Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2
2023-04-08 – 2023-04-09 · MEERBEKE, 9402 · BELGIUM · 📍 GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: LAURENTIUS (681.6340) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The Antwerp Smokers
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 8.5368 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 8–9: The Antwerp Smokers edged BUNCH OF SWINES by 0.0116. Chicken places 1–2: SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE edged COOKLOUNGE BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Barbecoa BBQ Team edged BBQ Team Laurentius by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: COOKLOUNGE BBQ (won 2022).
🃏 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 33-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-20 | Ninove, 9600 | Ninove, 9600 | 29 | 694.3316 | BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2021-08-14 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 26 | 689.6800 | Southern Dutch BBQ | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 2022-04-16 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 24 | 691.3484 | COOKLOUNGE BBQ | SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ |
| 2023-04-08 ← this one | MEERBEKE, 9402 | GEMEENTEHUISSTRAAT | 13 | 681.6340 | LAURENTIUS | The Antwerp Smokers |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 170.2744 | 169.1084 | 161.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 167.9772 | 163.4400 |
| Pork | 174.8572 | 170.2628 | 162.2400 |
| Brisket | 174.8800 | 164.5828 | 156.5944 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 681.6340 · median 662.2972
Chicken
13 entries · top 170.2744 · median 166.8228
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.8572
Pork
13 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.7144
Brisket
13 entries · top 174.8800 · median 160.5944
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 — Cc Chocolat
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The BBQ Ranch | |
| 2 | BBQ Team Laurentius | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE | |
| 4 | ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM | |
| 5 | It's spice that meats you | |
| 6 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) |