EUregio Barbeque Festival 2018

Aug 18–19, 2018 · Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW, Germany · GERMANY · 📍 Elsweg/Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW

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BUNCH OF SWINES

687.4056 · Master Series — Overall

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IQ - NETHERLANDS

680.5828 · Master Series — Overall

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BUGHOUSE SMOKERS

677.0284 · Master Series — Overall

BUNCH OF SWINES won Grand Champion at the EUregio Barbeque Festival on August 18, 2018 in Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW, 52525 at Elsweg/Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW, scoring 687.4056 in a field of 32 teams. IQ - NETHERLANDS took Reserve Grand Champion with 680.5828. Category winners: Chicken — SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR (171.4744); Pork — BBQ+ (178.2972); Brisket — BUNCH OF SWINES (176.0228). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by BBQ WIESEL.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

529.13 median 655.10 687.41 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 179.44
Pork Ribs 171.47
Pork 178.30
Brisket 176.02

20 179.44

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

687.4056

Winning margin

6.8228

GC over RC

Field average

646.11

529.13687.41

median 655.10 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

2.3544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.6456

529.13687.41

10th place overall

Field spread

158.2740

winner to last place

Most consistent

BUNCH OF SWINES

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.9028 pts — BUNCH OF SWINES

How hot was the win?

Top 77%

beats 23% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

45%

14 of 31 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.55 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,553

avg power rating going in · stronger than 40% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BUNCH OF SWINES

rated 1821 pre-contest

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 4–5: VIKING BBQ and BUGHOUSE SMOKERS tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: BBQ Point edged PARKSTAD SMOKERS by 0.0116. Chicken places 7–8: FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR edged DRAGON BBQ by 0.0116.

Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork 7–8 · 0.0116
Chicken 7–8 · 0.0116
Brisket 3–4 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BUNCH OF SWINES took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

Chicken 11th
Pork Ribs 6th
Pork 5th
Brisket 1st

A contest record in chicken

179.4400 best chicken ever cooked here

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 176.6172 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 176.6172
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BBQ WIESEL (won 2017).

BBQ WIESEL · 2017

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Aug 19, 2017	Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	Elsweg/Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	31	694.8572	BBQ WIESEL	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.
Aug 18, 2018 ← this one	Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	Elsweg/Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	32	687.4056	BUNCH OF SWINES	IQ - NETHERLANDS

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	172.5600	170.8572
Pork Ribs	171.4744	169.1200	166.8572
Pork	178.2972	172	166.2628
Brisket	176.0228	167.4172	165.1544

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 687.4056 · median 655.0970

#	Team	Score
1	BUNCH OF SWINES	687.4056
2	IQ - NETHERLANDS	680.5828
3	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	677.0284
4	BBQ+	676.5484
5	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	675.9544
6	WETTELS ON FIRE	671.8740
7	DRAGON BBQ	670.7540
8	OLD TRUCKERS BBQ	667.9316
9	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	666.1940
10	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	665.6456
11	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	665.0512
12	DE FILOUS	658.7656
13	SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE	658.2056
14	MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ	656.4572
15	BBQ WIESEL	655.3716
16	BBQ Point	655.3256
17	BBQ-Express Team Lunteren	654.8684
18	VIKING BBQ	648.9256
19	Baden in Glut	647.3484
20	M&G-BBQ	645.5540
21	GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM	645.0744
22	RFS Barbecue Team	643.3716
23	BBQ AUS MASSEN	640.4688
24	BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ	638.2172
25	FLINTSTONES BBQ	637.0740
26	BBQ De Reizende Mannen	632.5600
27	Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands	625.5772
28	BONSAIS WILD BBQ	618.1028
29	Classen's BBQseit 2014	615.9432
30	BURNING LOVE	592.9944
31	Meisterjager BBQ	571.3028
32	FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR	529.1316

Chicken

32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	179.4400
2	OLD TRUCKERS BBQ	176.5600
3	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	174.8572
4	BBQ+	173.7028
5	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	172.5600
6	IQ - NETHERLANDS	172.0456
7	FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR	171.9772
8	DRAGON BBQ	171.9656
9	WETTELS ON FIRE	171.4056
10	SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE	170.8572
11	BUNCH OF SWINES	170.8228
12	M&G-BBQ	169.1200
13	MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ	168.5828
14	BBQ Point	167.9656
15	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	167.4400
16	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	167.3828
17	Baden in Glut	163.9772
18	GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM	163.4172
19	FLINTSTONES BBQ	162.2512
20	BBQ De Reizende Mannen	161.7372
21	BBQ WIESEL	161.6916
22	VIKING BBQ	161.6456
23	RFS Barbecue Team	161.1200
24	BONSAIS WILD BBQ	160.5600
25	BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ	159.9656
26	DE FILOUS	159.3484
27	Meisterjager BBQ	158.8800
28	BBQ-Express Team Lunteren	158.8456
29	Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands	157.7028
30	BBQ AUS MASSEN	155.9544
31	Classen's BBQseit 2014	150.8688
32	BURNING LOVE	141.0972

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 171.4744 · median 164.0002

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR	171.4744
2	DRAGON BBQ	170.2628
3	RFS Barbecue Team	169.7372
4	VIKING BBQ	169.1200
5	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	169.1200
6	BUNCH OF SWINES	168.5600
7	WETTELS ON FIRE	168.5372
8	GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM	168
9	DE FILOUS	167.4172
10	BBQ-Express Team Lunteren	166.8572
11	BBQ+	166.2856
12	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	166.2400
13	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	165.7028
14	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	165.6800
15	BONSAIS WILD BBQ	165.1200
16	Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands	164.0116
17	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	163.9888
18	IQ - NETHERLANDS	163.9772
19	SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE	163.9428
20	OLD TRUCKERS BBQ	163.3944
21	BBQ WIESEL	161.1200
22	BBQ AUS MASSEN	160.5372
23	BBQ Point	159.9772
24	FLINTSTONES BBQ	159.4056
25	BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ	158.2860
26	M&G-BBQ	157.6456
27	BBQ De Reizende Mannen	156.5600
28	Baden in Glut	154.2628
29	MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ	151.9316
30	Meisterjager BBQ	148.5372
31	BURNING LOVE	147.9772
32	Classen's BBQseit 2014	147.4400

Pork

32 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.2400

#	Team	Score
1	BBQ+	178.2972
2	OLD TRUCKERS BBQ	177.7372
3	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	175.4056
4	Baden in Glut	174.2856
5	BUNCH OF SWINES	172
6	IQ - NETHERLANDS	171.4400
7	BBQ Point	170.2628
8	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	170.2512
9	BBQ WIESEL	167.4056
10	DRAGON BBQ	166.2628
11	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	166.2400
12	DE FILOUS	165.7372
13	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	165.6684
14	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	165.1084
15	FLINTSTONES BBQ	164.5600
16	MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ	164.5256
17	Classen's BBQseit 2014	163.9544
18	M&G-BBQ	163.4056
19	BBQ-Express Team Lunteren	162.3084
20	BBQ AUS MASSEN	162.2744
21	WETTELS ON FIRE	160.5256
22	SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE	159.4172
23	VIKING BBQ	158.8116
24	BURNING LOVE	157.6800
25	BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ	157.1428
26	RFS Barbecue Team	156.5600
27	GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM	154.2744
28	BONSAIS WILD BBQ	151.9428
29	BBQ De Reizende Mannen	151.4056
30	Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands	150.7656
31	Meisterjager BBQ	139.9656
32	FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR	20

Brisket

32 entries · top 176.0228 · median 161.1314

#	Team	Score
1	BUNCH OF SWINES	176.0228
2	IQ - NETHERLANDS	173.1200
3	MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ	171.4172
4	WETTELS ON FIRE	171.4056
5	SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	167.4172
6	BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	167.3828
7	BBQ-Express Team Lunteren	166.8572
8	DE FILOUS	166.2628
9	FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR	165.6800
10	BBQ WIESEL	165.1544
11	SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE	163.9884
12	BBQ De Reizende Mannen	162.8572
13	BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ	162.8228
14	DRAGON BBQ	162.2628
15	BBQ AUS MASSEN	161.7028
16	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	161.1428
17	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	161.1200
18	GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM	159.3828
19	VIKING BBQ	159.3484
20	BBQ+	158.2628
21	WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ	157.7256
22	BBQ Point	157.1200
23	RFS Barbecue Team	155.9544
24	M&G-BBQ	155.3828
25	Baden in Glut	154.8228
26	Classen's BBQseit 2014	153.6800
27	Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands	153.0972
28	FLINTSTONES BBQ	150.8572
29	OLD TRUCKERS BBQ	150.2400
30	BURNING LOVE	146.2400
31	BONSAIS WILD BBQ	140.4800
32	Meisterjager BBQ	123.9200

EUregio Barbeque Festival 2018

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Score distribution

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket