2021-08-14 – 2021-08-15 · MEERBEKE, 9402 · BELGIUM · 📍 GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ (689.6800) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IQ - NETHERLANDS
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, 2019 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.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: The Antwerp Smokers and DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM tied on 163.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: IQ - NETHERLANDS edged BADBOY BUTCHERS BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 7–8: The Antwerp Smokers edged IQ - NETHERLANDS by 0.0228.
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 13th.
PARKSTAD SMOKERS turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BBQ (won 2019).
This contest was away for 2.3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-04-20.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-20 | Ninove, 9600 | Ninove, 9600 | 29 | 694.3316 | BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2021-08-14 ← this one | 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 |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 170.2744 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 168.6060 | 162.8228 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 170.8228 | 165.0972 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 169.7256 | 164.5600 |
26 entries · top 689.6800 · median 649.3316
26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.5428
26 entries · top 177.1544 · median 159.7258
26 entries · top 177.7372 · median 163.1142
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.7258 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180