South Carolina Festival of Discovery
The health card: 6 editions on record from 2022 to 2027, in Greenwood, SC. The public page for this contest →
Latest field
Field trend
Teams who come back
Not been back
Published purse
Teams who started here
Field, edition by edition
| Year | Date | Teams | Winner | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2027-07-08 | — | — | 20,210.00 |
| 2026 | 2026-07-09 | 75 | Cocamoke Smoke BBQ | 20,210.00 |
| 2025 | 2025-07-10 | 66 | Smokin' Sweetmeats | 20,210.00 |
| 2024 | 2024-07-11 | 76 | Hot Cole's BBQ | 20,210.00 |
| 2023 | 2023-07-06 | 76 | CHUNKY BBQ | 19,850.00 |
| 2022 | 2022-07-07 | 92 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 19,850.00 |
Who came back
Of the teams at one edition, how many were on the board at the next — and how many were brand new to your contest.
| Edition | Returned | Of | Return rate | New faces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 66 | 65% | 32 |
| 2025 | 45 | 76 | 59% | 21 |
| 2024 | 46 | 76 | 61% | 30 |
| 2023 | 47 | 92 | 51% | 29 |
The teams who stopped coming
Teams who have cooked this contest before, were not at the most recent edition, and have competed somewhere in the last eighteen months — so they are still active, they just are not here. Sorted by how many times they used to come, which is the order worth working down.
| Team | Where | Times cooked here | Last time here | Last contest anywhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Dog BBQ | FL | 4 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-05-08 |
| Stewbabys BBQ | GA | 4 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-03-20 |
| SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | NC | 4 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-05-01 |
| Bald Hawg BBQ | GA | 4 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | FL | 3 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-04-25 |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | VA | 3 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-10-24 |
| COOL HAND QUE | GA | 3 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-05-29 |
| Piggin' Whiskey | KS | 3 | 2024-07-11 | 2025-08-02 |
| ONE EYED PIG BBQ | NC | 3 | 2024-07-11 | 2025-09-05 |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | GA | 3 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-08-07 |
| Lang BBQ Smokers | GA | 2 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-05-23 |
| Organizer Portal | GA | 2 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-03-20 |
| ATLANTA BBQ STORE | GA | 2 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| Riverside Smoke BBQ | SC | 2 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| Off The Bone | WV | 2 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| Three Huskies | SC | 2 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | TN | 2 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-05-24 |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | FL | 2 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-04-25 |
| FALLOUT BBQ | SC | 2 | 2023-07-06 | 2026-05-15 |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | VA | 2 | 2023-07-06 | 2026-08-21 |
| Cooters N Smoke | FL | 2 | 2023-07-06 | 2026-03-20 |
| ALPINE SMOKE WORKS | TN | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-07-17 |
| Quewedo | OH | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-06-26 |
| TWISTED PAIR BBQ | NC | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-07-17 |
| Poppa Pig | TN | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-03-20 |
| J. Piggy's BBQ | AL | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2026-03-06 |
| Keepin It Smokin | FL | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| Triple T Pitmasters | GA | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| Annie-Mae's Cafe | SC | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| Pig In, Pig Out | SC | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| On the Run | SC | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| 3 RIVERS BBQ | AR | 1 | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 |
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | AR | 1 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-08-14 |
| Kith n' Kin | TN | 1 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-06-19 |
| Shiggin aint easy | IN | 1 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-08-21 |
| Speaks For Itself | NC | 1 | 2024-07-11 | 2026-08-07 |
| BAD AZZ MULE BBQ | PA | 1 | 2024-07-11 | 2025-06-20 |
| BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC | NC | 1 | 2023-07-06 | 2026-05-29 |
| CHUNKY BBQ | NJ | 1 | 2023-07-06 | 2026-07-11 |
| OLD HENRY'S BBQ | GA | 1 | 2023-07-06 | 2026-05-08 |
Showing the top 40 of 52.
Where your field comes from
The home state or province of every team that has cooked here. This is where the entry is, and where advertising the next one is least wasted.
| Region | Teams |
|---|---|
| SC | 58 |
| GA | 47 |
| NC | 20 |
| FL | 15 |
| TN | 12 |
| VA | 11 |
| AL | 5 |
| IN | 4 |
| KS | 2 |
| AR | 2 |
Check your date
Team home regions are inferred from team names and where they cook, and a team is “still active” if it has appeared on any results board in the last eighteen months. Everything here comes from the public listings and results at kcbs.us; contests that never published results are invisible to it, so read low numbers as “not on file” before reading them as “did not happen”.