KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
2023-09-23 – 2023-09-24 · Deurne, 5752 5C · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Bruggenseweg aa!
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Backcorner BBQ (675.3488) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 COOKLOUNGE BBQ
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💪 A statement win
The champion won by 13.7372 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
BACKCORNER BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS (won 2018).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-23 | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 677.0856 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 2019-06-29 | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 690.2628 | iQ | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| 2021-10-23 | Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | Bruggenseweg 11a | 30 | 692.5600 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2023-09-23 ← this one | Deurne, 5752 5C | Bruggenseweg aa! | 13 | 675.3488 | Backcorner BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| 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 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 675.3488 · median 643.3828
Chicken
13 entries · top 172.5484 · median 162.2284
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 173.1200 · median 155.9660
Pork
13 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.0856
Brisket
13 entries · top 175.4172 · median 155.9544
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 — Beckers Frikandel
9 entries · top 171.9772 · median 162.8228