A new contest record
690.2628 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 683.3716 BBQ HIGHLANDER set in 2017.
- old record 683.3716
- set 2017 by BBQ HIGHLANDER
2019-06-29 – 2019-06-30 · Deurne, 5753 PN · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Giesslseweg 183
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: iQ (690.2628) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PARKSTAD SMOKERS
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, 2017 to 2023 — 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.
690.2628 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 683.3716 BBQ HIGHLANDER set in 2017.
Wider than 98% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 18.9484 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
IQ - NETHERLANDS won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Chicken places 9–10: THE POPES WHITE SMOKE and ROKENDE REGAHS tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: IQ - NETHERLANDS and PARKSTAD SMOKERS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: PUREBBQ edged SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE by 0.0004.
IQ - NETHERLANDS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
THE DUTCH BBQ CREW turned in 173.1772 in pork ribs — past the 172.0344 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-10 | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 24 | 683.3716 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| 2018-06-23 | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 677.0856 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| 2019-06-29 ← this one | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 690.2628 | iQ | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| 2021-10-23 | Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | Bruggenseweg 11a | 30 | 692.5600 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2023-09-23 | Deurne, 5752 5C | Bruggenseweg aa! | 13 | 675.3488 | Backcorner BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 170.2628 | 164.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1772 | 166.8572 | 162.3316 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 172.0228 | 163.9656 |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 169.1428 | 161.1084 |
22 entries · top 690.2628 · median 657.0686
22 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.5600
22 entries · top 173.1772 · median 161.7258
22 entries · top 174.2628 · median 161.9714
22 entries · top 173.7028 · median 160.2456
2 entries · top 345.2228 · median 324.3026
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | de Reizende Mannen | |
| 2 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE |
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.
9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 155.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180
2 entries · top 172.6172 · median 159.7200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | de Reizende Mannen | |
| 2 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE |
2 entries · top 172.6056 · median 164.5826
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | de Reizende Mannen | |
| 2 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE |