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Spitsbroek on Fire IV
Apr 25–26, 2026
· Eede Holland, Netherlands
· NETHERLANDS
· 📍 Nieuweweg 2
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694.8460 · Master Series — Overall
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691.5088 · Master Series — Overall
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688.4684 · Master Series — Overall
BUNCH OF SWINES won Grand Champion at the Spitsbroek on Fire IV on April 25, 2026 in Eede Holland, 4529 PW at Nieuweweg 2, scoring 694.8460 in a field of 15 teams. It's spice that meats you took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.5088. Category winners: Chicken — BUNCH OF SWINES (175.4172); Pork Ribs — It's spice that meats you (173.2116); Pork — COOKLOUNGE BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — BUNCH OF SWINES (174.8572).
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.
607.85
median 667.28
694.85 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Chicken
175.42
Pork Ribs
173.21
Pork
176.56
Brisket
174.86
135.94
176.56
Entries 15
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Winning margin 3.3372
GC over RC
Field average 662.80
607.85 694.85
median 667.28 · last place to winner
Tightest race Pork Ribs
1.2460 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff 656.9712
607.85 694.85
10th place overall
Field spread 86.9940
winner to last place
Most consistent avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats
Double threats 5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Widest winning margin Pork
How hot was the win? Top 54%
beats 46% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held Moderate
ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength 1,571
avg power rating going in · stronger than 55% of contests
Top-rated in the field rated 1796 pre-contest
Storylines (3 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.
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Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point
Brisket places 1–2: BUNCH OF SWINES and Click & Q tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: VH BBQ edged The Antwerp Smokers by 0.0116 . Chicken places 1–2: BUNCH OF SWINES edged COOKLOUNGE BBQ by 0.0116 .
Brisket 1–2 · tie Pork Ribs 2–3 · 0.0116 Chicken 1–2 · 0.0116 Chicken 8–9 · 0.0344
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A double category winner
BUNCH OF SWINES won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
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How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BUNCH OF SWINES took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 5th.
Chicken 1st Pork Ribs 4th Pork 5th Brisket 1st
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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 175.4172 170.8344 165.6684
Pork Ribs 173.2116 171.9656 162.8000
Pork 176.5600 172.5600 165.7028
Brisket 174.8572 169.6684 164.5372
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Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 694.8460 · median 667.2800
Chicken
15 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.2972
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 173.2116 · median 165.1200
Pork
15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8228
Brisket
15 entries · top 174.8572 · median 168.5256
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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.
Ancillary — Dessert
5 entries · top 174.2628 · median 169.6684
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