A statement win
15.3940
points clear of the field
Wider than 96% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 15.3940 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1
2023-03-17 – 2023-03-18 · Boom, 2850 · BELGIUM · 📍 Kapelstraat 145
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Backcorner BBQ (682.2172) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE
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.
612.50
median 650.74
682.22 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 169.68
- Pork Ribs 178.30
- Pork 174.26
- Brisket 172.56
142.18
178.30
Entries
13
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
682.2172
Winning margin
15.3940
GC over RC
Field average
649.40
612.50682.22
median 650.74 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
2.8344 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
641.0060
612.50682.22
10th place overall
Field spread
69.7144
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 86%
beats 14% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.36 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1580
avg power rating going in · stronger than 64% of contests
Storylines (4 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 6 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 4–5: BBQ Team Laurentius and PUREBBQ tied on 165.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: PARKSTAD SMOKERS edged It's spice that meats you by 0.0228. Brisket places 9–10: PUREBBQ edged The BBQ Ranch by 0.0232.
- Pork 4–5 · tie
- Pork 9–10 · 0.0228
- Brisket 9–10 · 0.0232
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0460
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BACKCORNER BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BACKCORNER BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
- Chicken 7th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 1st
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 169.6800 | 166.8456 | 159.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 162.2628 | 157.1544 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 165.6800 | 159.9772 |
| Brisket | 172.5600 | 165.7372 | 161.6456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 682.2172 · median 650.7432
Chicken
13 entries · top 169.6800 · median 164.5372
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 178.2972 · median 158.7884
Pork
13 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.2744
Brisket
13 entries · top 172.5600 · median 163.9544
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 — Blackbox
6 entries · top 177.7372 · median 165.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 2 | WETTELS ON FIRE | |
| 3 | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q | |
| 4 | Charles Barbecue | |
| 5 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 6 | It's spice that meats you |