Apr 23–24, 2022 · Tirol, Austria · AUSTRIA · 📍 Innsbrucker Str.66 A-6382 Kirchdorf
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Luca Famigli
KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA won Grand Champion at the 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) on April 23, 2022 in Tirol, A-6380 at Innsbrucker Str.66 A-6382 Kirchdorf, scoring 688.5372 in a field of 17 teams. WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5028. Category winners: Chicken — KuliMu BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — COOKLOUNGE BBQ (178.8800); Pork — EGGHEAD-BARBECUE (178.8572); Brisket — KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA (172.5600). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by Southern Dutch BBQ.
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 97% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
688.5372 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 672.9940 Southern Dutch BBQ set in 2022.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria came in rated below the field's top team, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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.
KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.
COOKLOUNGE BBQ turned in 178.8800 in pork ribs — past the 171.4172 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Southern Dutch BBQ (won 2022).
15 of 15 teams from 2022-04-22 came back
15 of the 15 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2022 | Tirol | Innsbrucker Str.66 A-6382 Kirchdorf | 15 | 672.9940 | Southern Dutch BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Apr 23, 2022 ← this one | Tirol | Innsbrucker Str.66 A-6382 Kirchdorf | 17 | 688.5372 | Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |