- Contests
- 64
- Teams
- 179
- Avg field
- 15
- Avg win
- 690.06
KCBS in Italy IT
5 tracked contests over 0.7 years, 73 teams on the scoresheets — the 22th busiest of 96 regions on file.
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The face-off ranks Italy as one country, pooling IT with BZ, GG, PZ. The numbers on this page are IT alone.
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At a glance
Contests
This season
Teams competed
Typical field
Avg winning score
Avg category score
Perfect 180s
Grand champions
Towns
Seasons on record
How Italy stacks up (against all 96 regions on file)
The bar is IT's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.
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Contests held94 #22 of 96 ▲ median 34.5
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Teams competing341 #44 of 92 ▲ median 249
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Contests this season20 #4 of 75 ▲ median 2
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Field depth19 teams #62 of 72 ▼ median 30 teams
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Winning score680.93 #54 of 60 ▼ median 692.88
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Judging severity (lowest average category score = toughest room)165.15 #61 of 70 ▲ median 163.34
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Perfect-180 rate9.4 /1k #13 of 70 ▲ median 5.5 /1k
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Growth (last three completed seasons against the three before)57% #17 of 55 ▲ median 25%
Regions like this one
Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.
- Contests
- 57
- Teams
- 382
- Avg field
- 25
- Avg win
- 690.52
- Contests
- 36
- Teams
- 214
- Avg field
- 21
- Avg win
- 683.35
- Contests
- 49
- Teams
- 313
- Avg field
- 25
- Avg win
- 692.63
Season by season
Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.
| Season | Contests | Teams | Avg field | Biggest | Avg win | Best | 180s | State champs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 73 | 24 | 30 | 691.62 | 696.58 | — | — | events → |
Contests per season
When they cook (month of year)
How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)
A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored.
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
| # | Team | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 1911 |
| 29 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | 1863 |
| 70 | BBQ+ | 1825 |
| 82 | White Squirrel BBQ | 1817 |
| 90 | BUNCH OF SWINES | 1811 |
| 231 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | 1745 |
| 311 | DRAGON BBQ | 1720 |
| 365 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | 1708 |
| 763 | DE FILOUS | 1631 |
| 837 | ROKENDE REGAHS | 1624 |
| 899 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | 1616 |
| 955 | PUREBBQ | 1609 |
| 1023 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | 1602 |
| 1072 | BALDICUE | 1596 |
| 1106 | SEA SIDE SMOKERS | 1594 |
The regulars (most contests cooked in IT)
| Team | Contests | GCs | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM | 4 | 1 | 2016-09-10 |
| BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | 4 | 1 | 2016-09-10 |
| Griller Unchained | 4 | — | 2016-09-10 |
| BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS | 4 | — | 2016-09-10 |
| SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM | 4 | — | 2016-09-10 |
| Smoke 'Em All BBQ | 4 | — | 2016-09-10 |
| MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | 3 | 1 | 2016-09-10 |
| GRILLKUNST | 3 | — | 2016-09-10 |
| STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | 3 | — | 2016-09-10 |
| LETZQ | 3 | — | 2016-09-10 |
| BBQ4ALL PALLADIUM TEAM | 3 | — | 2016-06-25 |
| BBQ4ALL INTERNATIONAL TEAM | 3 | — | 2016-09-10 |
Highest scores in IT (Master · /720)
| Score | Team | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 696.5828 | SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition 2016-06-25 |
| 694.7884 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2016-07-02 |
| 693.6568 | BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 2016-06-11 |
| 691.9772 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 2016-06-11 |
| 691.3484 | BUNCH OF SWINES | Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2016-07-02 |
| 690.8228 | SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 2016-06-11 |
| 689.1316 | BBQ+ | Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2016-07-02 |
| 688.5144 | STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition 2016-06-25 |
| 688.4684 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2016-07-02 |
| 687.3944 | SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition 2016-06-25 |
Most GCs in IT
| Team | GCs |
|---|---|
| BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM | 1 |
| SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM | 1 |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 1 |
| MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | 1 |
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 1 |
Where it happens (towns in IT)
| Town | Contests | Seasons | Avg field | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brescia | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2016-09-10 |
| Gaiarine, Italy | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2016-07-02 |
| Parabiago | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2016-06-25 |
| Perugia | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2016-06-11 |
| Rein in Taufers | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2016-01-15 |
Where else these teams cook
Of the 73 teams with a recorded finish in IT, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
| Region | Shared teams | Share of IT's field | Contests they cooked there | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador NL | 25 | 34% | 9 | compare → |
| Italy BZ | 22 | 30% | 8 | compare → |
| Delaware DE | 22 | 30% | 3 | compare → |
| United States EU | 15 | 21% | 4 | compare → |
| Belgium BE | 14 | 19% | 2 | compare → |
| Czech Republic CZ | 11 | 15% | 1 | compare → |
| Germany NR | 11 | 15% | 1 | compare → |
| Tennessee TN | 8 | 11% | 6 | compare → |