Jun 23–24, 2018 · Deurne, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Giesslseweg 183
BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS won Grand Champion at the KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees on June 23, 2018 in Deurne, 5753 PN at Giesslseweg 183, scoring 677.0856 in a field of 22 teams. FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR took Reserve Grand Champion with 673.1200. Category winners: Chicken — BIG BOYS BBQ NL (171.4056); Pork Ribs — BUGHOUSE SMOKERS (171.4172); Pork — BACKCORNER BBQ (175.4056); Brisket — SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ (170.9032). This is the 2nd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by BBQ HIGHLANDER; the next was held in 2019.
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 2023 — 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 85 times in 100
BBQ Team Laurentius came in rated below the field's top team, IQ - NETHERLANDS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 24th tracked contest.
Brisket places 6–7: IQ - NETHERLANDS and BACKCORNER BBQ tied on 165.0856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: RFS Barbecue Team edged IQ - NETHERLANDS by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 6–7: BACKCORNER BBQ edged BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS by 0.0116.
BACKCORNER BBQ turned in 175.4056 in pork — past the 173.1200 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2017 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 24 | 683.3716 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| Jun 23, 2018 ← this one | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 677.0856 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 690.2628 | iQ | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| Oct 23, 2021 | Liesselseweg, Deurne | Bruggenseweg 11a | 30 | 692.5600 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Deurne | Bruggenseweg aa! | 13 | 675.3488 | Backcorner BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 171.4056 | 166.2400 | 163.3712 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.4172 | 166.8572 | 163.3828 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 169.6800 | 165.7716 |
| Brisket | 170.9032 | 165.7144 | 161.1316 |
22 entries · top 677.0856 · median 640.7082
22 entries · top 171.4056 · median 162.8458
22 entries · top 171.4172 · median 159.1086
22 entries · top 175.4056 · median 162.8286
22 entries · top 170.9032 · median 160.5258
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.
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.7030