A statement win
14.2972
points clear of the field
Wider than 95% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 14.2972 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ
Sep 12–13, 2020 · Dongen, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Vaartweg 131
Reps: Marianne Van Galen, Mayco Van Galen
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Grand Champion at the Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ on September 12, 2020 in Dongen, 5106NC at Vaartweg 131, scoring 695.3828 in a field of 31 teams. PARKSTAD SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.0856. Category winners: Chicken — WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ (174.2628); Pork Ribs — SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE (173.7488); Pork — PUREBBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ (178.8572).
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.
580.96
median 644.49
695.38 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.26
- Pork Ribs 173.75
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 178.86
114.78
180
Entries
31
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
695.3828
Winning margin
14.2972
GC over RC
Field average
645.30
580.96695.38
median 644.49 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.8572 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
661.7256
580.96695.38
10th place overall
Field spread
114.4216
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 53%
beats 47% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,557
avg power rating going in · stronger than 43% of contests
Storylines (4 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 6–7: Bbqsizzle and WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR and IQ - NETHERLANDS tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: After the smoke is gone and Lowland Smokers tied on 165.7256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork 6–7 · tie
- Brisket 6–7 · tie
- Brisket 9–10 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · 0.0116
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 8th
- Pork 4th
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- PUREBBQ · Pork
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 | 174.2628 | 169.7484 | 166.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7488 | 170.8916 | 167.4288 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4400 | 170.3428 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 169.1200 | 165.7256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
31 entries · top 695.3828 · median 644.4916
Chicken
31 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.4172
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 173.7488 · median 161.1200
Pork
31 entries · top 180 · median 161.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 158.2628
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 — Desert
10 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9656