A first Grand Championship
15
tracked contests to get there
This was BBQ WIESEL's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 15th tracked contest.
BBQ An Der Burg 2016
Jul 2–3, 2016 · Geestland, Germany · GERMANY · 📍 Amtsstrasse
BBQ WIESEL won Grand Champion at the BBQ An Der Burg on July 2, 2016 in Geestland,, DE at Amtsstrasse, scoring 675.3484 in a field of 12 teams. DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 669.0628. Category winners: Chicken — DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM (177.1772); Pork Ribs — BBQ WIESEL (171.9772); Pork — BBQ Team Smoke it All (172.5944); Brisket — BBQ WIESEL (173.7372). This is the 1st of 4 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2017.
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.
611.93
median 642.17
675.35 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.18
- Pork Ribs 171.98
- Pork 172.59
- Brisket 173.74
137.06
177.18
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2019 — this edition picked out.
Entries
12
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
675.3484
Winning margin
6.2856
GC over RC
Field average
644.35
611.93675.35
median 642.17 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
5.6800 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
623.3600
611.93675.35
10th place overall
Field spread
63.4168
winner to last place
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 94%
beats 6% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.51 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,521
avg power rating going in · stronger than 15% of contests
Storylines (5 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 dynasty in the making
3×
wins at this contest
3 of 4 tracked editions
BBQ WIESEL has won this contest 3 times across its 4 tracked editions.
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 5–6: 010 BRAAI and Northside BBQ team tied on 166.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: BOHEMIAN BBQ and 010 BRAAI tied on 166.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: 010 BRAAI edged BBQ BROTHERS by 0.0116.
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Brisket 2–3 · tie
- Brisket 3–4 · 0.0116
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0228
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BBQ WIESEL won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BBQ WIESEL took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
- Chicken 10th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 1st
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2016 ← this one | Geestland, DE | Amtsstrasse | 12 | 675.3484 | BBQ WIESEL | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM |
| Jul 1, 2017 | Geestland | 19 Amtsstrasse | 25 | 668.4800 | BBQ WIESEL | ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM |
| Jun 30, 2018 | Geestland | 17 Amtsstrasse | 30 | 681.1772 | BBQ WIESEL | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM |
| Jul 6, 2019 | Geestland | Amtsstrabe | 36 | 669.6684 | White Squirrel BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| Jul 3, 2020 | Geestland | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1772 | 168.5372 | 158.2284 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.9772 | 166.2972 | 152.5144 |
| Pork | 172.5944 | 162.8228 | 147.9428 |
| Brisket | 173.7372 | 166.2512 | 157.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
12 entries · top 675.3484 · median 642.1656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ WIESEL | |
| 2 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | |
| 3 | BBQ Team Smoke it All | |
| 4 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 5 | 010 BRAAI | |
| 6 | Viking BBQ | |
| 7 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 9 | Ostfreesen BBQ | |
| 10 | Team Seidel | |
| 11 | Northside BBQ team | |
| 12 | BBQ Outcookers |
Chicken
12 entries · top 177.1772 · median 163.6742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | |
| 2 | Viking BBQ | |
| 3 | Ostfreesen BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 5 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ Team Smoke it All | |
| 7 | 010 BRAAI | |
| 8 | Northside BBQ team | |
| 9 | BBQ Outcookers | |
| 10 | BBQ WIESEL | |
| 11 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 12 | Team Seidel |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 171.9772 · median 166.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ WIESEL | |
| 2 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 3 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | |
| 4 | Team Seidel | |
| 5 | 010 BRAAI | |
| 6 | Northside BBQ team | |
| 7 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ Team Smoke it All | |
| 9 | Ostfreesen BBQ | |
| 10 | Viking BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 12 | BBQ Outcookers |
Pork
12 entries · top 172.5944 · median 159.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Team Smoke it All | |
| 2 | BBQ WIESEL | |
| 3 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | |
| 4 | BBQ Outcookers | |
| 5 | Viking BBQ | |
| 6 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 7 | 010 BRAAI | |
| 8 | Team Seidel | |
| 9 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 10 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 11 | Ostfreesen BBQ | |
| 12 | Northside BBQ team |
Brisket
12 entries · top 173.7372 · median 163.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ WIESEL | |
| 2 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 3 | 010 BRAAI | |
| 4 | BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 5 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ Team Smoke it All | |
| 7 | Ostfreesen BBQ | |
| 8 | Viking BBQ | |
| 9 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | |
| 10 | Northside BBQ team | |
| 11 | Team Seidel | |
| 12 | BBQ Outcookers |
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 — Fish
8 entries · top 173.1428 · median 163.6744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ WIESEL | |
| 2 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 3 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | |
| 4 | Northside BBQ team | |
| 5 | BBQ Outcookers | |
| 6 | Viking BBQ | |
| 7 | Ostfreesen BBQ | |
| 8 | Team Seidel |