Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
2022-03-04 – 2022-03-05 · Lawrenceville, GA · 📍 Lawrenceville, GA 30043 · State championship
Reps: DOUG REID, JULIE COOK, RACHEL HARPER, RUSTY COOK, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $12,100.00
Grand Champion: SMOKINGHOSTBBQ (706.2284) · 73 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SWEET DIXIE 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
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SmokinGhost BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IL.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS and SWEET DIXIE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: SWEET DIXIE BBQ and YES, DEAR BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: HOT COLE'S BBQ and MAYA JANE BBQ CO. tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ATLANTA BBQ STORE (won 2017, 2019), THE PIT CREW GA (won 2018), ANGRY JACK BBQ (won 2020), TRIPLE H BBQ (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
SmokinGhost BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-04 | Coolray Field- Lawrenceville, GA | 59 | 692.5372 | CHECKERED PIG | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 2017-03-03 | Coolray Field- Lawrenceville, GA | 63 | 696.5140 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 2018-03-02 | Coolray Field | 59 | 691.9316 | THE PIT CREW GA | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 2019-03-01 | Lawrenceville, GA | Coolray Field | 62 | 690.2056 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | WHO CARES BBQ |
| 2020-03-06 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr | 61 | 693.0624 | ANGRY JACK BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| 2021-03-05 | Lawrenceville, GA | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 | 81 | 704.5488 | TRIPLE H BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2022-03-04 ← this one | Lawrenceville, GA | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 | 73 | 706.2284 | SMOKINGHOSTBBQ | SWEET DIXIE BBQ |
| 2023-03-03 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 65 | 703.9660 | CHEWIN' THE BBQ FAT! | Gardenvalley Smokers |
| 2024-03-01 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 59 | 703.9428 | YES DEAR BBQ | Ham Squad |
| 2025-03-07 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 45 | 702.8000 | Janky Leg BBQ | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ |
| 2026-03-06 | Lawrenceville, GA | 2500 Buford Dr. | 44 | 705.6916 | Electro-Que-ted | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.0000 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 175.4172 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 173.1200 | 170.2744 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 167.9772 |
| Backyard Series — Pork | 174.2744 | 168.5484 | 166.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
73 entries · top 706.2284 · median 680.9940
Chicken
73 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
73 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
73 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
72 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series
Overall
40 entries · top 518.8000 · median 491.6344
Chicken
40 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.2342
Pork Ribs
38 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.1200
Pork
39 entries · top 174.2744 · median 162.8000
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.
Kids-Q — Kids Que Ages 11-15
7 entries · top 177.1428 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUSTIN AND MAX TRYGESTAD | |
| 2 | CALEB AND ANDREW GRANT | |
| 3 | ELLIE TOLLETT | |
| 4 | JOHN MCGEE | |
| 5 | JACKSON THOMAS | |
| 6 | REGAN PRESLEY | |
| 7 | LEONARDO GARCIA |
Kids-Q — Kids Que Ages 6-10
5 entries · top 175.4056 · median 173.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARLEIGH SMITH | |
| 2 | BRADY DOPP | |
| 3 | CHARLEIGH PRESLEY | |
| 4 | ROSS CADDEN | |
| 5 | ATLANTA BBQ BOYS - MICAH |