Awarded by KCBS

Where a 180 score is the highest you can throw in darts, it’s the “perfect” score in competition BBQ.
We recognize the following European teams that have achieved this milestone:
Winners of a 180 Star Pin
Year | Team | Contest | Category | Remark |
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2025 | The BBQ Ranch | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ | Pork Ribs | |
2025 | BBQ Hot Yard | BBQ Expo Master’s Challenge | Chicken | |
2025 | The BBQ Ranch | BBQ Expo Master’s Challenge | Pork | |
2024 | The Antwerp Smokers | W.e.s.t.’24 | Chicken | |
2024 | BBQ+ | W.e.s.t.’24 | Pork | |
2024 | The Antwerp Smokers | W.e.s.t.’24 | Pork | |
2024 | Backcorner BBQ | Spitsbroek on Fire’24 | Brisket | |
2024 | iQ BBQ | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ | Pork Ribs | |
2024 | Insomnia BBQ Team | Alps BBQ Days | Brisket | |
2023 | WestSide BBQ | W.E.S.T.’23 | Chicken | |
2023 | Five Q | W.E.S.T.’23 | Chicken | |
2023 | BBQ+ | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest ’23 | Pork | |
2023 | Knockstone BBQ | Wild West Fest on Fire ’23 | Chicken | |
2023 | Backcorner BBQ | Farm Meat BBQ (Day 2) ’23 | Pork | |
2023 | Cooklounge BBQ | Country Road & BBQ Contest ’23 | Chicken | |
2023 | Cooklounge BBQ | Country Road & BBQ Contest ’23 | Ribs | |
2023 | Tremens BBQ team | Country Road & BBQ Contest ’23 | Brisket | |
2022 | Wettels on Fire | Tony Stone BBQ Competition ’22 | Pork | |
2022 | Parkstad Smokers | Tony Stone BBQ Competition ’22 | Brisket | |
2022 | It’s spice that meats you | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest ’22 | Chicken | |
2022 | Luna Smoke | Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ’22 | Chicken | |
2022 | WestSide BBQ | TORO in Dante’s Hell Competition ’22 | Chicken | |
2020 | White Squirrel BBQ | W.E.S.T. ’20 | Pork | |
2020 | PureBBQ | Farm Meat “De Vaatse Hoeve” BBQ ’20 | Pork | |
2020 | Uncle Tony’s Cockney Q | BBQ Bulls Championship ’20 | Brisket | |
2019 | Masters of Fire | W.E.S.T. ’19 | Chicken | |
2019 | Baldicue | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE ’19 | Pork | Perfect-Perfect |
2019 | Bunch of Swines | Country Road & BBQ Contest ’19 (Day 2) | Chicken | |
2019 | Bunch of Swines | 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition ’19 | Pork | |
2019 | Dragon BBQ | 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition ’19 | Pork | |
2019 | Bunch of Swines | Tony Stone BBQ Competition ’19 | Brisket | |
2019 | RFS Barbecue team | Tony Stone BBQ Competition ’19 | Brisket | |
2019 | Bonsai’s Wild BBQ | Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ’19 | Ribs | |
2019 | iQ | Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ’19 | Pork | |
2019 | SunCity BBQ Szeged | Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ’19 | Brisket | |
2019 | BBQ Wiesel | EUregio Barbecue Festival ’19 | Pork | |
2019 | Five Q | Farm Meat De Vaatse Hoeve BBQ Contest ’19 | Pork | |
2019 | Pure BBQ | Open Polish BBQ Championship ’19 | Ribs | |
2019 | Psycho Dog BBQ Team | Italian Hardcore Barbecue ’19 (DAY 2) | Chicken | |
2018 | Fula BBQ | Tallya BBQ Festival ’18 | Brisket | |
2018 | Masters of Fire | Tally BBQ Festival ’18 | Pork | |
2018 | iQ | Tallya BBQ Festival ’18 | Ribs | |
2018 | Bohemian Backyard Barbecue | Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ’18 | Chicken | |
2018 | Bunch of Swines | Prime Uve ’18 | Chicken | |
2018 | BBQ+ | Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) ’18 | Brisket | |
2018 | Friuli Violent Grillers | Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) ’18 | Pork | |
2018 | Bunch of Swines | Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) ’18 | Pork | |
2018 | BBQ+ | Eastern BBQ ’18 | Pork | |
2018 | Bros Hog | The War of Barbeque | Pork | |
2018 | BBQ+ | BBQ on Ice ’18 | Brisket | |
2018 | Hot Wachtla’s | W.E.S.T. ’18 | Ribs | |
2017 | PureBBQ | BBQ Society Cook-Off ’17 | Chicken | |
2017 | Brig boys BBQ team | Slovenia BBQ Open ’17 | Pork | |
2017 | iQ | Suydersee BBQ contest ’17 | Pork | |
2017 | White Squirrel BBQ | Cookin’ in the Camarque ’17 | Ribs | Perfect-Perfect |
2017 | The Bartenders | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition ’17 | Pork | |
2016 | Bunch of Swines | BBQ Society Cook-off ’16 | Brisket | |
2016 | Smokey Bandits | BBQ Society Cook-off ’16 | Pork | |
2016 | iQ | BBQ Society Cook-off ’16 | Chicken | Perfect-Perfect |
2016 | De Filous | Ruhrpott BBQ ’16 | Brisket | |
2016 | BBQ Longhorn Ranch Hands | Euregio BBQ Festival ’16 | Brisket | |
2016 | Miss Piggy’s U.K. | Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ’16 | Brisket | |
2016 | De Vliegende Hollander bbq-team | Vuur en Vlees ’16 | Brisket | |
2016 | Gecko BBQ | Smoke by the River ’16 | Pork | |
2014 | LetzQ | Smoke in the North ’14 | Brisket | Perfect-Perfect |
2013 | iQ | BBQ Society Cook-off ’13 | Pork |