3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2)
2022-04-23 – 2022-04-24 · Tirol, A-6380 · AUSTRIA · 📍 Innsbrucker Str.66 A-6382 Kirchdorf
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Knockstone BBQ Team Austria (688.5372) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 1–2: KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA and Franconia BBQ Bastards tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: SAUWALD BBQ edged WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 5–6: BBQ Bros Austria edged SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Southern Dutch BBQ (won 2022).
🃏 An upset on the books
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria came in rated below the field's top team, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-22 | Tirol, A-6380 | Innsbrucker Str.66 A-6382 Kirchdorf | 15 | 672.9940 | Southern Dutch BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2022-04-23 ← this one | Tirol, A-6380 | Innsbrucker Str.66 A-6382 Kirchdorf | 17 | 688.5372 | Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.1084 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 170.2744 | 161.7028 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 170.2628 | 165.6684 |
| Brisket | 172.5600 | 165.6800 | 163.4400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 688.5372 · median 662.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 2 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 3 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ Bros Austria | |
| 6 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 7 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 8 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 9 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKING NEIGHBOURS | |
| 11 | SAUWALD BBQ | |
| 12 | KuliMu BBQ | |
| 13 | Saint Johns Finest BBQ | |
| 14 | Los Grillos | |
| 15 | Franconia BBQ Bastards | |
| 16 | BiBerQ Mieming | |
| 17 | Smokermaker |
Chicken
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KuliMu BBQ | |
| 2 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 3 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 4 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 5 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 6 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 7 | SMOKING NEIGHBOURS | |
| 8 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 9 | BBQ Bros Austria | |
| 10 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 11 | SAUWALD BBQ | |
| 12 | Saint Johns Finest BBQ | |
| 13 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 14 | Los Grillos | |
| 15 | Smokermaker | |
| 16 | BiBerQ Mieming | |
| 17 | Franconia BBQ Bastards |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKING NEIGHBOURS | |
| 3 | SAUWALD BBQ | |
| 4 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ Bros Austria | |
| 6 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 7 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 8 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 9 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 10 | KuliMu BBQ | |
| 11 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 12 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 13 | Los Grillos | |
| 14 | Saint Johns Finest BBQ | |
| 15 | Franconia BBQ Bastards | |
| 16 | BiBerQ Mieming | |
| 17 | Smokermaker |
Pork
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 2 | BBQ Bros Austria | |
| 3 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 4 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 5 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 6 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 7 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 8 | KuliMu BBQ | |
| 9 | Saint Johns Finest BBQ | |
| 10 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 11 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 12 | Los Grillos | |
| 13 | SMOKING NEIGHBOURS | |
| 14 | SAUWALD BBQ | |
| 15 | BiBerQ Mieming | |
| 16 | Smokermaker | |
| 17 | Franconia BBQ Bastards |
Brisket
17 entries · top 172.5600 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA | |
| 2 | Franconia BBQ Bastards | |
| 3 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 4 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 7 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 8 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Bros Austria | |
| 10 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 11 | SAUWALD BBQ | |
| 12 | Los Grillos | |
| 13 | Saint Johns Finest BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKING NEIGHBOURS | |
| 15 | KuliMu BBQ | |
| 16 | BiBerQ Mieming | |
| 17 | Smokermaker |
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 — Dessert
6 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | |
| 2 | BiBerQ Mieming | |
| 3 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 4 | KuliMu BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokermaker | |
| 6 | Franconia BBQ Bastards |