Mar 30–31, 2019 · Lommel, Belgium · BELGIUM
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Grand Champion at the Spring Break BBQ Contest on March 30, 2019 in Lommel,, scoring 679.9312 in a field of 40 teams. MISS PIGGY'S U.K. took Reserve Grand Champion with 673.6688. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ+ (172.5600); Pork Ribs — BACKCORNER BBQ (176.5828); Pork — BONSAIS WILD BBQ (174.8572); Brisket — VIKING BBQ (177.7144).
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.
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
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.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5600 | 170.2512 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 169.1544 | 164 |
| Pork | 174.8572 | 170.8228 | 168.6172 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 170.8572 | 165.7144 |
40 entries · top 679.9312 · median 643.7144
40 entries · top 172.5600 · median 161.9540
40 entries · top 176.5828 · median 160.2744
40 entries · top 174.8572 · median 164.8570
40 entries · top 177.7144 · median 157.6800
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.
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.5428