2014-10-03 – 2014-10-04 · Conyers, GA · 📍 Conyers, GA 30013
Grand Champion: DIGGIN QUE-GA (697.0628) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE ON THIS
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
DIGGIN QUE-GA came in rated below the field's top team, Killer B's BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 3–4: KILLER B'S BBQ and HOOTIE-Q tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q and SHADE TREE BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: SMOKE ON THIS and KILLER B'S BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DIGGIN QUE-GA took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 172.5600 | 170.8112 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.2744 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 172.5484 | 166.8344 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 169.6800 |
22 entries · top 697.0628 · median 671.6056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 2 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 3 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 4 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 5 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 6 | GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE | |
| 8 | SHADE TREE BBQ | |
| 9 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 10 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 11 | PLUM SUPERIOR BBQ | |
| 12 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 13 | HAWGPOUND SMOKERS | |
| 14 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 15 | Willingham's | |
| 16 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 17 | TIEKILEW BBQ | |
| 18 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 19 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 20 | FOUR FAT RICHARDS | |
| 21 | Sonny's Pit Masters | |
| 22 | SWEET BOOTY Q |
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 2 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 3 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 4 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 6 | GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | TIEKILEW BBQ | |
| 8 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 9 | SHADE TREE BBQ | |
| 10 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 11 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 12 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 13 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 14 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 15 | ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE | |
| 16 | HAWGPOUND SMOKERS | |
| 17 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 18 | Willingham's | |
| 19 | PLUM SUPERIOR BBQ | |
| 20 | FOUR FAT RICHARDS | |
| 21 | SWEET BOOTY Q | |
| 22 | Sonny's Pit Masters |
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 2 | GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 4 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 6 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 7 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 8 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 9 | ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE | |
| 10 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 11 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 12 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 13 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 14 | HAWGPOUND SMOKERS | |
| 15 | SHADE TREE BBQ | |
| 16 | Willingham's | |
| 17 | Sonny's Pit Masters | |
| 18 | PLUM SUPERIOR BBQ | |
| 19 | FOUR FAT RICHARDS | |
| 20 | TIEKILEW BBQ | |
| 21 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 22 | SWEET BOOTY Q |
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 2 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 4 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 5 | PLUM SUPERIOR BBQ | |
| 6 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 7 | SHADE TREE BBQ | |
| 8 | Willingham's | |
| 9 | HAWGPOUND SMOKERS | |
| 10 | TIEKILEW BBQ | |
| 11 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 12 | GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 13 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 14 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 15 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 16 | ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE | |
| 17 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 18 | Sonny's Pit Masters | |
| 19 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 20 | SWEET BOOTY Q | |
| 21 | FOUR FAT RICHARDS | |
| 22 | HOOTIE-Q |
22 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 2 | PLUM SUPERIOR BBQ | |
| 3 | ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE | |
| 4 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 5 | GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 7 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 8 | SHADE TREE BBQ | |
| 9 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 10 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 11 | Willingham's | |
| 12 | HAWGPOUND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 14 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 15 | TIEKILEW BBQ | |
| 16 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 17 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 18 | SWEET BOOTY Q | |
| 19 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 20 | FOUR FAT RICHARDS | |
| 21 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 22 | Sonny's Pit Masters |