Feb 5–6, 2016 · Young Harris, GA
HICKORY PRIME won Grand Champion at the Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)- TEAMS FULL & JUDGES FULL on February 5, 2016 in Young Harris, GA, scoring 704.5716 in a field of 35 teams. 270 SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.7772. Category winners: Chicken — J & B'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — 270 SMOKERS (177.7144); Pork — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (178.2972); Brisket — HICKORY PRIME (177.7028).
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 72 times in 100
HICKORY PRIME came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 88% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7944 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 7–8: UNCLE BUD'S BBQ and BALD HAWG BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: J & B'S BBQ and PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS tied on 172.5484 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS and 270 SMOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HICKORY PRIME took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 172.5484 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.8456 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 169.6916 |
35 entries · top 704.5716 · median 667.8512
35 entries · top 180 · median 170.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
35 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.2400
35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.9656
35 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2284
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.
9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 2 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | ROAST BEAST BBQ | |
| 4 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 5 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 6 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 7 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 8 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 9 | MEN AT PORK |