2017-05-26 – 2017-05-27 · Evans, GA · 📍 Evans Town Center BLvd
Grand Champion: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS (696.5144) · 67 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 QMEISTERS
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 2019 — 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 91% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
696.5144 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 695.9312 CARTER-QUE-ING set in 2016.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was ELITE BBQ SMOKERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 32nd tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 91% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1629 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: QMEISTERS and FOWL BUTT BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: WICKED QUE and ATLANTA BBQ STORE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: ATLANTA BBQ STORE and HOLY SMOKES GA tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 42nd.
ANGRY JACK BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CARTER-QUE-ING (won 2016).
Bigger than 95% of the 5,410 contests in the data
67 teams made this a bigger field than 95% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-27 | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center BLvd | 66 | 695.9312 | CARTER-QUE-ING | WINK'S BARBEQUE |
| 2017-05-26 ← this one | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center BLvd | 67 | 696.5144 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | QMEISTERS |
| 2018-05-25 | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center BLvd | 72 | 699.9888 | THE SPECIALISTS | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2019-05-24 | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center Blvd | 72 | 701.0972 | UNDER THE RADAR - TN | Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.8688 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
67 entries · top 696.5144 · median 674.1372
67 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
67 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
67 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.4172
67 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3712 · 🔥 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.
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | |
| 3 | SMOKE SHOW BBQ | |
| 4 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 5 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 6 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 7 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 8 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 9 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 10 | WINK'S BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | HOOTIE-Q | |
| 12 | CHAR SMOKERS | |
| 13 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - GA | |
| 14 | Main Street BBQ | |
| 15 | RIVERSIDE SMOKE | |
| 16 | NO CHANCE BBQ CREW THOMSON GA | |
| 17 | CARTER-QUE-ING | |
| 18 | BALDY'S BUTTS | |
| 19 | MAYA JANE BBQ | |
| 20 | BREWBQUE | |
| 21 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' GRINGO'S BBQ | |
| 23 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 24 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 25 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA |
13 entries · top 178.8572 · median 175.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHAR SMOKERS | |
| 2 | MAYA JANE BBQ | |
| 3 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 4 | SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | |
| 5 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 6 | RIVERSIDE SMOKE | |
| 7 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 8 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 9 | WINK'S BARBEQUE | |
| 10 | THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ | |
| 11 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 12 | FOWL BUTT BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE SHOW BBQ |
11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.5828