Apr 21–22, 2017 · Cornelia, GA · 📍 Downtown Cornelia
FYC BARBEQUE won Grand Champion at the Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition on April 21, 2017 in Cornelia, GA at Downtown Cornelia, scoring 695.9200 in a field of 26 teams. HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.9544. Category winners: Chicken — CABIN CREEK BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — HICKORY PRIME (176.5600); Pork — BANJOMAN'S BBQ (175.4172); Brisket — SMOKE ON THIS (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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100
FYC BARBEQUE came in rated below the field's top team, BOOTYQUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
FYC BARBEQUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was FYC BARBEQUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: CABIN CREEK BBQ and CRIMSON Q tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY and HICKORY PRIME tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: HICKORY PRIME and CABIN CREEK BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 172.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 170.8112 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 171.9656 | 169.7144 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176 | 173.1084 |
26 entries · top 695.9200 · median 675.9086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 2 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 3 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 4 | CABIN CREEK BBQ | |
| 5 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 6 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 7 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 8 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 9 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 10 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 11 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 12 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 13 | JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U | |
| 14 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 15 | QMEISTERS | |
| 16 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 17 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 18 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 19 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 20 | CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE | |
| 21 | POP 'N' CHUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 22 | BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC | |
| 23 | HAMOUFLAGE | |
| 24 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 25 | DAWG DAZE BBQ | |
| 26 | CARTER'S SMOKE HOUSE |
26 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CABIN CREEK BBQ | |
| 2 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 3 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 5 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 6 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 7 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 8 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 9 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 10 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 11 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 13 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 14 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 15 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 16 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 17 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 18 | DAWG DAZE BBQ | |
| 19 | JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U | |
| 20 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 21 | QMEISTERS | |
| 22 | CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE | |
| 23 | BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC | |
| 24 | CARTER'S SMOKE HOUSE | |
| 25 | HAMOUFLAGE | |
| 26 | POP 'N' CHUBBY'S BBQ |
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 2 | CABIN CREEK BBQ | |
| 3 | QMEISTERS | |
| 4 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 5 | BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC | |
| 6 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 7 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 8 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 9 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 10 | CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE | |
| 11 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 12 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 13 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 14 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 15 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 16 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 17 | JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U | |
| 18 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 19 | POP 'N' CHUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 20 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 21 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 22 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 23 | DAWG DAZE BBQ | |
| 24 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 25 | HAMOUFLAGE | |
| 26 | CARTER'S SMOKE HOUSE |
26 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.5544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 2 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 3 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 4 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 5 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 6 | JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U | |
| 7 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 8 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 9 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 11 | CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE | |
| 12 | POP 'N' CHUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 13 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 14 | QMEISTERS | |
| 15 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 16 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 17 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 18 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 19 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 20 | BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC | |
| 21 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 22 | HAMOUFLAGE | |
| 23 | CABIN CREEK BBQ | |
| 24 | DAWG DAZE BBQ | |
| 25 | CARTER'S SMOKE HOUSE | |
| 26 | UNDER THE RADAR |
26 entries · top 180 · median 168.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 2 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 3 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 4 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 5 | HAMOUFLAGE | |
| 6 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 7 | JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U | |
| 8 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 9 | 4 K'S BBQ | |
| 10 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 11 | CABIN CREEK BBQ | |
| 12 | POP 'N' CHUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 13 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 14 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 15 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 16 | QMEISTERS | |
| 17 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 18 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 19 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 20 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 21 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 22 | CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE | |
| 23 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 24 | BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC | |
| 25 | DAWG DAZE BBQ | |
| 26 | CARTER'S SMOKE HOUSE |
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 177.7028 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORK 'N BUTTS | |
| 2 | HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - GA | |
| 4 | Lem's Meat Varnish | |
| 5 | Geaux 2 BBQ | |
| 6 | HEIDI'S BLAZING BUTTS | |
| 7 | BINGE-N-ON BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN R/T | |
| 9 | GA Mtn BBQ |
9 entries · top 174.8456 · median 159.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - GA | |
| 2 | HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 3 | Geaux 2 BBQ | |
| 4 | PORK 'N BUTTS | |
| 5 | SMOKIN R/T | |
| 6 | HEIDI'S BLAZING BUTTS | |
| 7 | Lem's Meat Varnish | |
| 8 | BINGE-N-ON BBQ | |
| 9 | GA Mtn BBQ |
9 entries · top 174.2744 · median 161.6456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - GA | |
| 2 | HEIDI'S BLAZING BUTTS | |
| 3 | HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN R/T | |
| 5 | Lem's Meat Varnish | |
| 6 | Geaux 2 BBQ | |
| 7 | GA Mtn BBQ | |
| 8 | PORK 'N BUTTS | |
| 9 | BINGE-N-ON BBQ |
8 entries · top 180 · median 171.3884 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEIDI'S BLAZING BUTTS | |
| 2 | PORK 'N BUTTS | |
| 3 | Lem's Meat Varnish | |
| 4 | HAMOUFLAGE | |
| 5 | CARTER'S SMOKE HOUSE | |
| 6 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 7 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 8 | GA Mtn BBQ |