South Carolina Festival of Discovery
2022-07-07 – 2022-07-09 · Greenwood, SC · 📍 120 Main Street · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID, JULIE COOK, MIKE GARRETSON, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $19,850.00
Grand Champion: SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS (708.0000) · 92 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS took the Grand Championship home to GA.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: Kings BBQ Team and Smoke Central BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Smoke Central BBQ and BIG DOG VA tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: HOT COLE'S BBQ and FALLOUT BBQ tied on 176.5600 — 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 23-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-07 ← this one | Greenwood, SC | 120 Main Street | 92 | 708.0000 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2023-07-06 | Greenwood, SC | 120 Main Street | 76 | 706.2516 | CHUNKY BBQ | QMEISTERS |
| 2024-07-11 | Greenwood, SC | 120 Main Street | 76 | 703.9888 | Hot Cole's BBQ | STEWBABYS BBQ |
| 2025-07-10 | Greenwood, SC | 120 Main Street | 66 | 708.0000 | Smokin' Sweetmeats | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS |
| 2026-07-09 | Greenwood, SC | 120 Main Street | 75 | 707.3828 | Cocamoke Smoke BBQ | Maya Jane BBQ Co. |
| 2027-07-08 | Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 176.5716 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 173.7256 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 176.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
92 entries · top 708.0000 · median 670.7658
Chicken
89 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3712
Pork Ribs
92 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
92 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.6914
Brisket
88 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1542 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Anything Goes
29 entries · top 173.7256 · median 163.4400
Ancillary — Dessert
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Eyed Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | K & E's Little Smokers | |
| 3 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 4 | Backwoods BBQ | |
| 5 | BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW | |
| 6 | CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC | |
| 7 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 8 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 9 | HENRY'S HOG HAULER | |
| 10 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 11 | THE SOUTHERN PIG | |
| 12 | CHERRYWOOD BBQ SMOKE TEAM | |
| 13 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 14 | BLUE SUEDE QUE | |
| 15 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 16 | QUE IT UP! | |
| 17 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 18 | BACKYARD BROS | |
| 19 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 21 | PALMETTO MOONLIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 22 | QUALITY QUE | |
| 23 | RUBBIN BUTTS BBQ | |
| 24 | OFF THE GRILL BBQ | |
| 25 | CDS BBQ | |
| 26 | TKO BBQ |
Ancillary — Hash
19 entries · top 174.8572 · median 161.1084
Kids-Q — Kids-Q 11+
3 entries · top 170.2972 · median 166.9144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLU'S BBQ | |
| 2 | K'S KOOKING | |
| 3 | COLE BBQ |
Kids-Q — Kids-Q 5-10
5 entries · top 167.4400 · median 163.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIBERTY HILL BBQ | |
| 2 | MICAH BBQ | |
| 3 | RED, WHITE, BBQ | |
| 4 | PIGGY TAILS BBQ | |
| 5 | ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS JR. |