Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3
2024-05-31 – 2024-06-01 · Boom, 2850 · BELGIUM · 📍 Kapelstraat 145
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Cooklounge BBQ (693.0744) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BACKCORNER BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5260 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Pork Ribs places 4–5: The BBQ Ranch and Barbecoa BBQ Team tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 5–6: Barbecoa BBQ Team and BUNCH OF SWINES tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: It's spice that meats you and BACKCORNER BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1605 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.1772 | 173.1428 | 169.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 174.2744 | 161.7144 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.2972 | 173.7028 | 165.1428 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 173.1200 | 169.7144 | 160.5372 |
| Ancillary — Chicken | 174.8572 | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
12 entries · top 693.0744 · median 682.5430
Chicken
12 entries · top 177.1772 · median 172.8400
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.6972
Pork
12 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.2686
Brisket
12 entries · top 173.1200 · median 168.5600
Ancillary
Chicken
4 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 2 | BBQ+ | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 4 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q |