Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1)
2025-06-27 – 2025-06-28 · Dodewaard, 6669 BZ · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Dodewaard, 6669 BZ
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: The Antwerp Smokers (689.6456) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The BBQ Ranch
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 18.3540 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Just wing it BBQ team won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 3–4: Barbecoa BBQ Team edged BBQ+ by 0.0116. Brisket places 4–5: BBQ+ edged BUNCH OF SWINES by 0.0116. Brisket places 6–7: It's spice that meats you edged BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
The Antwerp Smokers came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-22 | 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 23 | 690.2516 | Just Wing It | BACKCORNER BBQ |
| 2025-06-27 ← this one | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 13 | 689.6456 | The Antwerp Smokers | The BBQ Ranch |
| 2025-06-28 | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 18 | 693.6456 | It's spice that meats you | The Antwerp Smokers |
| 2026-06-19 | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2628 | 170.2628 | 165.0972 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0228 | 169.6800 | 159.9428 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 169.1084 | 159.9656 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 170.8112 | 159.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 689.6456 · median 665.0632
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 2 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 3 | BBQ+ | |
| 4 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 5 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 6 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 7 | Click & Q | |
| 8 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 9 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 10 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 11 | VH BBQ | |
| 12 | 3BBQ | |
| 13 | Grate Expectations |
Chicken
13 entries · top 174.2628 · median 168.0228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 2 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 3 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 4 | 3BBQ | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | BBQ+ | |
| 7 | Click & Q | |
| 8 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 9 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 10 | VH BBQ | |
| 11 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 12 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 13 | Grate Expectations |
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 176.0228 · median 162.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 2 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 3 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 4 | BBQ+ | |
| 5 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 6 | VH BBQ | |
| 7 | Grate Expectations | |
| 8 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 9 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 10 | 3BBQ | |
| 11 | Click & Q | |
| 12 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 13 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q |
Pork
13 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 2 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 3 | Click & Q | |
| 4 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 5 | 3BBQ | |
| 6 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 7 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 8 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 9 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 10 | BBQ+ | |
| 11 | VH BBQ | |
| 12 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 13 | Grate Expectations |
Brisket
13 entries · top 174.2628 · median 168.5140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 2 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 3 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 4 | BBQ+ | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 7 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 8 | Click & Q | |
| 9 | Grate Expectations | |
| 10 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 11 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 12 | VH BBQ | |
| 13 | 3BBQ |
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 — Dessert Bff
5 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 2 | VH BBQ | |
| 3 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 4 | 3BBQ | |
| 5 | It's spice that meats you |