2023-04-29 – 2023-04-30 · Aalter, 9880 · BELGIUM · 📍 Groendreef 10
Reps: MARIANNE VAN GALEN, MAYCO VAN GALEN
Grand Champion: Laurentius (686.2172) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BBQ+
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
686.2172 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 680.5140 Southern Dutch set in 2022.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
BBQ Team Laurentius came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 9–10: SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 161.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 164.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: The Antwerp Smokers and Barbecoa BBQ Team tied on 163.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BBQ Team Laurentius won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
BBQ Team Laurentius took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 7th.
BBQ Team Laurentius turned in 176.5600 in chicken — past the 172.5828 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-14 | Aalter, 9880 | Europalaan 22 | 19 | 680.5140 | Southern Dutch | Barbecoa BBQ Team |
| 2023-04-29 ← this one | Aalter, 9880 | Groendreef 10 | 20 | 686.2172 | Laurentius | BBQ+ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 170.2628 | 166.2400 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7144 | 165.6800 | 161.6800 |
| Pork | 173.1200 | 169.1428 | 165.6800 |
| Brisket | 174.3200 | 165.0856 | 162.8228 |
20 entries · top 686.2172 · median 648.4686
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.9714
20 entries · top 173.7144 · median 161.1200
20 entries · top 173.1200 · median 164.8286
20 entries · top 174.3200 · median 162.0058
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.
11 entries · top 174.2972 · median 165.0972
16 entries · top 177.1772 · median 165.4228