2017-11-17 – 2017-11-18 · Cumming, GA · 📍 235 Castleberry RD
Grand Champion: CLARK CREW BBQ (702.2400) · 62 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WOLF'S REVENGE 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, 2016 to 2017 — 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.
Closer than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
702.2400 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.6916 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ set in 2016.
CLARK CREW BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 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 1707 power rating going in — stronger than 100% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and BARREL FEVER BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BARREL FEVER BBQ and POT'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: POT'S BBQ and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ (won 2016).
Bigger than 93% of the 5,410 contests in the data
62 teams made this a bigger field than 93% of every contest tracked.
This contest usually draws about 42 teams
62 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 42.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-18 | Cumming, GA | Cumming Fairgrounds | 47 | 701.6916 | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | BUB-BA-Q |
| 2016-11-19 | Cumming, GA | 235 Castleberry RD | 37 | 698.2284 | 270 SMOKERS | PORKY BUTTS BBQ |
| 2017-11-17 ← this one | Cumming, GA | 235 Castleberry RD | 62 | 702.2400 | CLARK CREW BBQ | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2017-11-18 | Cumming, GA | 235 Castleberry RD | 58 | 707.3712 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | MIDNIGHT BURN |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 176.0000 | 174.2744 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7372 | 174.8456 |
62 entries · top 702.2400 · median 675.8798
62 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
62 entries · top 177.1428 · median 169.6684
62 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5428
62 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3884 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
15 entries · top 519.3828 · median 477.0968
14 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.1256
15 entries · top 174.2972 · median 157.7028
15 entries · top 171.4056 · median 156.5260
2 entries · top 173.7028 · median 167.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TALLEY QUE | |
| 2 | GROCE CRAWFORD |
5 entries · top 177.7372 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUSTIN & MAX'S PORK FLIPPIN | |
| 2 | SOUTHERN DRAWL BBQ | |
| 3 | Sassy Sauce | |
| 4 | NATE FLANDERS | |
| 5 | O HOLY KNIGHT BBQ |
6 entries · top 162.2400 · median 158.2172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUTT'N HEADS | |
| 2 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 3 | PORK BARREL BBQ | |
| 4 | FIREQUE | |
| 5 | Bite Me BBQ | |
| 6 | UTILITY BOYS BBQ |