2017-08-26 – 2017-08-27 · The Hague, · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Binckhorstlann 36, The Hague
Grand Champion: BBQ+ (671.3484) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IQ - NETHERLANDS
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, 2015 to 2017 — 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 83% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1312 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 5–6: SMOKE AND FIRE and SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ edged PUREBBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 7–8: WESTWOODFIELD BBQ edged BBQ+ by 0.0116.
BBQ+ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 18th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM (won 2016).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-29 | Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, | Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, | 30 | 672.6860 | Hammer & Tongs | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. |
| 2016-08-27 | Den Hagg, NL | Den Hagg, NL | 35 | 697.1200 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2017-08-26 ← this one | The Hague, | Binckhorstlann 36, The Hague | 28 | 671.3484 | BBQ+ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 173.1084 | 166.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 169.7260 | 165.6800 | 164.0116 |
| Pork | 172.5716 | 165.7144 | 163.3944 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 169.6684 | 162.2628 |
28 entries · top 671.3484 · median 646.7428
28 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.0172
28 entries · top 169.7260 · median 161.1258
28 entries · top 172.5716 · median 161.3942
28 entries · top 176.5600 · median 160.5314