Feb 5–6, 2021 · Young Harris, GA · 📍 6321 US Hwy 76
Reps: Julie Cook, Rusty Cook · Prize money: $7,600
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS won Grand Champion at the Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL) on February 5, 2021 in Young Harris, GA at 6321 US Hwy 76, scoring 700.4796 in a field of 31 teams. TRIPLE H BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8000. Category winners: Chicken — UNDER THE RADAR (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Organizer Portal (177.7144); Pork — ATLANTA BBQ STORE (178.8572); Brisket — REDMULE'S BBQ (177.7028).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 75% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6796 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 94% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1642 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.
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.
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
10 entries · top 180 · median 173.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180