Sep 24–25, 2022 · Devon, United Kingdom · UNITED KINGDOM · 📍 Quiet Waters
Reps: Angela Fishlock, Mark Fishlock
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) on September 24, 2022 in Devon, at Quiet Waters, scoring 673.7144 in a field of 10 teams. BUNCH OF SWINES took Reserve Grand Champion with 671.8856. Category winners: Chicken — BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q (174.3200); Pork Ribs — WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ (176.0000); Pork — BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q (173.7028); Brisket — BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q (173.7028). This is the 4th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by White Squirrel; the next was held in 2023.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2023 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
3 of 5 tracked editions
BUNCH OF SWINES has won this contest 3 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q edged Smoking Grannies by 0.0228. Chicken places 4–5: Old Man Moore edged WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ by 0.0688.
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUNCH OF SWINES (won 2019, 2021).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2019 | Devon | Devon, EX37 9HZ | 15 | 670.2404 | BUNCH OF SWINES | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q |
| Sep 4, 2021 | Devon | Quiet Waters | 8 | 675.9544 | BUNCH OF SWINES | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Devon | Quiet Waters | 8 | 680.5600 | White Squirrel | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q |
| Sep 24, 2022 ← this one | Devon | Quiet Waters | 10 | 673.7144 | Five Q | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Devon | Quiet Waters | 6 | 676.5600 | Bunch of Swines | North West BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.3200 | 167.9656 | 146.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 156.5372 | 150.8688 |
| Pork | 173.7028 | 164.5600 | 137.6800 |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 161.1544 | 146.7772 |
10 entries · top 673.7144 · median 645.3948
10 entries · top 174.3200 · median 166.8400
10 entries · top 176 · median 156.2686
10 entries · top 173.7028 · median 164.2628
10 entries · top 173.7028 · median 160.5600