Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1
2022-04-15 – 2022-04-16 · MEERBEKE, 9402 · BELGIUM · 📍 GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Southern Dutch BBQ (683.3944) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Southern Dutch BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
🧹 A double category winner
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 9–10: BONSAIS WILD BBQ and IQ - NETHERLANDS tied on 162.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: It's spice that meats you edged SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ by 0.0112. Pork places 1–2: SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ edged WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUNCH OF SWINES (won 2019), Southern Dutch BBQ (won 2021).
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-19 | Ninove, 9600 | Ninove, 9600 | 25 | 701.1544 | BUNCH OF SWINES | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2021-08-13 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 19 | 677.0520 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2022-04-15 ← this one | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 19 | 683.3944 | Southern Dutch BBQ | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| 2023-04-07 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 10 | 683.9656 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | BBQ Team Laurentius |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 169.6684 | 167.3828 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5944 | 168.5372 | 162.8572 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 169.1428 | 165.6800 |
| Brisket | 172.5828 | 167.4400 | 165.1432 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
19 entries · top 683.3944 · median 655.2224
Chicken
19 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.3828
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 172.5944 · median 162.8572
Pork
19 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.6800
Brisket
19 entries · top 172.5828 · median 165.1432
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 — Servenna Cc
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 2 | DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | |
| 3 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 4 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 5 | Badboy Butchers BBQ |