Sep 5–6, 2020 · Augusta, GA · State championship
Reps: Alan Rothrock, Doug Reid, Julie Cook, Rusty Cook · Prize money: $40,200
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won Grand Champion at the Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival on September 5, 2020 in Augusta, GA, scoring 712.5832 in a field of 54 teams. SWEET SMOKE Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 706.8344. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKING BUTT HEADS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SWEET SMOKE Q (179.4400); Pork — REDMULE'S BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — PALMETTO PITMASTERS (180.0000). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by UNDER THE RADAR - TN.
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, 2018 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.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS holds the KCBS record for most perfect 180s in one day — 3 180s at a single contest, Brisket, Chicken, Pork, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
712.5832 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.0972 UNDER THE RADAR - TN set in 2019.
14 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 94% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1643 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and Organizer Portal tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Organizer Portal and TOO SAUCED tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 26th.
SWEET SMOKE Q turned in 179.4400 in pork ribs — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNDER THE RADAR - TN (won 2019).
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2018 | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center BLvd | 72 | 699.9888 | THE SPECIALISTS | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| May 24, 2019 | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center Blvd | 72 | 701.0972 | UNDER THE RADAR - TN | Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow |
| Sep 5, 2020 ← this one | Augusta, GA | Augusta, GA 30904 | 54 | 712.5832 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | SWEET SMOKE Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 180 | 177.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7144 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180 | 180 | 176.5600 |
54 entries · top 712.5832 · median 689.0572
54 entries · top 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.2802
54 entries · top 180 · median 170.5370 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 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.
15 entries · top 180 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FALLOUT BBQ | |
| 2 | BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | SWEET SMOKE Q | |
| 5 | COOTER'S N SMOKE | |
| 6 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 7 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 8 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 9 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 10 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 11 | RECTEQ | |
| 12 | KRAZY TRAIN BBQ | |
| 13 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 14 | SOUTHERN PRIDE ROOSTERS | |
| 15 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ |