May 19–20, 2017 · Lebanon, TN · 📍 945 E Baddour Parkway
SWEET SMOKE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Southern Smoke BBQ Championship on May 19, 2017 in Lebanon, TN at 945 E Baddour Parkway, scoring 700.5372 in a field of 19 teams. HIGH ON THE HAWG took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9084. Category winners: Chicken — Hawg Feathers (178.8572); Pork Ribs — HOT COLE'S BBQ (177.7144); Pork — SWEET SMOKE BBQ (177.7372); Brisket — DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS (179.4400).
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 74 times in 100
SWEET SMOKE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SWEET SMOKE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 34th tracked contest.
Chicken places 3–4: HOT COLE'S BBQ and HIGH ON THE HAWG tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN edged MUSIC CITY PIG PALS by 0.0116. Brisket places 9–10: CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE edged DEEP SOUTH BBQ by 0.0116.
SWEET SMOKE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 172.5600 | 169.6684 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 168.5140 |
19 entries · top 700.5372 · median 683.3484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 3 | THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS | |
| 4 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 6 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 7 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 8 | 615 BBQ | |
| 9 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 10 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 11 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 12 | MUSIC CITY PIG PALS | |
| 13 | G-QUE KY | |
| 14 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 15 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN TD'S | |
| 17 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 18 | Toms Blue Moon | |
| 19 | PITS AND ASHES |
19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 2 | THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS | |
| 3 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 4 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 5 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 6 | MUSIC CITY PIG PALS | |
| 7 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 8 | 615 BBQ | |
| 9 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 10 | G-QUE KY | |
| 11 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 12 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 13 | SMOKIN TD'S | |
| 14 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 15 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 16 | Toms Blue Moon | |
| 17 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 18 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 19 | PITS AND ASHES |
19 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS | |
| 5 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 7 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 8 | 615 BBQ | |
| 9 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 10 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 11 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 12 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 13 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 14 | PITS AND ASHES | |
| 15 | SMOKIN TD'S | |
| 16 | MUSIC CITY PIG PALS | |
| 17 | G-QUE KY | |
| 18 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 19 | Toms Blue Moon |
19 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 3 | THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS | |
| 4 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 6 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 7 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 8 | MUSIC CITY PIG PALS | |
| 9 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 10 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 11 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 12 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 13 | SMOKIN TD'S | |
| 14 | G-QUE KY | |
| 15 | Toms Blue Moon | |
| 16 | 615 BBQ | |
| 17 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 18 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 19 | PITS AND ASHES |
19 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 2 | 615 BBQ | |
| 3 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 4 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 5 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | G-QUE KY | |
| 7 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 8 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 9 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 10 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 11 | THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS | |
| 12 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 13 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 14 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 15 | MUSIC CITY PIG PALS | |
| 16 | Toms Blue Moon | |
| 17 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 18 | SMOKIN TD'S | |
| 19 | PITS AND ASHES |