Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2
2022-04-16 – 2022-04-17 · MEERBEKE, 9402 · BELGIUM · 📍 GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: COOKLOUNGE BBQ (691.3484) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SOUTHERN DUTCH 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 double category winner
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 9–10: WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ and Barbecoa BBQ Team tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ and DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: De Muurgrillers edged RFS Barbecue Team by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Southern Dutch BBQ (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
COOKLOUNGE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-20 | Ninove, 9600 | Ninove, 9600 | 29 | 694.3316 | BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2021-08-14 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 26 | 689.6800 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2022-04-16 ← this one | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 24 | 691.3484 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ |
| 2023-04-08 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 13 | 681.6340 | LAURENTIUS | The Antwerp Smokers |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 172.5716 | 166.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 167.9656 | 166.2400 |
| Pork | 176.5944 | 169.6800 | 167.4056 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 168.5600 | 165.6684 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
24 entries · top 691.3484 · median 658.1942
Chicken
24 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.9656
Pork Ribs
24 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.5430
Pork
24 entries · top 176.5944 · median 166.2800
Brisket
24 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5600
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 — Doyenne Pear Cc
9 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5256