Jun 27–28, 2015 · Delft, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS
SEA SIDE SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Delft Beer & BBQ Fest on June 27, 2015 in Delft, The Netherlands,, scoring 675.3256 in a field of 20 teams. THE BBQ GURU took Reserve Grand Champion with 672.5144. Category winners: Chicken — PUREBBQ (174.2856); Pork Ribs — SEA SIDE SMOKERS (176.0000); Pork — IQ - NETHERLANDS (174.2972); Brisket — THE BBQ GURU (176.0000).
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 70 times in 100
SEA SIDE SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, THE BBQ GURU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SEA SIDE SMOKERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.
Brisket places 9–10: SMOKEY GOODNESS - NETHERLANDS and TEAM ANONIEM tied on 160.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: PUREBBQ edged BBQ+ by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 4–5: IRON BBQ edged SMOKEY GOODNESS - NETHERLANDS by 0.0456.
SEA SIDE SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2856 | 167.9656 | 164.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 168.5372 | 165.1428 |
| Pork | 174.2972 | 169.6800 | 165.7028 |
| Brisket | 176 | 165.7028 | 160 |
20 entries · top 675.3256 · median 653.9142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEA SIDE SMOKERS | |
| 2 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 3 | BBQ+ | |
| 4 | PUREBBQ | |
| 5 | DE FILOUS | |
| 6 | SMOKEY GOODNESS - NETHERLANDS | |
| 7 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 8 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 9 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 10 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 11 | BR.BQ | |
| 12 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 13 | IRON BBQ | |
| 14 | CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 16 | TEAM ANONIEM | |
| 17 | LOW AND SLOW MEISTER | |
| 18 | Fire Food and Flavor | |
| 19 | Lombok Smokers | |
| 20 | BAERL B Q (DE) |
20 entries · top 174.2856 · median 164.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUREBBQ | |
| 2 | IRON BBQ | |
| 3 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 4 | SMOKEY GOODNESS - NETHERLANDS | |
| 5 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 6 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 7 | Fire Food and Flavor | |
| 8 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 9 | DE FILOUS | |
| 10 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 11 | BR.BQ | |
| 12 | SEA SIDE SMOKERS | |
| 13 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 14 | BBQ+ | |
| 15 | Lombok Smokers | |
| 16 | TEAM ANONIEM | |
| 17 | LOW AND SLOW MEISTER | |
| 18 | CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM | |
| 19 | BAERL B Q (DE) | |
| 20 | THE BBQ GURU |
20 entries · top 176 · median 164.8514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEA SIDE SMOKERS | |
| 2 | BBQ+ | |
| 3 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 4 | IRON BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKEY GOODNESS - NETHERLANDS | |
| 6 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 7 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 8 | LOW AND SLOW MEISTER | |
| 9 | PUREBBQ | |
| 10 | CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | BR.BQ | |
| 12 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 13 | BAERL B Q (DE) | |
| 14 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 15 | Lombok Smokers | |
| 16 | TEAM ANONIEM | |
| 17 | DE FILOUS | |
| 18 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 19 | Fire Food and Flavor | |
| 20 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS |
20 entries · top 174.2972 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 2 | PUREBBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ+ | |
| 4 | CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 6 | SEA SIDE SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BR.BQ | |
| 8 | DE FILOUS | |
| 9 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 10 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 11 | Fire Food and Flavor | |
| 12 | IRON BBQ | |
| 13 | TEAM ANONIEM | |
| 14 | SMOKEY GOODNESS - NETHERLANDS | |
| 15 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 16 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 17 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 18 | LOW AND SLOW MEISTER | |
| 19 | Lombok Smokers | |
| 20 | BAERL B Q (DE) |
20 entries · top 176 · median 159.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 2 | DE FILOUS | |
| 3 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 4 | SEA SIDE SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 6 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 7 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 8 | LOW AND SLOW MEISTER | |
| 9 | SMOKEY GOODNESS - NETHERLANDS | |
| 10 | TEAM ANONIEM | |
| 11 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 12 | BBQ+ | |
| 13 | BR.BQ | |
| 14 | Fire Food and Flavor | |
| 15 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 16 | CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM | |
| 17 | PUREBBQ | |
| 18 | Lombok Smokers | |
| 19 | IRON BBQ | |
| 20 | BAERL B Q (DE) |
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.
14 entries · top 174.8800 · median 161.1314