2014-10-10 – 2014-10-11 · Lawrenceville, GA · 📍 Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Grand Champion: St. Louis Pit - Que (687.9312) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CURLY TAILS 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2018 — this edition picked out.
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 70 times in 100
St. Louis Pit - Que came in rated below the field's top team, TENACIOUS Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was St. Louis Pit - Que's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.
2 of 5 tracked editions
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: St. Louis Pit - Que and KUDZU Q tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ and First Start/ Big B's BBQ tied on 165.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: ATLANTA BBQ STORE and CURLY TAILS BBQ tied on 170.8112 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
St. Louis Pit - Que took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-10 ← this one | Lawrenceville, GA | Lawrenceville, GA 30046 | 20 | 687.9312 | St. Louis Pit - Que | CURLY TAILS BBQ |
| 2015-10-09 | Lawrenceville, GA | Lawrenceville, GA 30046 | 26 | 690.2284 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | ATLANTA BBQ STORE |
| 2016-09-16 | Lawrenceville, GA | 210 Luckie St | 39 | 709.7144 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | POT'S BBQ |
| 2017-09-15 | Lawrenceville, GA | 210 Luckie St | 39 | 697.0856 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | ROAST BEAST BBQ |
| 2018-09-21 | Lawrenceville, GA | 210 Luckie St | 33 | 697.6688 | SWINE DINING GA | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 172.0000 | 166.2400 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5600 | 166.8228 | 165.0972 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 170.8112 | 167.3828 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.4172 | 164.5372 |
20 entries · top 687.9312 · median 665.5540
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Pit - Que | |
| 2 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 3 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 4 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 5 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 6 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 7 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 8 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 9 | UNCLE CHET'S BBQ | |
| 10 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 11 | KUDZU Q | |
| 12 | Messin With Fire | |
| 13 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 14 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 15 | BULL PEN BBQ MASTERS | |
| 16 | BLOWING SMOKE ON GEORGIA | |
| 17 | LOCAL REPUBLIC | |
| 18 | First Start/ Big B's BBQ | |
| 19 | 108 B BBQ AND GRILL TEAM | |
| 20 | SMOKIN GIRLS BBQ |
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 2 | St. Louis Pit - Que | |
| 3 | KUDZU Q | |
| 4 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 5 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 6 | UNCLE CHET'S BBQ | |
| 7 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 8 | Messin With Fire | |
| 9 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 10 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 11 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 12 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 13 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 14 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKIN GIRLS BBQ | |
| 16 | BLOWING SMOKE ON GEORGIA | |
| 17 | BULL PEN BBQ MASTERS | |
| 18 | First Start/ Big B's BBQ | |
| 19 | 108 B BBQ AND GRILL TEAM | |
| 20 | LOCAL REPUBLIC |
20 entries · top 172.5600 · median 164.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Pit - Que | |
| 2 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 3 | UNCLE CHET'S BBQ | |
| 4 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 5 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 6 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 7 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 8 | First Start/ Big B's BBQ | |
| 9 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 10 | KUDZU Q | |
| 11 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 12 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 13 | BLOWING SMOKE ON GEORGIA | |
| 14 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 15 | BULL PEN BBQ MASTERS | |
| 16 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 17 | Messin With Fire | |
| 18 | LOCAL REPUBLIC | |
| 19 | SMOKIN GIRLS BBQ | |
| 20 | 108 B BBQ AND GRILL TEAM |
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 2 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 3 | St. Louis Pit - Que | |
| 4 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 5 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 6 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 7 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 8 | LOCAL REPUBLIC | |
| 9 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 10 | KUDZU Q | |
| 11 | BLOWING SMOKE ON GEORGIA | |
| 12 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 13 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Messin With Fire | |
| 15 | BULL PEN BBQ MASTERS | |
| 16 | 108 B BBQ AND GRILL TEAM | |
| 17 | UNCLE CHET'S BBQ | |
| 18 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 19 | First Start/ Big B's BBQ |
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 2 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 3 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 4 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 5 | UNCLE CHET'S BBQ | |
| 6 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 7 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 8 | St. Louis Pit - Que | |
| 9 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 10 | GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q | |
| 11 | LOCAL REPUBLIC | |
| 12 | 108 B BBQ AND GRILL TEAM | |
| 13 | Messin With Fire | |
| 14 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 15 | KUDZU Q | |
| 16 | BULL PEN BBQ MASTERS | |
| 17 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 18 | First Start/ Big B's BBQ | |
| 19 | BLOWING SMOKE ON GEORGIA |