Apr 28–29, 2018 · Atlanta, GA
KILLER B'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Atlanta BBQ Classic on April 28, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, scoring 700.5028 in a field of 26 teams. MUTTLEY CREW BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.5144. Category winners: Chicken — HICKORY PRIME (177.7028); Pork Ribs — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (177.7144); Pork — BOOTYQUE (176.5600); Brisket — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (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.
KILLER B'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 96% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1653 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: SAUCED! BBQ TEAM and BUNCH OF BUTTS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: BUNCH OF BUTTS and FYC BARBEQUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA and WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 173.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 174.2744 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
26 entries · top 700.5028 · median 682.7140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 2 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 4 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 6 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 7 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 8 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 9 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 10 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | BUNCH OF BUTTS | |
| 12 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 13 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 14 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 15 | BIG RED'S BARBECUE | |
| 16 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 17 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 18 | NICE RACK BBQ | |
| 19 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 20 | SONS OF SMOKE | |
| 21 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 22 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 23 | KILLER BBQ | |
| 24 | # 26 | |
| 25 | ATLANTA BBQ CLUB | |
| 26 | SWEET BOOTY Q |
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 2 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | BUNCH OF BUTTS | |
| 4 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 5 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 6 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 7 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 8 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 9 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 10 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 11 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 12 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 13 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 15 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 16 | BIG RED'S BARBECUE | |
| 17 | KILLER BBQ | |
| 18 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 19 | # 26 | |
| 20 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 21 | NICE RACK BBQ | |
| 22 | SONS OF SMOKE | |
| 23 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 24 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 25 | ATLANTA BBQ CLUB | |
| 26 | SWEET BOOTY Q |
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 3 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 4 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 5 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 6 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 7 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 8 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 9 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 10 | NICE RACK BBQ | |
| 11 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 12 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG RED'S BARBECUE | |
| 14 | # 26 | |
| 15 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 16 | BUNCH OF BUTTS | |
| 17 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 18 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 19 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 20 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 21 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 22 | KILLER BBQ | |
| 23 | SONS OF SMOKE | |
| 24 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 25 | ATLANTA BBQ CLUB | |
| 26 | SWEET BOOTY Q |
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 2 | SONS OF SMOKE | |
| 3 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 4 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 5 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 6 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 7 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 8 | BUNCH OF BUTTS | |
| 9 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 10 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 11 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 12 | KILLER BBQ | |
| 13 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 14 | NICE RACK BBQ | |
| 15 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 16 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG RED'S BARBECUE | |
| 18 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 19 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 21 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 22 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 23 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 24 | ATLANTA BBQ CLUB | |
| 25 | # 26 | |
| 26 | SWEET BOOTY Q |
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 2 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 3 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 4 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 5 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 6 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 8 | CRIMSON Q | |
| 9 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 10 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG RED'S BARBECUE | |
| 12 | J & B'S BBQ | |
| 13 | NICE RACK BBQ | |
| 14 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 15 | BUNCH OF BUTTS | |
| 16 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 17 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 18 | SONS OF SMOKE | |
| 19 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 20 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 21 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 22 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 23 | # 26 | |
| 24 | KILLER BBQ | |
| 25 | SWEET BOOTY Q | |
| 26 | ATLANTA BBQ CLUB |
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.
5 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 2 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 3 | NICE RACK BBQ | |
| 4 | KILLER BBQ | |
| 5 | ATLANTA BBQ CLUB |