Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland
2019-09-21 – 2019-09-22 · Sint Niklaas, 9100 · BELGIUM · 📍 Grote Market
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ team (696.5256) · 36 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ
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 statement win
The champion won by 13.1312 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 4–5: SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE edged DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM by 0.0116. Pork places 8–9: OLD TRUCKERS BBQ edged BACKCORNER BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM edged SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ by 0.0456.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-19 | Sint-Niklaas, | 13 | 669.0628 | IQ - NETHERLANDS | BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | |
| 2019-09-21 ← this one | Sint Niklaas, 9100 | Grote Market | 36 | 696.5256 | Southern Dutch BBQ team | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.7256 | 166.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 168.5372 | 164.5372 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 168.5828 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 171.4400 | 164.5484 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
36 entries · top 696.5256 · median 646.4914
Chicken
36 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.1370
Pork Ribs
36 entries · top 176.5716 · median 161.1544
Pork
36 entries · top 177.7028 · median 162.5486
Brisket
36 entries · top 179.4400 · median 159.3944
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 — Pizza
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 160.7200