM by 0.0228. Pork places 8–9: SMOKING NEIGHBOURS edged KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA by 0.0344.
COOKLOUNGE BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
COOKLOUNGE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 5th.
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q turned in 177.7028 in brisket — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 2.1 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2020-01-18.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2017 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 30 | 679.4172 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | GECKO BBQ |
| Jan 13, 2018 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 30 | 674.8688 | GRILLER INSTINCT | GECKO BBQ |
| Jan 19, 2019 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 30 | 696.5828 | Hot Wachula's | GECKO BBQ |
| Jan 18, 2020 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Cross Country Ski Center | 28 | 693.0972 | Hot Wachula's | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| Mar 12, 2022 ← this one | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Rein in Taufers, BZ 39032 | 15 | 687.9888 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | ALL YOU CAN SMOKE BBQ TEAM |
| Feb 25, 2023 | Rein in Taufers, BZ | Rein in Taufers, BZ 39032 | 23 | 695.9772 | BBQ+ | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 170.2628 | 165.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 169.7256 | 162.8572 |
| Pork | 176 | 170.2628 | 163.9656 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 164.5944 | 154.8572 |
15 entries · top 687.9888 · median 662.7772
15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168
15 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.4744
15 entries · top 176 · median 165.1428
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 157.1200
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.
5 entries · top 177.1428 · median 169.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 2 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 3 | M.A.S.H | |
| 4 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoky Porky's |