South Carolina Festival of Discovery
Greenwood, SC — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
6
5 with results
Typical draw
77
teams · biggest 92
Purse listed
$121K
across all editions
State championship
6 🏅
editions carried the title
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 Smokin' Sweetmeats — 2 wins (2022, 2025)
- 🏆 Cocamoke Smoke BBQ — 1 win (2026)
- 🏆 Hot Cole's BBQ — 1 win (2024)
- 🏆 CHUNKY BBQ — 1 win (2023)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 708 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Chicken | 180 🔥 | SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | Blue Smoke Q | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Pork | 180 🔥 | Willingham's | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Brisket | 180 🔥 | SMOKE N' ASH BBQ | Jul 10, 2025 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | top 16% |
| HOT COLE'S BBQ | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 15% |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 1% |
| COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 1% |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | top 11% |
| SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | top 16% |
| SMOKIN SKULLIES | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | top 11% |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | top 24% |
| Blue Smoke Q | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | top 8% |
| Kings BBQ Team | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | top 20% |
| ZIPS BBQ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | top 28% |
| Organizer Portal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 7% |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | top 29% |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | top 24% |
| MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | top 30% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2027 🏅 | — | — | — | — | — | $20,210 |
| Jul 9, 2026 🏅 | 120 Main Street | 75 | 707.3828 | Cocamoke Smoke BBQ | Maya Jane BBQ Co. | $20,210 |
| Jul 10, 2025 🏅 | 120 Main Street | 66 | 708 | Smokin' Sweetmeats | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | $20,210 |
| Jul 11, 2024 🏅 | 120 Main Street | 76 | 703.9888 | Hot Cole's BBQ | STEWBABYS BBQ | $20,210 |
| Jul 6, 2023 🏅 | 120 Main Street | 76 | 706.2516 | CHUNKY BBQ | QMEISTERS | $19,850 |
| Jul 7, 2022 🏅 | 120 Main Street | 92 | 708 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | $19,850 |