Sep 1–2, 2018 · Zeewolde Flevoland, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS
IQ - NETHERLANDS won Grand Champion at the 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest on September 1, 2018 in Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM, scoring 685.6456 in a field of 44 teams. DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.1312. Category winners: Chicken — 010 BRAAI (178.2972); Pork Ribs — DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS (178.8800); Pork — IQ - NETHERLANDS (177.1428); Brisket — IQ - NETHERLANDS (173.7028).
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.
Closer than 94% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5144 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 7–8: DRAGON BBQ and BACKYARD BBQ TEAM HOLLAND tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BACKCORNER BBQ and The Smokey Bandits (NL) tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM and THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL tied on 168.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
IQ - NETHERLANDS won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
IQ - NETHERLANDS took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 173.1200 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 171.4056 | 168.5600 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 169.7028 | 166.2400 |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 170.8456 | 164.5372 |
44 entries · top 685.6456 · median 643.3374
44 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5600
44 entries · top 178.8800 · median 159.0972
44 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.5486
44 entries · top 173.7028 · median 157.6630