2019-02-01 – 2019-02-02 · Young Harris, GA · 📍 6321 US HWY 76 · State championship
Grand Champion: HAMTOWN SMOKERS (703.9544) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PALMETTO PITMASTERS
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, 2017 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.
703.9544 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.0972 BALD HAWG BBQ set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
HAMTOWN SMOKERS 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 HAMTOWN SMOKERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 23rd tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 97% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1657 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 4–5: CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE and QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: SAUCED! BBQ TEAM and ANGRY JACK BBQ tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: EXTRA MILE BBQ and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HAMTOWN SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 4th.
PIG ON FIRE turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-03 | Young Harris, GA | 6321 US HWY 76 | 41 | 701.0972 | BALD HAWG BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2018-02-02 | Young Harris, GA | 6321 US HWY 76 | 35 | 698.1940 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | PALMETTO PITMASTERS |
| 2019-02-01 ← this one | Young Harris, GA | 6321 US HWY 76 | 27 | 703.9544 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | PALMETTO PITMASTERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 169.6800 | 167.4060 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 171.4056 |
27 entries · top 703.9544 · median 669.5428
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2400
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1428 · 🔥 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.
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 2 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 3 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 4 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 5 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 6 | JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS | |
| 7 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 8 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |