2025-06-14 – 2025-06-15 · Peschiera del Garda, 37019 · ITALY · 📍 Peschiera del Garda, 37019
Reps: LUCA FAMIGLI, ROBERTO SIROK
Grand Champion: Average Joe BBQ Team (701.7260) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bad Influence BBQ - MO
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.
Closer than 79% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1660 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
Average Joe BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, The BBQ Ranch, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Average Joe BBQ Team won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 13 tracked editions
WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 13 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: Bad Influence BBQ - MO and SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Smoking Butcher and Bad Influence BBQ - MO tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Bad Influence BBQ - MO and BBQ Hot Yard tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WESTSIDE BBQ turned in 178.8800 in brisket — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 7 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-24 | Noventa di Piave, 30020 | Noventa di Piave, 30020 | 18 | 696.5484 | BROS HOG | DRAGON BBQ |
| 2019-06-22 | Jesolo, Venezia, 300257 | Jesolo, Venezia, 300257 | 19 | 683.3140 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | EGGHEAD-BARBECUE |
| 2022-06-18 | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 15 | 697.0972 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ TEAM | LUNA SMOKE - Italy |
| 2023-07-01 | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 15 | 693.0512 | White Squirrel BBQ | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| 2024-06-15 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 17 | 703.9888 | Justice BBQ | Smoky Cotte |
| 2024-06-15 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 28 | 180.0000 | Insomnia BBQ | — |
| 2024-06-15 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 24 | 180.0000 | Insomnia BBQ | — |
| 2025-06-14 ← this one | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 20 | 701.7260 | Average Joe BBQ Team | Bad Influence BBQ - MO |
| 2025-06-14 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 25 | 176.5600 | I cinghiali bbq team | — |
| 2025-06-14 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 28 | 177.7144 | The BBQ Ranch | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Peschiera del Garda | 25 | 707.3944 | Smoky Cotte | Smoking Butcher |
| 2026-06-20 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Via Milano, 63 | 23 | 177.7144 | Smoking Butcher | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | Via Milano, 63 | 23 | 177.7144 | The GRILL GATHERING BBQ-TEAM | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 174.2972 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 173.1428 | 168.5256 |
20 entries · top 701.7260 · median 681.9312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 3 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 4 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 5 | GRILLZLY BBQ | |
| 6 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 7 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 8 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 9 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 11 | Stammtischgriller | |
| 12 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 13 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 14 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 15 | South Brixia | |
| 16 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 17 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 18 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 19 | Barba Q | |
| 20 | Belli e Magrill |
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 2 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 3 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 4 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 5 | Belli e Magrill | |
| 6 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 7 | Stammtischgriller | |
| 8 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 10 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 11 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 12 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 13 | South Brixia | |
| 14 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 15 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 16 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 17 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 18 | Barba Q | |
| 19 | GRILLZLY BBQ | |
| 20 | Smoking Butcher |
20 entries · top 177.1772 · median 171.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 3 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 4 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 5 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 6 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 9 | Stammtischgriller | |
| 10 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 11 | GRILLZLY BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 13 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 14 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 15 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 16 | South Brixia | |
| 17 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 18 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 19 | Barba Q | |
| 20 | Belli e Magrill |
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 2 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 3 | GRILLZLY BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 5 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 6 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 7 | South Brixia | |
| 8 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 9 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 10 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 11 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 13 | Stammtischgriller | |
| 14 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 15 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 16 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 17 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 18 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 19 | Belli e Magrill | |
| 20 | Barba Q |
20 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 2 | GRILLZLY BBQ | |
| 3 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 4 | Onkel Felix BBQ | |
| 5 | RUMABRONZE | |
| 6 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 7 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 8 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 9 | Average Joe BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 11 | Gold’s BBQ | |
| 12 | Stammtischgriller | |
| 13 | South Brixia | |
| 14 | Smoking Butcher | |
| 15 | Smoky Cotte | |
| 16 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 17 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 18 | Barba Q | |
| 19 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 20 | Belli e Magrill |
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.
9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 2 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 4 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 5 | LUNA SMOKE - Italy | |
| 6 | GRILLZLY BBQ | |
| 7 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | |
| 8 | Art Razza Piave Bbq | |
| 9 | Stammtischgriller |