Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1)
2025-09-12 – 2025-09-13 · Dongen, 5106NC · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Vaartweg 131
Reps: ANGELA FISHLOCK, MARK FISHLOCK
Grand Champion: Bunch of Swines (695.3716) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 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 double category winner
BBQ+ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 8–9: It's spice that meats you and Twisted Oliver Barbeque tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: It's spice that meats you edged Insomnia BBQ Team by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Insomnia BBQ Team edged Twisted Oliver Barbeque by 0.0116.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 ← this one | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 16 | 695.3716 | Bunch of Swines | BBQ+ |
| 2025-09-13 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 23 | 689.0512 | BBQ+ | The Antwerp Smokers |
| 2026-09-11 | Dongen, 5106NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-12 | Dongen, 5106NC | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1316 | 167.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 170.8344 | 164.5600 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 166.2400 |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 170.2856 | 166.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 695.3716 · median 671.5770
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5372
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.3828
Pork
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4000
Brisket
16 entries · top 173.7028 · median 168.2514
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 — Tropical Dessert
9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 2 | Remco Winkelaar | |
| 3 | VH BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ+ | |
| 5 | Twisted Oliver Barbeque | |
| 6 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 7 | Grate Expectations | |
| 8 | LOWLAND SMOKERS | |
| 9 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS |