Sep 23–24, 2023 · Deurne, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Bruggenseweg aa!
Reps: Marianne Van Galen, Mayco Van Galen
BACKCORNER BBQ won Grand Champion at the KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees on September 23, 2023 in Deurne, 5752 5C at Bruggenseweg aa!, scoring 675.3488 in a field of 13 teams. COOKLOUNGE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 661.6116. Category winners: Chicken — BACKCORNER BBQ (172.5484); Pork Ribs — BBQ Team Laurentius (173.1200); Pork — COOKLOUNGE BBQ (175.4172); Brisket — BACKCORNER BBQ (175.4172). This is the 5th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2021 edition was won by Southern Dutch BBQ.
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, 2017 to 2023 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
Backcorner BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IQ - NETHERLANDS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 95% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.7372 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
Brisket places 8–9: Osdorp Grillers (NL) edged DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM by 0.0224. Chicken places 6–7: Osdorp Grillers (NL) edged BBQ Team Laurentius by 0.0228.
BACKCORNER BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
BACKCORNER BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS (won 2018).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2017 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 24 | 683.3716 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 677.0856 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 690.2628 | iQ | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| Oct 23, 2021 | Liesselseweg, Deurne | Bruggenseweg 11a | 30 | 692.5600 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| Sep 23, 2023 ← this one | Deurne | Bruggenseweg aa! | 13 | 675.3488 | Backcorner BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5484 | 164.5484 | 157.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 158.8688 | 154.2628 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 168.5600 | 158.8344 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 161.0856 | 152.5372 |
13 entries · top 675.3488 · median 643.3828
13 entries · top 172.5484 · median 162.2284
13 entries · top 173.1200 · median 155.9660
13 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.0856
13 entries · top 175.4172 · median 155.9544
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 171.9772 · median 162.8228