Nov 19–20, 2021 · Cumming, GA · 📍 235 Castleberry Rd · State championship
Reps: Julie Cook, Rachel Harper, Rusty Cook, Wayne Harper · Prize money: $2,475
TRIPLE H BBQ won Grand Champion at the GBC Throwdown on November 19, 2021 in Cumming, GA at 235 Castleberry Rd, scoring 701.6572 in a field of 28 teams. 4 LEGS UP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.5028. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — THE PIT CREW GA (180.0000); Pork — ATLANTA BBQ STORE (178.8572); Brisket — ELITE BBQ SMOKERS (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Dogpatch Q with 509.6228. The Other standings were won by ATLANTA BBQ STORE BOYS with 180.0000.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
TRIPLE H BBQ 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.
TRIPLE H BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and 4 LEGS UP BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and THE HOG MAFIA tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: Heavy Smoke BBQ and YES, DEAR BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 174.8456 | 171.9656 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 171.9772 | 167.9656 | 165.7372 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 173.7028 | 169.6916 | 163.9428 |
| Backyard Series — Pork | 170.8228 | 167.3944 | 165.1316 |
28 entries · top 701.6572 · median 678.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 4 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 5 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 6 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 7 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 8 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 11 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 12 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | |
| 13 | COOL HAND QUE | |
| 14 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 15 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 16 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 17 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 18 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 19 | ZIP'S B.B.Q. | |
| 20 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 21 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 22 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 23 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 24 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 25 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 26 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 27 | Wiggle Butts BBQ | |
| 28 | Willingham's |
28 entries · top 180 · median 170.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 2 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 5 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 6 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 8 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 9 | COOL HAND QUE | |
| 10 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 11 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 12 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 13 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 14 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 15 | NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 17 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 18 | ZIP'S B.B.Q. | |
| 19 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 20 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 21 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 22 | Wiggle Butts BBQ | |
| 23 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 24 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 25 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | |
| 26 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 27 | Willingham's | |
| 28 | Q-INATOR! |
28 entries · top 180 · median 170.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 2 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 3 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 4 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 5 | COOL HAND QUE | |
| 6 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 7 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 8 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 9 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 10 | NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ | |
| 11 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 12 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | |
| 13 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 15 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 16 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 17 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 19 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 20 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 21 | Wiggle Butts BBQ | |
| 22 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 23 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 24 | ZIP'S B.B.Q. | |
| 25 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 26 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 27 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 28 | Willingham's |
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 2 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 3 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 4 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 6 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 7 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 8 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 9 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 10 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | |
| 11 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 12 | ZIP'S B.B.Q. | |
| 13 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 14 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 15 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 16 | Willingham's | |
| 17 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 19 | NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ | |
| 20 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 21 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 22 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 23 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 24 | Wiggle Butts BBQ | |
| 25 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 26 | COOL HAND QUE | |
| 27 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 28 | Peckerwood Country Club |
28 entries · top 180 · median 169.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 2 | NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ | |
| 3 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 4 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 5 | COOL HAND QUE | |
| 6 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 7 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | |
| 8 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 9 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 10 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 11 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 12 | Peckerwood Country Club | |
| 13 | ZIP'S B.B.Q. | |
| 14 | Q-INATOR! | |
| 15 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 16 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 17 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 18 | STEWBABYS BBQ | |
| 19 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 20 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 21 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 22 | Willingham's | |
| 23 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 25 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 26 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 27 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 28 | Wiggle Butts BBQ |
24 entries · top 509.6228 · median 484.4116 · out of 540, not the usual 360
24 entries · top 171.9772 · median 161.9714
24 entries · top 173.7028 · median 161.1144
24 entries · top 170.8228 · median 162.5256
7 entries · top 180 · median 175.4288 · out of 180, not the usual 720 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE BOYS | |
| 2 | QUEEN OF PIGS | |
| 3 | THE PORK HUNTERS | |
| 4 | ETOWAH SMOK KIDS | |
| 5 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 6 | COCO NUT BBQ | |
| 7 | CECE Q |
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.
4 entries · top 176 · median 175.4230
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE PORK HUNTERS | |
| 2 | ETOWAH SMOK KIDS | |
| 3 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 4 | CECE Q |
3 entries · top 180 · median 180 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE BOYS | |
| 2 | QUEEN OF PIGS | |
| 3 | COCO NUT BBQ |