Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1

2023-04-07 – 2023-04-08 · MEERBEKE, 9402 · BELGIUM

Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN

Grand Champion: SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE (683.9656) · 10 teams

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SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE

683.9656 · Master Series — Overall

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BBQ Team Laurentius

674.8456 · Master Series — Overall

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COOKLOUNGE BBQ

673.5768 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

5 categories

Top score

683.9656

Winning margin

9.1200

GC over RC

Field average

660.56

median 665.02

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

5.1200 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

635.3372

what a walk cost here

Field spread

48.6284

winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE

avg finish 2.80 across 5 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 8.6060 pts — SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE

How hot was the win?

Top 66%

beats 34% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1557

avg power rating going in · stronger than 64% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARKSTAD SMOKERS

rated 1699 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Southern Dutch BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.

🃏 An upset on the books

SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE came in rated below the field's top team, PARKSTAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2019-04-19	Ninove, 9600	25	701.1544	BUNCH OF SWINES
2021-08-13	MEERBEKE, 9402	19	677.0520	Southern Dutch BBQ
2022-04-15	MEERBEKE, 9402	19	683.3944	Southern Dutch BBQ
2023-04-07 ← this one	MEERBEKE, 9402	10	683.9656	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Ancillary — Cc veal sucade

3 entries · top 173.7256 · median 169.1544

#	Team	Score
1	BBQ Team Laurentius	173.7256
2	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	169.1544
3	Barbecoa BBQ Team	161.7028

Master Series — Brisket

10 entries · top 176.0116 · median 162.5600

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	176.0116
2	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	167.4056
3	BUNCH OF SWINES	167.3828
4	BBQ Team Laurentius	166.2972
5	Barbecoa BBQ Team	162.8572
6	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	162.2628
7	ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	162.2516
8	The Antwerp Smokers	159.9884
9	It's spice that meats you	159.9544
10	The BBQ Ranch	146.2972

Master Series — Chicken

10 entries · top 173.7028 · median 167.4170

#	Team	Score
1	BBQ Team Laurentius	173.7028
2	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	171.9656
3	BUNCH OF SWINES	171.9656
4	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	169.1084
5	Barbecoa BBQ Team	168.5828
6	The Antwerp Smokers	166.2512
7	It's spice that meats you	162.2856
8	The BBQ Ranch	161.6800
9	ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	161.1428
10	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	158.7884

Master Series — Overall

10 entries · top 683.9656 · median 665.0226

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	683.9656
2	BBQ Team Laurentius	674.8456
3	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	673.5768
4	Barbecoa BBQ Team	669.6916
5	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	665.6112
6	BUNCH OF SWINES	664.4340
7	The Antwerp Smokers	655.8968
8	The BBQ Ranch	646.2860
9	ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	635.9432
10	It's spice that meats you	635.3372

Master Series — Pork

10 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.6856

#	Team	Score
1	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	176.0000
2	Barbecoa BBQ Team	175.4172
3	The BBQ Ranch	173.1544
4	BBQ Team Laurentius	169.7028
5	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	167.9656
6	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	167.4056
7	The Antwerp Smokers	159.9428
8	BUNCH OF SWINES	158.2628
9	It's spice that meats you	154.2284
10	ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	153.1316

Master Series — Pork Ribs

10 entries · top 171.4400 · median 165.6972

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	171.4400
2	The Antwerp Smokers	169.7144
3	PARKSTAD SMOKERS	168.5600
4	BUNCH OF SWINES	166.8228
5	COOKLOUNGE BBQ	166.2400
6	The BBQ Ranch	165.1544
7	BBQ Team Laurentius	165.1428
8	Barbecoa BBQ Team	162.8344
9	ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	159.4172
10	It's spice that meats you	158.8688