Mar 31 – Apr 1, 2018 · Ninove, Belgium · BELGIUM · 📍 Parklaan 13
BBQ+ won Grand Champion at the Eastern BBQ Contest on March 31, 2018 in Ninove, 9400 at Parklaan 13, scoring 688.0000 in a field of 33 teams. ROKENDE REGAHS took Reserve Grand Champion with 683.4056. Category winners: Chicken — TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM (174.2972); Pork Ribs — BBQ+ (173.7716); Pork — BBQ+ (180.0000); Brisket — ROKENDE REGAHS (176.0000). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by BUNCH OF SWINES.
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Pork places 8–9: WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ and ROKENDE REGAHS tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS and IQ - NETHERLANDS tied on 166.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: BUGHOUSE SMOKERS edged BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM by 0.0112.
BBQ+ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
BBQ+ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.
BBQ+ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUNCH OF SWINES (won 2017).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2017 | Ninove, Belgium | Kastsweg | 41 | 692.5716 | BUNCH OF SWINES | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q |
| Mar 31, 2018 ← this one | Ninove | Parklaan 13 | 33 | 688 | BBQ+ | ROKENDE REGAHS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2972 | 170.2628 | 166.3316 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7716 | 168.5600 | 163.9888 |
| Pork | 180 | 171.9884 | 169.7256 |
| Brisket | 176 | 169.1428 | 166.2400 |
33 entries · top 688 · median 647.9312
33 entries · top 174.2972 · median 163.9656
33 entries · top 173.7716 · median 162.8456
33 entries · top 180 · median 165.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
33 entries · top 176 · median 162.2744
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.
17 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.8456