May 14–15, 2016 · Hoofddorp, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS
FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE) won Grand Champion at the Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition on May 14, 2016 in Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL, scoring 686.2056 in a field of 65 teams. Rubmaster BBQ team took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5716. Category winners: Chicken — Rubmaster BBQ team (177.7028); Pork Ribs — BUNCH OF SWINES (177.7144); Pork — SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL) (179.4400); Brisket — DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM (175.4056). This is the 4th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by BUNCH OF SWINES; the next was held in 2017.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2018 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 76% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6340 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE) came in rated below the field's top team, THE BBQ GURU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE) won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 6th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE)'s first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.3940 points.
Chicken places 5–6: BUNCH OF SWINES and RIVERLAND SMOKERS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: BBQ+ and SEA SIDE SMOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SMOKING FINNS FI edged DON MARCO'S BBQ by 0.0116.
SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL) turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 177.7600 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LOWLAND SMOKERS (won 2013), BUNCH OF SWINES (won 2015).
Bigger than 94% of the 5,469 contests in the data
65 teams — bigger than 94% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2013 | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | Hoofddorp, Netherlands, | 32 | 647.4284 | LOWLAND SMOKERS | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| Jun 7, 2014 | Hoofddorp, NE | Hoofddorp, Ne | 43 | 685.1084 | The Smokey Bandits | Smokey Goodness (NL) |
| May 23, 2015 | Hoofddorp Netherlands | Hoofddorp Netherlands, | 68 | 688.0460 | BUNCH OF SWINES | iQ |
| May 14, 2016 ← this one | Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | 65 | 686.2056 | FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE) | Rubmaster BBQ team |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Hoofddorp Netherlands | Hoofddorp Netherlands, 2314CG | 56 | 683.3940 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | LETZQ |
| May 19, 2018 | Hoofddorp | Hoofddorp , 2314CG | 60 | 681.1084 | BBQ+ | Westwoodfield BBQ (DK) |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 171.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.9144 | 170.8800 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.2856 | 171.4628 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 172.6172 | 168.5828 |
65 entries · top 686.2056 · median 649.0628
65 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5600
65 entries · top 177.7144 · median 161.6916
65 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5256
65 entries · top 175.4056 · median 160.6056
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.
40 entries · top 180 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180