5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
2022-07-23 – 2022-07-24 · , · GERMANY
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ (697.6800) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LUNA SMOKE - Italy
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
LUNA SMOKE - Italy won Chicken, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 9–10: Roast a Piece edged WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ by 0.0116. Brisket places 2–3: LUNA SMOKE - Italy edged BBQ+ by 0.0116. Chicken places 6–7: SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED edged BUNCH OF SWINES by 0.0344.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 172.5828 | 169.1888 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 166.8344 | 163.4056 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 170.9144 | 163.9656 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 171.9772 | 161.7600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 697.6800 · median 654.8690
Chicken
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 176.0000 · median 162.2686
Pork
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4400
Brisket
20 entries · top 175.4056 · median 159.1714