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Spring Break BBQ Contest 4

Mar 25–26, 2023 · Lommel, Belgium · BELGIUM · 📍 Frederik van eedenstraat

Reps: Angela Fishlock, Mark Fishlock

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BBQ+
685.6916 · Master Series — Overall
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BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q
682.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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The Antwerp Smokers
677.5884 · Master Series — Overall

BBQ+ won Grand Champion at the Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 on March 25, 2023 in Lommel, 3920 at Frederik van eedenstraat, scoring 685.6916 in a field of 18 teams. BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.7884. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ+ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — BBQ Team Laurentius (170.2856); Pork — ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM (177.1772); Brisket — SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE (174.8572).

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.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 170.29
  • Pork 177.18
  • Brisket 174.86
143.94 178.86

Entries

18
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

685.6916

Winning margin

2.9032
GC over RC

Field average

657.18
613.57685.69
median 659.39 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.7484 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

657.1200
613.57685.69
10th place overall

Field spread

72.1260
winner to last place

Most consistent

BBQ+
avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — BBQ+

How hot was the win?

Top 81%
beats 19% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.46 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,548
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BBQ+
rated 1811 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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.

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BBQ+ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 8th
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 8th

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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572171.4056166.2744
Pork Ribs170.2856168.5372161.0856
Pork177.1772171.9772168.5256
Brisket174.8572172.5484161.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 685.6916 · median 659.3942

#TeamScore
1 BBQ+ 685.6916
2 BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 682.7884
3 The Antwerp Smokers 677.5884
4 BBQ Team Laurentius 674.7768
5 SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 674.3204
6 Barbecoa BBQ Team 669.0628
7 Just wing it BBQ team 668.4456
8 PARKSTAD SMOKERS 665.0056
9 RIVERLAND SMOKERS 661.6684
10 BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 657.1200
11 ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM 657.0860
12 WETTELS ON FIRE 648.9024
13 BBQ Brothers 648.4804
14 The BBQ Ranch 642.7544
15 Twin Smokers 636.5376
16 Osdorp Grillers (NL) 636.3652
17 LOWLAND SMOKERS 629.0052
18 Exodus 123A9 BBQ 613.5656

Chicken

18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5428

#TeamScore
1 BBQ+ 178.8572
2 Just wing it BBQ team 176.5600
3 BBQ Team Laurentius 174.2628
4 Exodus 123A9 BBQ 173.7256
5 ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM 171.4056
6 LOWLAND SMOKERS 170.2512
7 Osdorp Grillers (NL) 169.7028
8 BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 167.4056
9 Barbecoa BBQ Team 166.8112
10 BBQ Brothers 166.2744
11 PARKSTAD SMOKERS 165.6684
12 Twin Smokers 164.6172
13 SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 164.0228
14 The Antwerp Smokers 163.3828
15 BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 162.2856
16 RIVERLAND SMOKERS 161.0740
17 The BBQ Ranch 159.4284
18 WETTELS ON FIRE 158.8000

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 170.2856 · median 161.9714

#TeamScore
1 BBQ Team Laurentius 170.2856
2 Barbecoa BBQ Team 169.7032
3 The Antwerp Smokers 169.6916
4 Just wing it BBQ team 169.1312
5 BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 168.5372
6 SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 165.1660
7 RIVERLAND SMOKERS 164.5828
8 BBQ+ 163.9888
9 ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM 162.8572
10 WETTELS ON FIRE 161.0856
11 BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 160.5716
12 The BBQ Ranch 160.5144
13 PARKSTAD SMOKERS 159.9888
14 BBQ Brothers 157.1316
15 Osdorp Grillers (NL) 154.2284
16 Twin Smokers 153.6916
17 Exodus 123A9 BBQ 145.0972
18 LOWLAND SMOKERS 143.9428

Pork

18 entries · top 177.1772 · median 169.4000

#TeamScore
1 ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM 177.1772
2 BBQ+ 176
3 Barbecoa BBQ Team 174.8456
4 BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 173.1428
5 PARKSTAD SMOKERS 171.9772
6 The Antwerp Smokers 171.9656
7 The BBQ Ranch 171.4400
8 BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 170.8228
9 SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 170.2744
10 BBQ Team Laurentius 168.5256
11 Just wing it BBQ team 166.2400
12 Twin Smokers 164.5600
13 RIVERLAND SMOKERS 163.3944
14 WETTELS ON FIRE 161.6340
15 LOWLAND SMOKERS 157.1084
16 Osdorp Grillers (NL) 154.2400
17 BBQ Brothers 151.3716
18 Exodus 123A9 BBQ 148.5372

Brisket

18 entries · top 174.8572 · median 162.5714

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 174.8572
2 BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 173.7028
3 BBQ Brothers 173.7028
4 RIVERLAND SMOKERS 172.6172
5 The Antwerp Smokers 172.5484
6 WETTELS ON FIRE 167.3828
7 PARKSTAD SMOKERS 167.3712
8 BBQ+ 166.8456
9 BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 163.4400
10 BBQ Team Laurentius 161.7028
11 Osdorp Grillers (NL) 158.1940
12 Barbecoa BBQ Team 157.7028
13 LOWLAND SMOKERS 157.7028
14 Just wing it BBQ team 156.5144
15 Twin Smokers 153.6688
16 The BBQ Ranch 151.3716
17 Exodus 123A9 BBQ 146.2056
18 ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM 145.6460

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 — Dessert

7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228

#TeamScore
1 Osdorp Grillers (NL) 178.8572
2 SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 177.7028
3 BBQ Team Laurentius 173.1084
4 BBQ+ 170.8228
5 BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 167.4400
6 Exodus 123A9 BBQ 164.5600
7 Just wing it BBQ team 157.0512

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