2022-08-06 – 2022-08-07 · Medvode, 1215 · SLOVENIA · 📍 Zbilje
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Knockstone BBq Team Austria (693.6688) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 COOKLOUNGE 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — 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 65 times in 100
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria came in rated below the field's top team, White Squirrel BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 12 tracked editions
Knockstone BBq Team Austria has won this contest 2 times across its 12 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: COOKLOUNGE BBQ and WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: PoolHouseTasteBBQ edged WESTSIDE BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 7–8: Grillers - bbq passion edged BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q by 0.0116.
KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 5th.
KNOCKSTONE BBQ TEAM AUSTRIA turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: White Squirrel BBQ (won 2019).
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-08-10.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-11 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 21 | 673.6344 | FRIULI VIOLENT GRILLERS | THE BARKTENDERS |
| 2019-08-10 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 27 | 697.7600 | White Squirrel BBQ | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| 2022-08-06 ← this one | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 11 | 693.6688 | Knockstone BBq Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2023-08-12 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 12 | 695.3944 | Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-08-10 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 11 | 707.9772 | Insomnia BBQ Team | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-08-10 | Medvode, 1215 | Zbilje | 14 | 177.7144 | Smoky Cotte | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 20 | 699.9540 | Food'Venture Grill & BBQ | WESTSIDE BBQ |
| 2025-08-09 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 19 | 177.1544 | BBQ Hot Yard | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 19 | 180.0000 | Virunum Smokers | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 12 | 180.0000 | The smoked barbecue team | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 14 | 178.8572 | The smoked barbecue team | — |
| 2026-08-08 | Medvode, 1215 | Lake Zbilje | 18 | 707.3944 | SOUTH BRIXIA | SMOKY COTTE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 169.6684 | 158.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 167.3828 | 157.1200 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 169.1544 | 154.7772 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 167.9772 | 152.5144 |
11 entries · top 693.6688 · median 674.6968
11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4056
11 entries · top 174.2628 · median 166.8800
11 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5372
11 entries · top 174.2628 · median 167.4172