Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL)
2021-02-05 – 2021-02-06 · Young Harris, GA · 📍 6321 US Hwy 76
Reps: JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $7,600.00
Grand Champion: SMOKING SWEETMEATS (700.4796) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TRIPLE H BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Backend Heat and THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: TRIPLE H BBQ and STEWBABYS BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 and POT'S BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
31 entries · top 700.4796 · median 676.4112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 2 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 3 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 4 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 5 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 6 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 7 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 8 | Organizer Portal | |
| 9 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 10 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 11 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 12 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 13 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 15 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 16 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 17 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 18 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 19 | Backend Heat | |
| 20 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 21 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 22 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 23 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 24 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 26 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 27 | SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 28 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 29 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 30 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 31 | BUBBA'S BARBECUE |
Chicken
31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 3 | Organizer Portal | |
| 4 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 5 | Backend Heat | |
| 6 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 7 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 8 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 9 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 10 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 11 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 12 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 13 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 14 | SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 15 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 16 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 17 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 18 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 19 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 20 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 21 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 22 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 23 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 24 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 25 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 26 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 27 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 28 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 29 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 30 | BUBBA'S BARBECUE | |
| 31 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ |
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Organizer Portal | |
| 2 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 3 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 4 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 5 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 7 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 8 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 9 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 10 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 11 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 12 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 13 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 14 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 15 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 18 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 19 | SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 20 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 21 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 22 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 23 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 24 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 25 | Backend Heat | |
| 26 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 27 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 28 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 29 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 30 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 31 | BUBBA'S BARBECUE |
Pork
31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 2 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 3 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 4 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 5 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 7 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 8 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 9 | Organizer Portal | |
| 10 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 11 | SHARKBITE BBQ | |
| 12 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 13 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 14 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 15 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 16 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 17 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 18 | Backend Heat | |
| 19 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 21 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 22 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 24 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 25 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 26 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 27 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 28 | SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 29 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 30 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 31 | BUBBA'S BARBECUE |
Brisket
31 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 3 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 4 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 6 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 7 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 9 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 10 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 11 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 12 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 13 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 14 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 15 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 16 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 17 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 18 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 19 | FYC BARBEQUE | |
| 20 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 21 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 22 | Backend Heat | |
| 23 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 24 | Organizer Portal | |
| 25 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 26 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 27 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 28 | SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 29 | BUBBA'S BARBECUE | |
| 30 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 31 | SHARKBITE BBQ |
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
10 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180