Feb 7–8, 2014 · Young Harris, GA
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N won Grand Champion at the Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier) on February 7, 2014 in Young Harris, GA, scoring 691.3484 in a field of 28 teams. WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.1944. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE ON THIS (178.2972); Pork Ribs — KILLER B'S BBQ (177.7144); Pork — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (174.2744); Brisket — MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB (178.8572).
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.
Closer than 80% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1540 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork Ribs places 8–9: WAY 2 QUE and TENACIOUS Q tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Organizer Portal and SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: UNCULTURED SWINE edged MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB by 0.0112.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.7028 | 169.1084 |
| Pork | 174.2744 | 172.5600 | 168 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 172 | 167.9772 |
28 entries · top 691.3484 · median 665.0628
28 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.2628
28 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.1142
28 entries · top 174.2744 · median 164.8228
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.2342