KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees
2021-10-23 – 2021-10-24 · Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Bruggenseweg 11a
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ (692.5600) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IQ - NETHERLANDS
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💪 A statement win
The champion won by 8.6284 points — a wider margin than 86% 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
Pork Ribs places 7–8: BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ and Osdorp Grillers (NL) tied on 167.4288 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM edged WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: THE POPES WHITE SMOKE edged Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS (won 2018).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-23 | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 677.0856 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | |
| 2019-06-29 | Deurne, 5753 PN | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 690.2628 | iQ | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| 2021-10-23 ← this one | Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | Bruggenseweg 11a | 30 | 692.5600 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2023-09-23 | Deurne, 5752 5C | Bruggenseweg aa! | 13 | 675.3488 | Backcorner BBQ | COOKLOUNGE BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 171.9656 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.4172 | 168.5716 | 166.2860 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 175.4972 | 170.8344 | 166.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
30 entries · top 692.5600 · median 658.4858
Chicken
30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.4170
Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 171.4172 · median 163.1316
Pork
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
30 entries · top 175.4972 · median 162.8058
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 — Wurst !
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.2856