2017-09-15 – 2017-09-16 · Decatur, AL · 📍 701 Market St
Grand Champion: THE SPECIALISTS (703.4172) · 39 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN BUTT CREW
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
The Specialists came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: THE SPECIALISTS and BIG BLUE QUE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: BIG BLUE QUE and BOOTYQUE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: NEW SOUTH BBQ and FAT, DRUNK & STUPID tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
THE SPECIALISTS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 19th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 171.4400 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 172.5600 | 169.6684 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 173.7372 | 171.9772 |
39 entries · top 703.4172 · median 671.3028
39 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
39 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772
39 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.0856
39 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6800
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.
22 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 2 | Le La Q | |
| 3 | SWEET CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 4 | THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT | |
| 5 | SMOKIN A FATTY | |
| 6 | Mac Attack | |
| 7 | Slingin Pig Meat | |
| 8 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 9 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TAFT, TN | |
| 10 | Bubba Q | |
| 11 | GOOD 'N SAUCED | |
| 12 | BAMA QUE'N & BREW'N | |
| 13 | Bull & Bones | |
| 14 | Two Guns Smokin | |
| 15 | SMOKIN SQUIRES | |
| 16 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 17 | PIT ROW BBQ | |
| 18 | Lenox and Son BBQ Co. | |
| 19 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ | |
| 20 | A VIEW TO A GRILL | |
| 21 | Q30 | |
| 22 | Guardian of the Grill |
22 entries · top 350.2972 · median 334.7828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 2 | Le La Q | |
| 3 | Slingin Pig Meat | |
| 4 | Mac Attack | |
| 5 | Bubba Q | |
| 6 | BAMA QUE'N & BREW'N | |
| 7 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TAFT, TN | |
| 8 | SMOKIN A FATTY | |
| 9 | THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT | |
| 10 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 11 | Q30 | |
| 12 | Bull & Bones | |
| 13 | PIT ROW BBQ | |
| 14 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 15 | A VIEW TO A GRILL | |
| 16 | SWEET CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 17 | Two Guns Smokin | |
| 18 | SMOKIN SQUIRES | |
| 19 | GOOD 'N SAUCED | |
| 20 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ | |
| 21 | Guardian of the Grill | |
| 22 | Lenox and Son BBQ Co. |
22 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAMA QUE'N & BREW'N | |
| 2 | Bubba Q | |
| 3 | Slingin Pig Meat | |
| 4 | Q30 | |
| 5 | A VIEW TO A GRILL | |
| 6 | Le La Q | |
| 7 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 8 | Mac Attack | |
| 9 | PIT ROW BBQ | |
| 10 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TAFT, TN | |
| 11 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 12 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 13 | Bull & Bones | |
| 14 | SMOKIN A FATTY | |
| 15 | Guardian of the Grill | |
| 16 | THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT | |
| 17 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN SQUIRES | |
| 19 | Two Guns Smokin | |
| 20 | GOOD 'N SAUCED | |
| 21 | SWEET CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 22 | Lenox and Son BBQ Co. |
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN BUTT CREW | |
| 2 | PORKU | |
| 3 | Slingin Pig Meat | |
| 4 | Calista | |
| 5 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 6 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TAFT, TN | |
| 7 | LIL' BIT O'SMOKE | |
| 8 | Le La Q | |
| 9 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 10 | Q30 | |
| 11 | TEAM HOGWEISER | |
| 12 | SWEET CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 13 | THE SPECIALISTS | |
| 14 | PAPA SEAN'S BBQ | |
| 15 | CAMO COOKERS | |
| 16 | Lenox and Son BBQ Co. | |
| 17 | THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT | |
| 18 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 19 | Two Guns Smokin | |
| 20 | The Lumbee Smokers | |
| 21 | PIPING HOT PIG | |
| 22 | GOOD 'N SAUCED | |
| 23 | D and G | |
| 24 | SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON |
49 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEAN BANDITS | |
| 2 | A VIEW TO A GRILL | |
| 3 | THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT | |
| 4 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TAFT, TN | |
| 5 | PIT ROW BBQ | |
| 6 | Bull & Bones | |
| 7 | SLACK'S RACKS | |
| 8 | SWEET CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 9 | Calista | |
| 10 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 11 | TEAM HOGWEISER | |
| 12 | Mac Attack | |
| 13 | Two Guns Smokin | |
| 14 | Slingin Pig Meat | |
| 15 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE | |
| 16 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 17 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 18 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 19 | BAMA QUE'N & BREW'N | |
| 20 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 21 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 22 | Le La Q | |
| 23 | SLAYTON'S BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 24 | Butts Bellies and Budddies Too | |
| 25 | SMOKIN BUTT CREW | |
| 26 | SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON | |
| 27 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 28 | PORKU | |
| 29 | BABY GOT FATBACK! | |
| 30 | SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | |
| 31 | STILL SMOKIN | |
| 32 | GOOD 'N SAUCED | |
| 33 | Lenox and Son BBQ Co. | |
| 34 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 35 | LIL' BIT O'SMOKE | |
| 36 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 37 | CAMO COOKERS | |
| 38 | NEIGHBORS BREWIN' & QUEIN | |
| 39 | THE SPECIALISTS | |
| 40 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | |
| 41 | PIPING HOT PIG | |
| 42 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 43 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ | |
| 44 | BUSH LEAGUE BBQ | |
| 45 | PAPA SEAN'S BBQ | |
| 46 | The Lumbee Smokers | |
| 47 | SMOKIN SQUIRES | |
| 48 | D and G | |
| 49 | Young GZQ |