A statement win
25.8632
points clear of the field
Wider than 100% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 25.8632 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle
2021-10-02 – 2021-10-03 · Bremen, 28199 · GERMANY · 📍 Beim Neustadtguterbahnhof 23
Reps: HAYMO GUTWENIGER, PETRA REBENSTORF
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ (698.8456) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PARKSTAD SMOKERS
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.
616.91
median 639.03
698.85 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.70
- Pork Ribs 176.56
- Pork 177.70
- Brisket 172.59
139.34
177.70
Entries
16
4 judged meats
Top score
698.8456
Winning margin
25.8632
GC over RC
Field average
645.04
616.91698.85
median 639.03 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
6.3088 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
635.9432
616.91698.85
10th place overall
Field spread
81.9316
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 37%
beats 63% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.82 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1570
avg power rating going in · stronger than 55% 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.
A hat-trick of category wins
3
category wins in a day
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 9–10: BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN and BBQ-Outcooker Competition Team tied on 161.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: VxO BBQ & Grill and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 160.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ edged Viking BBQ by 0.0112.
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · 0.0112
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · 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 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 2nd.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
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 | 177.7028 | 168.5256 | 161.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 168.5600 | 160.5600 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 167.9656 | 158.8228 |
| Brisket | 172.5944 | 166.2856 | 154.2512 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 698.8456 · median 639.0342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 2 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | Viking BBQ | |
| 6 | PUREBBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ AUS MASSEN | |
| 8 | BBQ-Outcooker Competition Team | |
| 9 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 10 | RIBTIDE BBQ | |
| 11 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 12 | Triple K BBQ | |
| 13 | VxO BBQ & Grill | |
| 14 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 15 | Grillstar.de BBQ-TEAM | |
| 16 | BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN |
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 2 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 3 | RIBTIDE BBQ | |
| 4 | PUREBBQ | |
| 5 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 6 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 7 | Triple K BBQ | |
| 8 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN | |
| 10 | BBQ-Outcooker Competition Team | |
| 11 | Grillstar.de BBQ-TEAM | |
| 12 | VxO BBQ & Grill | |
| 13 | BBQ AUS MASSEN | |
| 14 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 15 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 16 | Viking BBQ |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 160.5658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ AUS MASSEN | |
| 2 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 3 | Viking BBQ | |
| 4 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ-Outcooker Competition Team | |
| 7 | PUREBBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 9 | VxO BBQ & Grill | |
| 10 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 11 | Grillstar.de BBQ-TEAM | |
| 12 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 13 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 14 | RIBTIDE BBQ | |
| 15 | Triple K BBQ | |
| 16 | BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN |
Pork
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 160.8172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 2 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 3 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 5 | Viking BBQ | |
| 6 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 7 | RIBTIDE BBQ | |
| 8 | Grillstar.de BBQ-TEAM | |
| 9 | BBQ-Outcooker Competition Team | |
| 10 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 11 | VxO BBQ & Grill | |
| 12 | Triple K BBQ | |
| 13 | BBQ AUS MASSEN | |
| 14 | PUREBBQ | |
| 15 | BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN | |
| 16 | BBQ Bandits |
Brisket
16 entries · top 172.5944 · median 157.6570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | |
| 2 | Viking BBQ | |
| 3 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | |
| 4 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BBQ AUS MASSEN | |
| 6 | PUREBBQ | |
| 7 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 8 | BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN | |
| 9 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 10 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 11 | Triple K BBQ | |
| 12 | RIBTIDE BBQ | |
| 13 | BBQ-Outcooker Competition Team | |
| 14 | SLOWJOE BBQ SWEDEN | |
| 15 | VxO BBQ & Grill | |
| 16 | Grillstar.de BBQ-TEAM |