2019-05-24 – 2019-05-25 · Evans, GA · 📍 Evans Town Center Blvd · State championship
Reps: DOUG REID, JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $40,000.00
Grand Champion: UNDER THE RADAR - TN (701.0972) · 72 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow
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 2020 — 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.
701.0972 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 699.9888 THE SPECIALISTS set in 2018.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Under the Radar came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1646 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 4–5: HOT WACHULA'S and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: GETTIN' BASTED and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: MUTTLEY CREW BBQ and WHO CARES BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
UNDER THE RADAR took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 21st.
UNDER THE RADAR turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS (won 2017), THE SPECIALISTS (won 2018).
Bigger than 96% of the 5,410 contests in the data
72 teams made this a bigger field than 96% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| 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 | 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 ← this one | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center Blvd | 72 | 701.0972 | UNDER THE RADAR - TN | Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow |
| 2020-09-05 | Augusta, GA | Augusta, GA 30904 | 54 | 712.5832 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | SWEET SMOKE Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
72 entries · top 701.0972 · median 672.1486
71 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.3828
72 entries · top 176.5716 · median 167.7030
72 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
72 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5256
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.
40 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 2 | POTS BBQ | |
| 3 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 4 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 5 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | |
| 7 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 8 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 9 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 10 | Organizer Portal | |
| 11 | QMEISTERS | |
| 12 | BACKWOOD BBQ | |
| 13 | SOUTHERN BREW'D BBQ | |
| 14 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 15 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 17 | NO CHANCE BBQ CREW THOMSON GA | |
| 18 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 19 | SMOKIN GRINGO'S | |
| 20 | SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ | |
| 21 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 22 | BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW | |
| 23 | PAPAS ROLLING SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 24 | BACK YARD BROS | |
| 25 | First Start/ Big B's BBQ | |
| 26 | VOTE FOR TRUMP | |
| 27 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 28 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | |
| 29 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 30 | RUNWAY SMOKE | |
| 31 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | |
| 32 | JOHN HARRIS BODY SHOP | |
| 33 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 34 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 35 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | |
| 36 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 37 | 270 SMOKERS | |
| 38 | SWEET SMOKE Q | |
| 39 | THE SPECIALISTS | |
| 40 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS |
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM SMASH | |
| 2 | KAMADO BROS | |
| 3 | TWO MANY COOKS | |
| 4 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE BOYS | |
| 5 | MJ BURGERS | |
| 6 | J&J JOES | |
| 7 | BROTHERS BURGER | |
| 8 | MAYA JAKE BBQ | |
| 9 | OMG BURGERS!! | |
| 10 | LIVIN THE DREAM |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180