BBQ Festival
2022-08-19 – 2022-08-20 · Saue Parish, 76505 · ESTONIA · 📍 Vanamoisa
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, LUCA FAMIGLI
Grand Champion: Sweaty Hogs (686.8228) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team
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 dynasty in the making
Sweaty Hogs has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 4–5: Smoking Finns and Dreamfire tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BBQ Symphony edged Piiripealsed by 0.0116. Chicken places 8–9: Weber BBQ team edged BBQ Symphony by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Sweaty Hogs (won 2021).
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | Saue Parish, 76505 | Vanamoisa | 13 | 675.4172 | Sweaty Hogs | SMOKING FINNS FI |
| 2022-08-19 ← this one | Saue Parish, 76505 | Vanamoisa | 10 | 686.8228 | Sweaty Hogs | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.0000 | 165.7256 | 157.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7372 | 171.9884 | 158.8340 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 174.8456 | 153.7028 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 166.2512 | 148.5828 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
10 entries · top 686.8228 · median 677.3940
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 2 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 3 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 4 | Smoking Finns | |
| 5 | Dreamfire | |
| 6 | Piiripealsed | |
| 7 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Weber BBQ team | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties Of BBQ |
Chicken
10 entries · top 172.0000 · median 164.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Smoking Finns | |
| 3 | Piiripealsed | |
| 4 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 5 | Dreamfire | |
| 6 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Sleeping Beauties Of BBQ | |
| 8 | Weber BBQ team | |
| 9 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 10 | Insomnia BBQ Team |
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 173.7372 · median 171.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamfire | |
| 2 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 4 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 5 | Piiripealsed | |
| 6 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 7 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Smoking Finns | |
| 9 | Weber BBQ team | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties Of BBQ |
Pork
10 entries · top 178.8800 · median 174.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 2 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 3 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Smoking Finns | |
| 5 | Dreamfire | |
| 6 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Piiripealsed | |
| 9 | Weber BBQ team | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties Of BBQ |
Brisket
10 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.9942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 2 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 3 | Piiripealsed | |
| 4 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Smoking Finns | |
| 6 | Insomnia BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Dreamfire | |
| 8 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Weber BBQ team | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauties Of BBQ |
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 — Ancillary
7 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Symphony | |
| 2 | Smoking Finns | |
| 3 | Dreamfire | |
| 4 | Multivac BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauties Of BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Weber BBQ team |