A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 3 tracked editions
IQ - NETHERLANDS has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
- 2015
- 2016
Farm Meat
2017-09-09 – 2017-09-10 · Dongen, 5106NC · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Vaartweg 131
Grand Champion: SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ (678.8232) · 38 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IQ - NETHERLANDS
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.
536.37
median 643.07
678.82 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.30
- Pork Ribs 174.29
- Pork 177.70
- Brisket 176.01
123.89
177.70
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2017 — this edition picked out.
Entries
38
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
678.8232
Winning margin
2.3204
GC over RC
Field average
642.23
536.37678.82
median 643.07 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
3.4060 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
660.5144
536.37678.82
10th place overall
Field spread
142.4572
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 90%
beats 10% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
70%
19 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1526
avg power rating going in · stronger than 19% of contests
Storylines (7 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 3–4: BBQ+ and ROKENDE REGAHS tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: The Smokey Bandits and TEAM BBQ SHOP LIMBURG tied on 167.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: BUGHOUSE SMOKERS edged DTC SMOKERS by 0.0116.
- Pork 3–4 · tie
- Brisket 8–9 · tie
- Brisket 5–6 · 0.0116
- Brisket 7–8 · 0.0228
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 7th
- Pork 10th
- Brisket 1st
A contest record in pork
177.7028
best pork ever cooked here
IQ - NETHERLANDS turned in 177.7028 in pork — past the 174.8800 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
- old best 174.8800
- across 2 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IQ - NETHERLANDS (won 2015, 2016).
- IQ - NETHERLANDS · 2015, 2016
The biggest field yet
38
teams — a contest high
This contest usually draws about 20 teams
38 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 20.
They keep coming back
70%
of last edition’s field returned
19 of 27 teams from 2016-09-10 came back
19 of the 27 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-12 | Dongen, the Netherlands, | Dongen, the Netherlands, | 12 | 669.6912 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | PUREBBQ |
| 2016-09-10 | Dongen, NL | Dongen, NL | 27 | 707.4516 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| 2017-09-09 ← this one | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 38 | 678.8232 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2972 | 170.8800 | 166.8800 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2860 | 170.8800 | 164.0116 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 170.8344 | 164.0000 |
| Brisket | 176.0116 | 168.0000 | 166.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
38 entries · top 678.8232 · median 643.0742
Chicken
38 entries · top 174.2972 · median 162.5312
Pork Ribs
38 entries · top 174.2860 · median 161.6972
Pork
38 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.7258
Brisket
38 entries · top 176.0116 · median 159.4116
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 — Chefs Choice
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180