2017-09-15 – 2017-09-16 · Lawrenceville, GA · 📍 210 Luckie St
Grand Champion: ATLANTA BBQ STORE (697.0856) · 39 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROAST BEAST 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 68 times in 100
ATLANTA BBQ STORE came in rated below the field's top team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
ATLANTA BBQ STORE won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
ATLANTA BBQ STORE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 5 tracked editions
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE and HOOTIE-Q tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: THE PIT CREW GA and CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: ANGRY JACK BBQ and WANNA B A PITMASTER tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SWINE AND SHINE BBQ (won 2015), ATLANTA BBQ STORE (won 2016).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-10 | 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 ← this one | 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 | 177.7144 | 175.4056 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 172.0000 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 173.7028 | 170.2856 |
39 entries · top 697.0856 · median 670.1600
39 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9656
39 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5372
39 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3944
39 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5372