A new contest record
702.2516
highest overall ever cooked here
702.2516 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 687.8972 Barbecoa BBQ Team set in 2025.
- old record 687.8972
- set 2025 by Barbecoa BBQ Team
Vuur en Vlees 2026
Aug 29–30, 2026 · Deurne, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Leegueld 8
Reps: Marianne Van Galen, Mayco Van Galen
BBQ Hot Yard won Grand Champion at the Vuur en Vlees on August 29, 2026 in Deurne, 5753 SG at Leegueld 8, scoring 702.2516 in a field of 8 teams. It's Spice that Meats You took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2400. Category winners: Chicken — It's Spice that Meats You (176.5600); Pork Ribs — It's Spice that Meats You (175.4288); Pork — BBQ Hot Yard (178.8572); Brisket — BBQ Hot Yard (174.2628). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Barbecoa BBQ Team.
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.
655.87
median 680.76
702.25 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176.56
- Pork Ribs 175.43
- Pork 178.86
- Brisket 174.26
158.86
178.86
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
8
4 judged meats
Top score
702.2516
Winning margin
8.0116
GC over RC
Field average
681.47
655.87702.25
median 680.76 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
4.5828 pts across the top 5
Field spread
46.3772
winner to last place
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 24%
beats 76% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
15%
2 of 13 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,517
avg power rating going in
Storylines (6 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.
A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
Antwerp Smokers finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 4–5: BBQ Brothers and Osdorp Grillers tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Antwerp Smokers and Just Wing It tied on 170.8112 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: It's Spice that Meats You and BBQ Hot Yard tied on 175.4288 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
- Pork 2–3 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
It's Spice that Meats You won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BBQ Hot Yard took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 3rd.
- Chicken 3rd
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
A contest record in pork ribs
175.4288
best pork ribs ever cooked here
It's Spice that Meats You turned in 175.4288 in pork ribs — past the 172.5716 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
- old best 172.5716
- across 3 past editions
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2015 | Deurne, The Netherlands, NL | Deurne, The Netherlands, NL 5753 PN | 12 | 686.2628 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | BBQ TEAM EXTREME |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Deurne | Bruggenseweg 11 | 10 | 672.4228 | The Antwerp Smokers | It's spice that meats you |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Deurne | Leegueld 8 | 13 | 687.8972 | Barbecoa BBQ Team | The Antwerp Smokers |
| Aug 29, 2026 ← this one | Deurne | Leegueld 8 | 8 | 702.2516 | BBQ Hot Yard | It's Spice that Meats You |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 170.8228 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4288 | 165.0972 | — |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.4056 | — |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 169.6800 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
8 entries · top 702.2516 · median 680.7600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 2 | It's Spice that Meats You | |
| 3 | Antwerp Smokers | |
| 4 | Riverland Smokers | |
| 5 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 6 | Click & Q | |
| 7 | Just Wing It | |
| 8 | Osdorp Grillers |
Chicken
8 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's Spice that Meats You | |
| 2 | Riverland Smokers | |
| 3 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 4 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 5 | Osdorp Grillers | |
| 6 | Antwerp Smokers | |
| 7 | Just Wing It | |
| 8 | Click & Q |
Pork Ribs
8 entries · top 175.4288 · median 167.3886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's Spice that Meats You | |
| 2 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 3 | Antwerp Smokers | |
| 4 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 5 | Just Wing It | |
| 6 | Click & Q | |
| 7 | Riverland Smokers | |
| 8 | Osdorp Grillers |
Pork
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.5656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 2 | Click & Q | |
| 3 | Riverland Smokers | |
| 4 | It's Spice that Meats You | |
| 5 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 6 | Antwerp Smokers | |
| 7 | Just Wing It | |
| 8 | Osdorp Grillers |
Brisket
8 entries · top 174.2628 · median 170.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Hot Yard | |
| 2 | Riverland Smokers | |
| 3 | Antwerp Smokers | |
| 4 | Just Wing It | |
| 5 | Click & Q | |
| 6 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 7 | It's Spice that Meats You | |
| 8 | Osdorp Grillers |