Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2
2023-03-18 – 2023-03-19 · Boom, 2850 · BELGIUM · 📍 Kapelstraat 145
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: BBQ Team Laurentius (687.4172) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PARKSTAD SMOKERS
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 8.6860 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
BBQ Team Laurentius won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 1–2: BBQ Team Laurentius and The BBQ Ranch tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: COOKLOUNGE BBQ edged PARKSTAD SMOKERS by 0.0116. Pork places 5–6: COOKLOUNGE BBQ edged BACKCORNER BBQ by 0.0344.
🃏 An upset on the books
BBQ Team Laurentius came in rated below the field's top team, PARKSTAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 167.9772 | 163.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 170.2512 | 158.8112 |
| Pork | 173.1200 | 165.7144 | 161.7144 |
| Brisket | 171.4172 | 167.3712 | 157.6572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 687.4172 · median 656.5256
Chicken
13 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.1428
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.8456
Pork
13 entries · top 173.1200 · median 165.1428
Brisket
13 entries · top 171.4172 · median 163.4056