Aug 24–25, 2018 · Kennesaw, GA · 📍 2753 Watts Dr
SWINE DINING GA won Grand Champion at the Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival on August 24, 2018 in Kennesaw, GA at 2753 Watts Dr, scoring 707.9888 in a field of 34 teams. BALD HAWG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.7772. Category winners: Chicken — QUENUT BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — SWINE DINING GA (177.1544); Pork — THE PIT CREW GA (176.5600); Brisket — SWINE DINING GA (178.8572). This is the 6th of 7 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by BALD HAWG BBQ; the next was held in 2019.
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, 2013 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.
707.9888 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 702.8228 MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM set in 2014.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
SWINE DINING GA came in rated below the field's top team, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SWINE DINING GA's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 25th tracked contest.
Wider than 94% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.2116 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.
2 of 7 tracked editions
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: QUENUT BBQ and SWINE DINING GA tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: SQUEELS ON WHEELS and SMART ASH BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: SAUCED! BBQ TEAM and KILLER B'S BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SWINE DINING GA won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SWINE DINING GA took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.
SWINE DINING GA turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 178.2972 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SWINE AND SHINE BBQ (won 2015), BALD HAWG BBQ (won 2017).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2013 | Kennesaw, GA | Kennesaw, GA | 54 | 690.8000 | SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ | UNCULTURED SWINE |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Kennesaw, GA | Kennesaw, GA 30144 | 45 | 702.8228 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Kennesaw, GA | Kennesaw, GA 30144 | 41 | 701.1544 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Kennesaw, GA | 2753 Watts Dr | 38 | 697.0628 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Kennesaw, GA | 2753 Watts Dr | 37 | 693.0628 | BALD HAWG BBQ | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| Aug 24, 2018 ← this one | Kennesaw, GA | 2753 Watts Dr | 34 | 707.9888 | SWINE DINING GA | BALD HAWG BBQ |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Kennesaw, GA | 2753 Watts Dr | 32 | 685.6112 | SWINE DINING GA | SWINE DINING GA |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 166.2628 |
34 entries · top 707.9888 · median 658.4112
34 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6684
34 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9600
34 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8286
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.3770
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.
8 entries · top 176.5828 · median 172.8342
12 entries · top 170.8228 · median 160.5200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATIVE SMOKERS BBQ | |
| 2 | Bite Me | |
| 3 | HEAVY SMOKERS | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG DADDY T BBQ | |
| 6 | THE DRUNKEN DUROC | |
| 7 | Garden Valley Smokers | |
| 8 | ETOWAH BOYS BBQ | |
| 9 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 10 | Smokin' Hot Butts and Racks | |
| 11 | BOONERS BBQ | |
| 12 | MELT |
12 entries · top 503.3372 · median 486.7944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Hot Butts and Racks | |
| 2 | Bite Me | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ | |
| 4 | HEAVY SMOKERS | |
| 5 | NATIVE SMOKERS BBQ | |
| 6 | Garden Valley Smokers | |
| 7 | BIG DADDY T BBQ | |
| 8 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 9 | THE DRUNKEN DUROC | |
| 10 | BOONERS BBQ | |
| 11 | MELT | |
| 12 | ETOWAH BOYS BBQ |
12 entries · top 173.1200 · median 157.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Hot Butts and Racks | |
| 2 | Bite Me | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ | |
| 4 | Garden Valley Smokers | |
| 5 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 6 | BIG DADDY T BBQ | |
| 7 | NATIVE SMOKERS BBQ | |
| 8 | HEAVY SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BOONERS BBQ | |
| 10 | ETOWAH BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | MELT | |
| 12 | THE DRUNKEN DUROC |
12 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.4400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Hot Butts and Racks | |
| 2 | THE DRUNKEN DUROC | |
| 3 | HEAVY SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 5 | BOONERS BBQ | |
| 6 | Garden Valley Smokers | |
| 7 | BIG DADDY T BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ | |
| 9 | Bite Me | |
| 10 | NATIVE SMOKERS BBQ | |
| 11 | MELT | |
| 12 | ETOWAH BOYS BBQ |
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 2 | HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO. | |
| 3 | THE DRUNKEN DUROC | |
| 4 | SOUTHERN THUNDER'S QUE UNIVERSITY | |
| 5 | TRES TAMALES W/RICE & BEANS | |
| 6 | ROAST BEAST BBQ | |
| 7 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 8 | LICKIN LIZARD |