Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
2024-03-01 – 2024-03-02 · Lawrenceville, GA · 📍 2500 Buford Dr. · State championship
Reps: JULIE COOK, RACHEL HARPER, RUSTY COOK, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $12,100.00
Grand Champion: YES DEAR BBQ (703.9428) · 59 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Ham Squad
Entries
Top score
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Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: FRED VEGAS SMOKERS and SWIG-N-PIG tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: SWIG-N-PIG and COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 4–5: MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ and Quenut BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ATLANTA BBQ STORE (won 2017, 2019), TRIPLE H BBQ (won 2021), SMOKINGHOSTBBQ (won 2022).
🃏 An upset on the books
YES, DEAR BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, TRIPLE H BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-04 | Coolray Field- Lawrenceville, GA | 59 | 692.5372 | CHECKERED PIG | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 2017-03-03 | Coolray Field- Lawrenceville, GA | 63 | 696.5140 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 2018-03-02 | Coolray Field | 59 | 691.9316 | THE PIT CREW GA | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 2019-03-01 | Lawrenceville, GA | Coolray Field | 62 | 690.2056 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | WHO CARES BBQ |
| 2020-03-06 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr | 61 | 693.0624 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| 2021-03-05 | Lawrenceville, GA | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 | 81 | 704.5488 | TRIPLE H BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2022-03-04 | Lawrenceville, GA | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 | 73 | 706.2284 | SMOKINGHOSTBBQ | SWEET DIXIE BBQ |
| 2023-03-03 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 65 | 703.9660 | CHEWIN' THE BBQ FAT! | Gardenvalley Smokers |
| 2024-03-01 ← this one | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 59 | 703.9428 | YES DEAR BBQ | Ham Squad |
| 2025-03-07 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 45 | 702.8000 | Janky Leg BBQ | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ |
| 2026-03-06 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 44 | 705.6916 | Electro-Que-ted | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 175.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 169.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.1544 | 168.0116 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 177.7028 | 173.7144 | 170.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
59 entries · top 703.9428 · median 679.8628
Chicken
59 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
59 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
Pork
59 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
59 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series
Overall
36 entries · top 355.4172 · median 327.3542
Chicken
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.8172 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1028 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary
Pork
36 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.3886