Spring Break BBQ Contest
2019-03-30 – 2019-03-31 · Lommel, · BELGIUM · 📍 Lommel,
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ (679.9312) · 40 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MISS PIGGY'S U.K.
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 8–9: MISS PIGGY'S U.K. and PARKSTAD SMOKERS tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM edged TEAM BBQ SHOP LIMBURG by 0.0116. Brisket places 5–6: MISS PIGGY'S U.K. edged WETTELS ON FIRE by 0.0116.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5600 | 170.2512 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 169.1544 | 164.0000 |
| Pork | 174.8572 | 170.8228 | 168.6172 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 170.8572 | 165.7144 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
40 entries · top 679.9312 · median 643.7144
Chicken
40 entries · top 172.5600 · median 161.9540
Pork Ribs
40 entries · top 176.5828 · median 160.2744
Pork
40 entries · top 174.8572 · median 164.8570
Brisket
40 entries · top 177.7144 · median 157.6800
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.5428