2019-04-13 – 2019-04-14 · Hengelo, 7534 MK · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Hengelo, 7534 MK
Grand Champion: Backcorner BBQ (683.9196) · 41 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IQ - NETHERLANDS
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, 2016 to 2019 — 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.
Closer than 76% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6456 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
683.9196 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 681.0856 VIKING BBQ set in 2018.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
Backcorner BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ+, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Backcorner BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 22nd tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4512 points.
Pork places 2–3: MASTERS OF FIRE and BBQ WIESEL tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS and SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: BBQ+ edged Triple T Ladies by 0.0112.
BACKCORNER BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 17th.
M&G-BBQ turned in 176.5944 in pork ribs — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IQ - NETHERLANDS (won 2016), VIKING BBQ (won 2018).
This contest usually draws about 34 teams
41 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 34.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-19 | Enschede, NL | Enschede, NL | 33 | 680.0344 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. |
| 2018-04-14 | Hengelo, 7534 HK | Hengelo, 7534 HK | 34 | 681.0856 | VIKING BBQ | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ |
| 2019-04-13 ← this one | Hengelo, 7534 MK | Hengelo, 7534 MK | 41 | 683.9196 | Backcorner BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 171.9656 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 173.1316 | 166.8688 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 171.9884 | 168.0000 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 169.7484 | 167.9656 |
41 entries · top 683.9196 · median 645.6692
41 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.2284
41 entries · top 176.5944 · median 159.3716
41 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.2284
41 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2744
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.
7 entries · top 173.1200 · median 162.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ De Reizende Mannen | |
| 2 | Lowland Smokers | |
| 3 | Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands | |
| 4 | SMOKING ACES BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 5 | THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | |
| 6 | THE DUTCHEF | |
| 7 | CHILICHEF |