Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2
2019-04-20 – 2019-04-21 · Ninove, 9600 · BELGIUM · 📍 Ninove, 9600
Grand Champion: BBQ (694.3316) · 29 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 double category winner
BBQ+ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 2–3: ROASTING ROMANS and IQ - NETHERLANDS tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ and THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS tied on 166.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ edged BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS by 0.0228.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-20 ← this one | Ninove, 9600 | Ninove, 9600 | 29 | 694.3316 | BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2021-08-14 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 26 | 689.6800 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2022-04-16 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 24 | 691.3484 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ |
| 2023-04-08 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 13 | 681.6340 | LAURENTIUS | The Antwerp Smokers |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 170.9028 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.3200 | 173.7488 | 166.2516 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 173.1428 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 174.8572 | 171.4284 | 166.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
29 entries · top 694.3316 · median 656.5372
Chicken
29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.0228
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 178.3200 · median 163.7144
Pork
29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.0000
Brisket
29 entries · top 174.8572 · median 162.8112
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
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180