A new contest record
686.8228
highest overall ever cooked here
686.8228 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 675.4172 Sweaty Hogs set in 2021.
- old record 675.4172
- set 2021 by Sweaty Hogs
BBQ Festival 2022
Aug 19–20, 2022 · Saue Parish, Estonia · ESTONIA · 📍 Vanamoisa
Reps: Haymo Gutweniger, Luca Famigli
Sweaty Hogs won Grand Champion at the BBQ Festival on August 19, 2022 in Saue Parish, 76505 at Vanamoisa, scoring 686.8228 in a field of 10 teams. Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.6172. Category winners: Chicken — Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team (172.0000); Pork Ribs — Dreamfire (173.7372); Pork — Sweaty Hogs (178.8800); Brisket — BBQ Symphony (175.4172). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2021 edition was won by Sweaty Hogs.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
621.13
median 677.39
686.82 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 172
- Pork Ribs 173.74
- Pork 178.88
- Brisket 175.42
148.58
178.88
Entries
10
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
686.8228
Winning margin
2.2056
GC over RC
Field average
668.09
621.13686.82
median 677.39 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
1.7488 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
621.1308
621.13686.82
10th place overall
Field spread
65.6920
winner to last place
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 79%
beats 21% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
62%
8 of 13 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,527
avg power rating going in · stronger than 19% of contests
Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Back-to-back
2 in a row
editions of this contest
Sweaty Hogs won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
- 2021
- 2022
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 2 tracked editions
Sweaty Hogs has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
- 2021
- 2022
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Pork 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0116
- Chicken 8–9 · 0.0228
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · 0.0344
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
Sweaty Hogs took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 6th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 2nd
A contest record in pork
178.8800
best pork ever cooked here
Sweaty Hogs turned in 178.8800 in pork — past the 173.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 173.1428
- across 1 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Sweaty Hogs (won 2021).
- Sweaty Hogs · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2021 | Saue Parish | Vanamoisa | 13 | 675.4172 | Sweaty Hogs | SMOKING FINNS FI |
| Aug 19, 2022 ← this one | Saue Parish | 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 | 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 · 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 · 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 |