Jun 1–2, 2024 · Boom, Belgium · BELGIUM · 📍 Kapelstraat 145
Reps: Marianne Van Galen, Mayco Van Galen
BBQ Team Laurentius won Grand Champion at the Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 on June 1, 2024 in Boom, 2850 at Kapelstraat 145, scoring 691.3712 in a field of 16 teams. BACKCORNER BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.4912. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ Team Laurentius (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BBQ Team Laurentius (177.7028); Pork — BACKCORNER BBQ (175.4400); Brisket — Barbecoa BBQ Team (177.7028).
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.
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 76 times in 100
BBQ Team Laurentius came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: BUNCH OF SWINES and The BBQ Ranch tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: ROASTING ROMANS edged Barbecoa BBQ Team by 0.0116. Brisket places 9–10: COOKLOUNGE BBQ edged BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q by 0.0116.
BBQ Team Laurentius won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
BBQ Team Laurentius took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 170.8456 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 170.8344 | 166.2400 |
| Pork | 175.4400 | 169.7372 | 165.6916 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 167.3944 | 164.5372 |
16 entries · top 691.3712 · median 666.4800
16 entries · top 180 · median 168.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.4058
16 entries · top 175.4400 · median 168.2686
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1086
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.
5 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 2 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 3 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 4 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 5 | It's spice that meats you |