Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition
2025-05-23 – 2025-05-24 · Boom, 2850 · BELGIUM · 📍 Kapelstraat 145
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: BBQ+ (682.2172) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Barbecoa BBQ Team
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 1.6452 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 4–5: Justice BBQ and BBQ+ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: BUNCH OF SWINES edged FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ by 0.0112. Chicken places 6–7: It's spice that meats you edged The BBQ Ranch 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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7028 | 167.9656 | 161.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 164.5372 | 157.1544 |
| Pork | 174.2972 | 163.4288 | 159.9772 |
| Brisket | 174.8800 | 169.1200 | 153.6572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 682.2172 · median 640.4344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ+ | |
| 2 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 3 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 4 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 5 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 6 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 7 | Justice BBQ | |
| 8 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 9 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 10 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 11 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 12 | 3BBQ | |
| 13 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 14 | Grate Expectations | |
| 15 | Click & Q | |
| 16 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM |
Chicken
16 entries · top 173.7028 · median 166.8688
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 3 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 4 | BBQ+ | |
| 5 | Grate Expectations | |
| 6 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 7 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 8 | Click & Q | |
| 9 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 10 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 11 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 12 | Justice BBQ | |
| 13 | 3BBQ | |
| 14 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 15 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 16 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 176.5716 · median 161.1144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ+ | |
| 2 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 3 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 4 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 5 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 6 | 3BBQ | |
| 7 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 8 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 9 | Justice BBQ | |
| 10 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 11 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 12 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 14 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 15 | Click & Q | |
| 16 | Grate Expectations |
Pork
16 entries · top 174.2972 · median 162.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 2 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 3 | BBQ+ | |
| 4 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 7 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 8 | 3BBQ | |
| 9 | Grate Expectations | |
| 10 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 11 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 12 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 13 | Justice BBQ | |
| 14 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 15 | Click & Q | |
| 16 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM |
Brisket
16 entries · top 174.8800 · median 160.8172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | |
| 2 | RIVERLAND SMOKERS | |
| 3 | The Antwerp Smokers | |
| 4 | Justice BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ+ | |
| 6 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 7 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 8 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 9 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 10 | Woodquarter Smokerheads | |
| 11 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 12 | 3BBQ | |
| 13 | Just wing it BBQ team | |
| 14 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 15 | Click & Q | |
| 16 | Grate Expectations |