A statement win
9.1660
points clear of the field
Wider than 85% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.1660 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
Spitsbroek on Fire
Mar 23–24, 2024 · Eede Holland, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Nieuweweg 2
Reps: Marianne Van Galen, Mayco Van Galen
BACKCORNER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Spitsbroek on Fire on March 23, 2024 in Eede Holland, R523 PW at Nieuweweg 2, scoring 692.4800 in a field of 22 teams. It's spice that meats you took Reserve Grand Champion with 683.3140. Category winners: Chicken — The Antwerp Smokers (174.2628); Pork Ribs — The Antwerp Smokers (173.7028); Pork — BACKCORNER BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — BACKCORNER BBQ (180.0000).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
578.65
median 650.43
692.48 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.26
- Pork Ribs 173.70
- Pork 177.71
- Brisket 180 🔥
121.10
180
Entries
22
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
692.4800
Winning margin
9.1660
GC over RC
Field average
649.30
578.65692.48
median 650.43 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
651.3032
578.65692.48
10th place overall
Field spread
113.8288
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 64%
beats 36% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,554
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% of contests
Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: The Antwerp Smokers and BBQ Team Laurentius tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: VH bbq and SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: BBQ+ edged BBQ Team Laurentius by 0.0116.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork 5–6 · 0.0116
- Chicken 6–7 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
The Antwerp Smokers won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
BACKCORNER BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 16th.
- Chicken 16th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- BACKCORNER BBQ · Brisket
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2628 | 171.9656 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7028 | 169.7028 | 164.5372 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 170.8344 | 166.2400 |
| Brisket | 180 | 168.5256 | 157.6456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 692.4800 · median 650.4282
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 2 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 3 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 4 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 5 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 6 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 7 | BBQ+ | |
| 8 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 9 | ROASTING ROMANS | |
| 10 | Click & Q | |
| 11 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 12 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 13 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 14 | Smaakmakers | |
| 15 | WETTELS ON FIRE | |
| 16 | PUREBBQ | |
| 17 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 18 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 19 | VH bbq | |
| 20 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 21 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 22 | Qlinaria |
Chicken
22 entries · top 174.2628 · median 168.2570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 2 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 3 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 4 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 5 | WETTELS ON FIRE | |
| 6 | BBQ+ | |
| 7 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 8 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 9 | Smaakmakers | |
| 10 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 11 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 12 | VH bbq | |
| 13 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 15 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 16 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 17 | ROASTING ROMANS | |
| 18 | PUREBBQ | |
| 19 | Click & Q | |
| 20 | Qlinaria | |
| 21 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 22 | BBQ Brothers |
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 173.7028 · median 163.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 2 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 3 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 4 | VH bbq | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 6 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 7 | BBQ+ | |
| 8 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 9 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 11 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 12 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 13 | PUREBBQ | |
| 14 | ROASTING ROMANS | |
| 15 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 16 | Smaakmakers | |
| 17 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 18 | WETTELS ON FIRE | |
| 19 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 20 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Click & Q | |
| 22 | Qlinaria |
Pork
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 2 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 3 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ+ | |
| 6 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 7 | Click & Q | |
| 8 | Smaakmakers | |
| 9 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 10 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 11 | PUREBBQ | |
| 12 | ROASTING ROMANS | |
| 13 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 14 | WETTELS ON FIRE | |
| 15 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 16 | Qlinaria | |
| 17 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 18 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 19 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 20 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 21 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 22 | VH bbq |
Brisket
22 entries · top 180 · median 156.5370 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 2 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Click & Q | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 6 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 7 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 8 | ROASTING ROMANS | |
| 9 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 10 | BBQ+ | |
| 11 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 12 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 14 | WETTELS ON FIRE | |
| 15 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 16 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 17 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 18 | Smaakmakers | |
| 19 | PUREBBQ | |
| 20 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 21 | VH bbq | |
| 22 | Qlinaria |
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 — Asparagus
14 entries · top 180 · median 169.9770 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WETTELS ON FIRE | |
| 2 | PUREBBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 4 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 5 | Qlinaria | |
| 6 | Smaakmakers | |
| 7 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 8 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 9 | Smoking Grannies | |
| 10 | Click & Q | |
| 11 | BBQ+ | |
| 12 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 13 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 14 | VH bbq |