2017-06-10 – 2017-06-11 · Deurne, 5753 PN · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Giesslseweg 183
Grand Champion: BBQ HIGHLANDER (683.3716) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR
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, 2017 to 2019 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
BBQ HIGHLANDER came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BBQ HIGHLANDER won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was BBQ HIGHLANDER's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.
Pork places 8–9: BBQ MEESTERS and BUGHOUSE SMOKERS tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ and BUNCH OF SWINES tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: PUREBBQ edged NASQ by 0.0112.
FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR won Chicken, Pork — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-10 ← this one | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 24 | 683.3716 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| 2018-06-23 | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 677.0856 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| 2019-06-29 | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 690.2628 | iQ | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 169.7028 | 167.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.0344 | 168.5716 | 166.2972 |
| Pork | 173.1200 | 170.2744 | 166.8344 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 169.6800 | 165.1544 |
24 entries · top 683.3716 · median 647.8742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | |
| 2 | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 3 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 4 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 5 | BBQ MEESTERS | |
| 6 | BBQ Plus | |
| 7 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 8 | BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | |
| 11 | PUREBBQ | |
| 12 | RIDDLEQ'S | |
| 13 | THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | |
| 14 | MOONSHINE BASTARDS | |
| 15 | DTC SMOKERS | |
| 16 | M&G-BBQ | |
| 17 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 18 | BAERL B Q (DE) | |
| 19 | MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 20 | BUTTRUBBERS (NL) | |
| 21 | MOUNTAIN HIGH SMOKERS | |
| 22 | NASQ | |
| 23 | BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ | |
| 24 | BBQ De Reizende Mannen |
24 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 2 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | |
| 3 | BBQ Plus | |
| 4 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 5 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 6 | THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | |
| 7 | BAERL B Q (DE) | |
| 8 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | |
| 9 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 10 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 11 | BBQ MEESTERS | |
| 12 | BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ | |
| 13 | PUREBBQ | |
| 14 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 15 | RIDDLEQ'S | |
| 16 | M&G-BBQ | |
| 17 | DTC SMOKERS | |
| 18 | MOUNTAIN HIGH SMOKERS | |
| 19 | MOONSHINE BASTARDS | |
| 20 | MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 21 | BUTTRUBBERS (NL) | |
| 22 | BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 23 | NASQ | |
| 24 | BBQ De Reizende Mannen |
24 entries · top 172.0344 · median 163.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 2 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | |
| 3 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | |
| 4 | MOUNTAIN HIGH SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | M&G-BBQ | |
| 7 | PUREBBQ | |
| 8 | NASQ | |
| 9 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ De Reizende Mannen | |
| 11 | BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 12 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 13 | BBQ MEESTERS | |
| 14 | MOONSHINE BASTARDS | |
| 15 | BUTTRUBBERS (NL) | |
| 16 | RIDDLEQ'S | |
| 17 | BBQ Plus | |
| 18 | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 19 | MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 20 | THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | |
| 21 | BAERL B Q (DE) | |
| 22 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 23 | BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ | |
| 24 | DTC SMOKERS |
24 entries · top 173.1200 · median 165.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 2 | MOONSHINE BASTARDS | |
| 3 | BAERL B Q (DE) | |
| 4 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 5 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 6 | THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | |
| 7 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | |
| 8 | BBQ MEESTERS | |
| 9 | BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 10 | M&G-BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Plus | |
| 12 | NASQ | |
| 13 | DTC SMOKERS | |
| 14 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 15 | PUREBBQ | |
| 16 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 17 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | |
| 18 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 19 | MOUNTAIN HIGH SMOKERS | |
| 20 | BBQ De Reizende Mannen | |
| 21 | RIDDLEQ'S | |
| 22 | BUTTRUBBERS (NL) | |
| 23 | MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 24 | BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ |
24 entries · top 175.4172 · median 161.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ MEESTERS | |
| 2 | RIDDLEQ'S | |
| 3 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | |
| 4 | MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | DTC SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BBQ Plus | |
| 8 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 9 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | |
| 10 | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 11 | BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 12 | BUTTRUBBERS (NL) | |
| 13 | PUREBBQ | |
| 14 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 15 | MOONSHINE BASTARDS | |
| 16 | THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 17 | M&G-BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | |
| 19 | THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | |
| 20 | MOUNTAIN HIGH SMOKERS | |
| 21 | NASQ | |
| 22 | BBQ De Reizende Mannen | |
| 23 | BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ | |
| 24 | BAERL B Q (DE) |
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.
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Plus | |
| 2 | BACKCORNER BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | |
| 4 | DTC SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 6 | BAERL B Q (DE) | |
| 7 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | |
| 8 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 9 | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 10 | THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | |
| 11 | BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ | |
| 12 | BBQ MEESTERS | |
| 13 | M&G-BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ De Reizende Mannen | |
| 15 | MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ |