2024-09-06 – 2024-09-07 · Dongen, 5106NC · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Vaartweg 131
Reps: ANGELA FISHLOCK, MARK FISHLOCK
Grand Champion: Dutch BBQ Smokers (683.3600) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 COOKLOUNGE BBQ
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2021 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 98% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0228 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
The BBQ Ranch came in rated below the field's top team, IQ - NETHERLANDS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
The BBQ Ranch won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 5 tracked editions
Backcorner BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1647 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: Just wing it BBQ team and BBQ Team Laurentius tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: BBQ Team Laurentius and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: IQ - NETHERLANDS and The BBQ Ranch tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BACKCORNER BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
BACKCORNER BBQ turned in 175.4172 in pork ribs — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Backcorner BBQ (won 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-11 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 29 | 695.3828 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2023-09-09 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 13 | 691.9544 | iQ BBQ | BACKCORNER BBQ |
| 2023-09-10 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 23 | 687.9428 | Backcorner BBQ | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q |
| 2024-09-06 ← this one | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 16 | 683.3600 | Dutch BBQ Smokers | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-09-07 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 24 | 690.8116 | Backcorner BBQ | PUREBBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.8112 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 170.8344 | 164.5832 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 168.5600 | 164.5256 |
| Brisket | 173.1428 | 170.2856 | 162.2516 |
16 entries · top 683.3600 · median 663.0056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 2 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 3 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 4 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 7 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 8 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 9 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 10 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 11 | BBQ+ | |
| 12 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 14 | VH BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Click & Q | |
| 16 | Flame Riders |
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 172.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 2 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 3 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 6 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 7 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 8 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 9 | Flame Riders | |
| 10 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 11 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 12 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | VH BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Click & Q | |
| 15 | BBQ+ | |
| 16 | BACKCORNER BBQ |
16 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 2 | VH BBQ Team | |
| 3 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 4 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 5 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 6 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 7 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 8 | BBQ+ | |
| 9 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 10 | Click & Q | |
| 11 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 12 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 13 | Flame Riders | |
| 14 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 15 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 16 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS |
16 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.5714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 2 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 3 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 4 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | VH BBQ Team | |
| 7 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 8 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Click & Q | |
| 11 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 12 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 13 | BBQ+ | |
| 14 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 15 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 16 | Flame Riders |
16 entries · top 173.1428 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 3 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 4 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 5 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 6 | BBQ+ | |
| 7 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 8 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 9 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 10 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 12 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 13 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 14 | Click & Q | |
| 15 | Flame Riders | |
| 16 | VH BBQ Team |
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.
7 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Me & T-Rex | |
| 2 | VH BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Flame Riders | |
| 4 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 7 | BBQ Team Laurentius |