Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest
2021-09-11 – 2021-09-12 · Dongen, 5106NC · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Vaartweg 131
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ (695.3828) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IQ - NETHERLANDS
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Backcorner BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 14.8340 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Bughouse Smokers edged White Squirrel BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Smoke on the Wild Side edged SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 8–9: BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q edged BBQ Team Laurentius by 0.0116.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-11 ← this one | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 29 | 695.3828 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2023-09-09 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 13 | 691.9544 | iQ BBQ | BACKCORNER BBQ |
| 2023-09-10 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 23 | 687.9428 | Backcorner BBQ | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q |
| 2024-09-06 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 16 | 683.3600 | Dutch BBQ Smokers | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
| 2024-09-07 | Dongen, 5106NC | Vaartweg 131 | 24 | 690.8116 | Backcorner BBQ | PUREBBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2628 | 170.2628 | 164.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 169.6916 | 166.3088 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 169.6684 | 165.6684 |
| Brisket | 176.5828 | 172.5716 | 165.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
29 entries · top 695.3828 · median 646.1256
Chicken
29 entries · top 174.2628 · median 161.7140
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 174.8572 · median 163.6972
Pork
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 158.2172
Brisket
29 entries · top 176.5828 · median 161.6456
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 — Dessert
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5600