Apr 3–5, 2014 · Summerville, GA
SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) on April 3, 2014 in Summerville, GA, scoring 680.5028 in a field of 30 teams. ATLANTA BBQ STORE took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.0744. Category winners: Chicken — JACK'S OLD SOUTH (176.5600); Pork Ribs — ATLANTA BBQ STORE (177.7144); Pork — JIGGY PIGGY (173.7144); Brisket — MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM (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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 4–5: HOUSE OF Q and JIGGY PIGGY tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SKIN AND BONES BBQ and MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: DEEP SOUTH BBQ and ATLANTA BBQ STORE tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 169.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 168.5600 | 163.9544 |
| Pork | 173.7144 | 168.5372 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 172.5716 | 166.2400 |
30 entries · top 680.5028 · median 653.8570
30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2630
30 entries · top 177.7144 · median 161.3598
30 entries · top 173.7144 · median 161.1086
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 160.2228
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.
17 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEY ADAMS BBQ | |
| 2 | IT'S THE PITTS | |
| 3 | HICKORY FLAT BBQ | |
| 4 | BALDY'S BUTTS | |
| 5 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 6 | SWINE DINING | |
| 7 | Sweet Water BBQ | |
| 8 | BAR-B-Q COMMANDERS | |
| 9 | THE FAT GUYZ | |
| 10 | TWISTED SMOKE | |
| 11 | MacDaddy BBQ | |
| 12 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 13 | FAT BOTTOMS BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN-N-THE PITS | |
| 15 | ZERO'S BBQ | |
| 16 | PIG OUT BBQ | |
| 17 | RAPID WATER |
17 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.9884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN-N-THE PITS | |
| 2 | MacDaddy BBQ | |
| 3 | PIG OUT BBQ | |
| 4 | TWISTED SMOKE | |
| 5 | HICKORY FLAT BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKEY ADAMS BBQ | |
| 7 | IT'S THE PITTS | |
| 8 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 9 | THE FAT GUYZ | |
| 10 | Sweet Water BBQ | |
| 11 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 12 | BAR-B-Q COMMANDERS | |
| 13 | SWINE DINING | |
| 14 | BALDY'S BUTTS | |
| 15 | FAT BOTTOMS BBQ | |
| 16 | RAPID WATER | |
| 17 | ZERO'S BBQ |
17 entries · top 173.1200 · median 158.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAT BOTTOMS BBQ | |
| 2 | SWINE DINING | |
| 3 | Sweet Water BBQ | |
| 4 | THE FAT GUYZ | |
| 5 | SMOKEY ADAMS BBQ | |
| 6 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 7 | HICKORY FLAT BBQ | |
| 8 | TWISTED SMOKE | |
| 9 | BALDY'S BUTTS | |
| 10 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 11 | IT'S THE PITTS | |
| 12 | ZERO'S BBQ | |
| 13 | PIG OUT BBQ | |
| 14 | BAR-B-Q COMMANDERS | |
| 15 | SMOKIN-N-THE PITS | |
| 16 | MacDaddy BBQ | |
| 17 | RAPID WATER |
17 entries · top 174.2744 · median 165.1656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE FAT GUYZ | |
| 2 | Sweet Water BBQ | |
| 3 | BALDY'S BUTTS | |
| 4 | IT'S THE PITTS | |
| 5 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 6 | TWISTED SMOKE | |
| 7 | ZERO'S BBQ | |
| 8 | MacDaddy BBQ | |
| 9 | FAT BOTTOMS BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKEY ADAMS BBQ | |
| 11 | HICKORY FLAT BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN-N-THE PITS | |
| 13 | BAR-B-Q COMMANDERS | |
| 14 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 15 | SWINE DINING | |
| 16 | PIG OUT BBQ | |
| 17 | RAPID WATER |