Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1
2019-04-19 – 2019-04-20 · Ninove, 9600 · BELGIUM · 📍 Ninove, 9600
Grand Champion: BUNCH OF SWINES (701.1544) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IQ - NETHERLANDS
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
👑 A dynasty in the making
Southern Dutch BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 14.8684 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
BUNCH OF SWINES won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 4–5: ROKENDE REGAHS and UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM and IQ - NETHERLANDS tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q edged BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS by 0.0112.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-19 ← this one | Ninove, 9600 | Ninove, 9600 | 25 | 701.1544 | BUNCH OF SWINES | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2021-08-13 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 19 | 677.0520 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2022-04-15 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 19 | 683.3944 | Southern Dutch BBQ | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| 2023-04-07 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 10 | 683.9656 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | BBQ Team Laurentius |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 168.5600 | 165.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 168.5832 | 162.8800 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 171.4628 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 173.1428 | 165.1200 | 161.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 701.1544 · median 642.2176
Chicken
25 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.2400
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 175.4172 · median 159.9660
Pork
25 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.8228
Brisket
25 entries · top 173.1428 · median 158.9028
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 — Duck Breast
13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 152.5144 · 🔥 perfect 180