Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

May 9–10, 2015 · Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel, Belgium · BELGIUM

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BBQ+

685.1428 · Master Series — Overall

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BUNCH OF SWINES

671.9892 · Master Series — Overall

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MISS PIGGY'S U.K.

666.7772 · Master Series — Overall

BBQ+ won Grand Champion at the Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ on May 9, 2015 in Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel,, scoring 685.1428 in a field of 38 teams. BUNCH OF SWINES took Reserve Grand Champion with 671.9892. Category winners: Chicken — Flaming Pig BBQ (169.6916); Pork Ribs — BBQ+ (177.1428); Pork — LETZQ (177.2000); Brisket — BUNCH OF SWINES (173.7372).

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

484.58 median 631.92 685.14 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 169.69
Pork Ribs 177.14
Pork 177.20
Brisket 173.74

20 177.20

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

685.1428

Winning margin

13.1536

GC over RC

Field average

626.51

484.58685.14

median 631.92 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.1088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

649.1200

484.58685.14

10th place overall

Field spread

200.5596

winner to last place

Most consistent

BBQ+

avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 5.7256 pts — BBQ+

How hot was the win?

Top 82%

beats 18% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.61 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,510

avg power rating going in · stronger than 7% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BUTTRUB.COM

rated 1608 pre-contest

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A first Grand Championship

7 tracked contests to get there

This was BBQ+'s first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.

A statement win

13.1536 points clear of the field

Wider than 94% of the 4,713 championships in the data

The champion won by 13.1536 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 5–6: De Vliegende Hollander and MISS PIGGY'S U.K. tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: IRON BBQ and MISS PIGGY'S U.K. tied on 167.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team edged MISS PIGGY'S U.K. by 0.0112.

Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
Pork 6–7 · tie
Chicken 3–4 · 0.0112
Brisket 1–2 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BBQ+ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.

Chicken 12th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 3rd
Brisket 3rd

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	169.6916	168.5828	164.0116
Pork Ribs	177.1428	170.2744	163.9888
Pork	177.2000	167.4288	165.7372
Brisket	173.7372	167.4284	162.2856

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 685.1428 · median 631.9198

#	Team	Score
1	BBQ+	685.1428
2	BUNCH OF SWINES	671.9892
3	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	666.7772
4	iQ	662.8000
5	LETZQ	661.1660
6	Serial Grillaz	656.0004
7	ROKENDE REGAHS	654.8000
8	The Smokey Bandits	653.6916
9	Bbcats	649.6912
10	BBQ WIESEL	649.1200
11	BUTTRUB.COM	649.0056
12	IRON BBQ	645.6224
13	SEA SIDE SMOKERS	645.0512
14	PUREBBQ	643.3712
15	BBQ Longhorn	640.0232
16	Flaming Pig BBQ	636.4688
17	ZWARTE HAND	634.7884
18	De Vliegende Hollander	633.6232
19	Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team	632.4800
20	BBQ Team Smoke it All	631.3596
21	SMOKEY GOODNESS	629.6340
22	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	629.5428
23	WESTHOEK SMOKERS	625.7600
24	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	625.6688
25	Hammer & Tongs	625.0396
26	BBQ TEAM XTREME	623.3256
27	TEAM ANONIEM	617.6452
28	LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	614.7656
29	Smaakmakers	613.0284
30	BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS	611.3484
31	ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	609.5888
32	NASQ	606.8232
33	Butrubbers	594.1488
34	Fire, Food and Flavor	590.7200
35	Qlinaria	576.4344
36	Antwerps BBQ team	575.4976
37	Peyote Pedro	550.8232
38	WETTELS ON FIRE	484.5832

Chicken

38 entries · top 169.6916 · median 161.1716

#	Team	Score
1	Flaming Pig BBQ	169.6916
2	De Vliegende Hollander	169.1772
3	Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team	169.1428
4	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	169.1316
5	BBQ WIESEL	168.5828
6	ZWARTE HAND	166.8800
7	PUREBBQ	166.8228
8	BUTTRUB.COM	166.2972
9	IRON BBQ	164.5828
10	LETZQ	164.0116
11	BUNCH OF SWINES	163.9772
12	BBQ+	163.4172
13	BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS	162.8344
14	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	162.8228
15	Smaakmakers	162.2972
16	SEA SIDE SMOKERS	162.2628
17	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	162.2400
18	WESTHOEK SMOKERS	161.2000
19	NASQ	161.1888
20	Serial Grillaz	161.1544
21	Bbcats	161.1540
22	The Smokey Bandits	161.1200
23	Hammer & Tongs	160.5828
24	SMOKEY GOODNESS	160.5484
25	WETTELS ON FIRE	159.4400
26	LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	159.4400
27	BBQ TEAM XTREME	159.4056
28	ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	156.5484
29	iQ	155.9544
30	BBQ Longhorn	155.4744
31	ROKENDE REGAHS	154.2744
32	Qlinaria	153.6800
33	Fire, Food and Flavor	153.1200
34	Antwerps BBQ team	150.3200
35	TEAM ANONIEM	147.4284
36	BBQ Team Smoke it All	143.9428
37	Peyote Pedro	137.1656
38	Butrubbers	132.5372

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 177.1428 · median 156.5370

#	Team	Score
1	BBQ+	177.1428
2	iQ	171.4172
3	The Smokey Bandits	170.8916
4	ROKENDE REGAHS	170.8228
5	De Vliegende Hollander	170.2744
6	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	170.2744
7	BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS	167.4628
8	Serial Grillaz	166.8572
9	BBQ Longhorn	164.5716
10	Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team	163.9888
11	Bbcats	163.9772
12	LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	162.2628
13	IRON BBQ	160.5256
14	BBQ Team Smoke it All	159.4284
15	SEA SIDE SMOKERS	159.4172
16	BUNCH OF SWINES	159.4060
17	BUTTRUB.COM	159.3484
18	Flaming Pig BBQ	157.1544
19	Hammer & Tongs	156.5484
20	BBQ WIESEL	156.5256
21	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	156.0232
22	WESTHOEK SMOKERS	156.0116
23	LETZQ	156.0116
24	ZWARTE HAND	155.4628
25	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	154.8228
26	SMOKEY GOODNESS	153.7028
27	WETTELS ON FIRE	153.1660
28	TEAM ANONIEM	152.5484
29	BBQ TEAM XTREME	151.4288
30	PUREBBQ	151.3828
31	Fire, Food and Flavor	147.3600
32	NASQ	146.8000
33	Antwerps BBQ team	145.1544
34	Peyote Pedro	145.1316
35	Butrubbers	145.0972
36	Smaakmakers	144.5600
37	ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	142.2516
38	Qlinaria	139.3600

Pork

38 entries · top 177.2000 · median 158.2914

#	Team	Score
1	LETZQ	177.2000
2	BUNCH OF SWINES	174.8688
3	BBQ+	173.1428
4	Bbcats	172
5	Serial Grillaz	167.4288
6	IRON BBQ	167.4056
7	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	167.4056
8	SMOKEY GOODNESS	166.8228
9	WESTHOEK SMOKERS	166.2628
10	ROKENDE REGAHS	165.7372
11	BBQ Team Smoke it All	165.7028
12	BUTTRUB.COM	165.1428
13	BBQ WIESEL	165.1316
14	iQ	161.7028
15	BBQ TEAM XTREME	161.6340
16	Butrubbers	161.1428
17	The Smokey Bandits	161.1428
18	ZWARTE HAND	160.5256
19	TEAM ANONIEM	158.8456
20	PUREBBQ	157.7372
21	BBQ Longhorn	156.5600
22	Smaakmakers	155.9428
23	Flaming Pig BBQ	155.4172
24	Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team	154.8112
25	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	154.2628
26	Hammer & Tongs	153.0856
27	SEA SIDE SMOKERS	152.5256
28	Fire, Food and Flavor	151.9884
29	ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	150.8116
30	De Vliegende Hollander	150.2172
31	LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	148.5600
32	Antwerps BBQ team	146.2972
33	NASQ	146.2400
34	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	145.6572
35	Qlinaria	141.7028
36	Peyote Pedro	138.8572
37	BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS	137.6684
38	WETTELS ON FIRE	20

Brisket

38 entries · top 173.7372 · median 154.5142

#	Team	Score
1	BUNCH OF SWINES	173.7372
2	iQ	173.7256
3	BBQ+	171.4400
4	SEA SIDE SMOKERS	170.8456
5	PUREBBQ	167.4284
6	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	166.2400
7	ROKENDE REGAHS	163.9656
8	LETZQ	163.9428
9	BBQ Longhorn	163.4172
10	BBQ Team Smoke it All	162.2856
11	Serial Grillaz	160.5600
12	The Smokey Bandits	160.5372
13	ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	159.9772
14	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	159.9656
15	BBQ WIESEL	158.8800
16	TEAM ANONIEM	158.8228
17	BUTTRUB.COM	158.2172
18	Butrubbers	155.3716
19	Hammer & Tongs	154.8228
20	Flaming Pig BBQ	154.2056
21	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	153.1428
22	IRON BBQ	153.1084
23	NASQ	152.5944
24	Bbcats	152.5600
25	WETTELS ON FIRE	151.9772
26	ZWARTE HAND	151.9200
27	BBQ TEAM XTREME	150.8572
28	Smaakmakers	150.2284
29	SMOKEY GOODNESS	148.5600
30	Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team	144.5372
31	LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	144.5028
32	De Vliegende Hollander	143.9544
33	BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS	143.3828
34	WESTHOEK SMOKERS	142.2856
35	Qlinaria	141.6916
36	Fire, Food and Flavor	138.2516
37	Antwerps BBQ team	133.7260
38	Peyote Pedro	129.6688

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.

Master Series — Hanos Chicken Wings

27 entries · top 173.7028 · median 157.0628

#	Team	Score
1	ZWARTE HAND	173.7028
2	PUREBBQ	172.5600
3	Smaakmakers	169.7028
4	The Smokey Bandits	168.5600
5	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	167.4628
6	BBQ WIESEL	162.9144
7	Antwerps BBQ team	162.8684
8	LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	162.2972
9	BBQ Team Smoke it All	161.1544
10	ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	161.0856
11	BBQ TEAM XTREME	159.4056
12	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	158.2512
13	Peyote Pedro	157.7600
14	BBQ Longhorn	157.0628
15	Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team	156.5256
16	BBQ+	155.9772
17	ROKENDE REGAHS	155.9656
18	SMOKEY GOODNESS	155.9428
19	Bbcats	154.8340
20	IRON BBQ	152.5256
21	Fire, Food and Flavor	152.5140
22	NASQ	150.2972
23	De Vliegende Hollander	149.1084
24	TEAM ANONIEM	149.1084
25	Serial Grillaz	148.5828
26	WETTELS ON FIRE	139.9200
27	Qlinaria	137.6572

Master Series — Livar Pork Burger

30 entries · top 180 · median 164.8800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	ZWARTE HAND	180 🔥
2	BBQ Team Smoke it All	178.8572
3	ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	177.7144
4	PUREBBQ	174.2628
5	BBQ Longhorn	173.1200
6	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	173.1200
7	Smaakmakers	171.4172
8	TEAM ANONIEM	170.8916
9	BBQ+	170.2972
10	WETTELS ON FIRE	169.1544
11	The Smokey Bandits	169.1200
12	Qlinaria	168.6056
13	BBQ WIESEL	168
14	SMOKEY GOODNESS	166.9144
15	Bbcats	165.1200
16	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	164.6400
17	LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	163.9772
18	Serial Grillaz	163.3944
19	WESTHOEK SMOKERS	162.2628
20	NASQ	158.8800
21	Fire, Food and Flavor	158.3200
22	Tjoppie Doppie BBQ Team	157.7600
23	De Vliegende Hollander	157.6684
24	Butrubbers	157.1312
25	ROKENDE REGAHS	156.6288
26	BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS	155.9428
27	IRON BBQ	155.3368
28	BBQ TEAM XTREME	152
29	Antwerps BBQ team	146.8800
30	Peyote Pedro	140

Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

A first Grand Championship

A statement win

Photo finishes

How the title was won

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Hanos Chicken Wings

Master Series — Livar Pork Burger