Won without a category win
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BBQ+ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 9th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 4th
- Brisket 2nd
Beer,Fries & BBQ VI
May 11–12, 2019 · Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Belgium · BELGIUM · 📍 Kapermolen Park/Hasselt/Belgium
Reps: Marianne Van Galen, Mayco Van Galen
BBQ+ won Grand Champion at the Beer,Fries & BBQ VI on May 11, 2019 in Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 at Kapermolen Park/Hasselt/Belgium, scoring 696.5716 in a field of 49 teams. BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM took Reserve Grand Champion with 692.6516. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE (176.0344); Pork Ribs — IQ - NETHERLANDS (176.5716); Pork — BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM (178.8800); Brisket — BUNCH OF SWINES (177.1772).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
518.24
median 635.25
696.57 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176.03
- Pork Ribs 176.57
- Pork 178.88
- Brisket 177.18
101.06
178.88
Entries
49
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
696.5716
Winning margin
3.9200
GC over RC
Field average
638.59
518.24696.57
median 635.25 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
1.7488 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
665.8172
518.24696.57
10th place overall
Field spread
178.3316
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 47%
beats 53% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,546
avg power rating going in · stronger than 35% of contests
Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 1–2: BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM and BUGHOUSE SMOKERS tied on 178.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: BBQ+ and THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BBQ+ edged IQ - NETHERLANDS by 0.0116.
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Brisket 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 9–10 · 0.0116
- Chicken 4–5 · 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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0344 | 174.2856 | 171.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 169.1544 | 165.0856 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 173.7256 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.1772 | 174.8572 | 166.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
49 entries · top 696.5716 · median 635.2456
Chicken
49 entries · top 176.0344 · median 164.5712
Pork Ribs
49 entries · top 176.5716 · median 157.6800
Pork
49 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.8572
Brisket
49 entries · top 177.1772 · median 158.8572
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 — Chocolat Lava Cake
14 entries · top 180 · median 174.0114 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Mac & Cheese
16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 162.2456