A new contest record
692.5600
highest overall ever cooked here
692.5600 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.2628 iQ set in 2019.
- old record 690.2628
- set 2019 by iQ
KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees 2021
Oct 23–24, 2021 · Liesselseweg, Deurne, Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 📍 Bruggenseweg 11a
Reps: Marianne Van Galen, Mayco Van Galen
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Grand Champion at the KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees on October 23, 2021 in Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC at Bruggenseweg 11a, scoring 692.5600 in a field of 30 teams. IQ - NETHERLANDS took Reserve Grand Champion with 683.9316. Category winners: Chicken — PUREBBQ (177.1428); Pork Ribs — WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ (171.4172); Pork — SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ (175.4972). This is the 4th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by iQ; the next was held in 2023.
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.
500.49
median 658.49
692.56 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.14
- Pork Ribs 171.42
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 175.50
20
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2023 — this edition picked out.
Entries
30
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
692.5600
Winning margin
8.6284
GC over RC
Field average
650.79
500.49692.56
median 658.49 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.8456 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
666.2400
500.49692.56
10th place overall
Field spread
192.0684
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 62%
beats 38% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
52%
12 of 23 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,560
avg power rating going in · stronger than 47% of contests
Storylines (9 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
- Pork 4–5 · 0.0116
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · 0.0228
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0344
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
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 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
- Chicken 10th
- Pork Ribs 9th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
A contest record in pork
180.0000
best pork ever cooked here
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 175.4056 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
- old best 175.4056
- across 3 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS (won 2018).
- BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS · 2018
The biggest field yet
30
teams — a contest high
This contest usually draws about 23 teams
30 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 23.
The contest returns
2.3 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 2.3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-06-29.
- previous edition 2019-06-29
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ · Pork
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 10, 2017 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 24 | 683.3716 | BBQ HIGHLANDER | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 677.0856 | BBQ TEAM LAURENTIUS | FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Deurne | Giesslseweg 183 | 22 | 690.2628 | iQ | PARKSTAD SMOKERS |
| Oct 23, 2021 ← this one | Liesselseweg, Deurne | Bruggenseweg 11a | 30 | 692.5600 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Deurne | 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 | 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 · 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