Nov 17–18, 2017 · Cumming, GA · 📍 235 Castleberry RD
KILLER B'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Duel on November 17, 2017 in Cumming, GA at 235 Castleberry RD, scoring 699.9544 in a field of 58 teams. MUTTLEY CREW BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.7884. Category winners: Chicken — MUTTLEY CREW BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — KILLER B'S BBQ (178.8572); Pork — ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (180.0000); Brisket — 270 SMOKERS (180.0000).
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.
Closer than 79% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1660 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
Killer B's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 100% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1730 power rating going in — stronger than 100% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: MUTTLEY CREW BBQ and HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: MIDNIGHT BURN and CRIMSON Q tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: CRIMSON Q and THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
KILLER B'S BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 25th.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,482 contests in the data
58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.1544 | 176 |
58 entries · top 699.9544 · median 680.4570
58 entries · top 180 · median 170.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
58 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5544
58 entries · top 180 · median 168.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
58 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180