Rescue Smokers Takes the Belt at Canton
Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers
Canton – Rescue Smokers not only won the Grand Championship at the Canton BBQ & Brews festival, they also captured the BBQ & Brews Championship Belt. It was Robby & Stephanie Royal’s Loin entry that topped the finals round for the Grand Championship. The belt was awarded to the highest cumulative scores from the 4 BBQ & Brews events. Rescue Smokers edged out Smokin’ the Good Stuff by 0.9 of a point. Smokin’ the Good Stuff made finals in Loin and had 6th place finishes in both Pork & Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Grand Champion – Smoking the Good Stuff
Note: !st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals round. All other scores are from preliminary rounds
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 591.2 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 587.6 | Weekend Warrior | 1 | 579.3 | Cobra Q | ||
| 2 | 581.9 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff | 2 | 583.8 | Swine Dining | 2 | 577.7 | Hootie Q | ||
| 3 | 579.7 | Hold Your Horses | 3 | 569.6 | Pork U | 3 | 572.1 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 4 | 594.5 | Southern Hogs | 4 | 599.1 | Rescue Smokers | 4 | 594.5 | Swine Dining | ||
| 5 | 594.1 | Off the Chain | 5 | 595.8 | Off the Chain | 5 | 592.5 | Smoke Stache BBQ | ||
| 6 | 591.81 | Hootie Q | 6 | 595.1 | Smokin’ The Good Stuff | 6 | 590.8 | Smokin’ The Good Stuff | ||
| 7 | 591.8 | Weekend Warriors | 7 | 591.8 | Cobra Q | 7 | 588.5 | Smoke Shack BBQ | ||
| 8 | 591.51 | We Want Que | 8 | 591.5 | We Want Que | 8 | 587.9 | Big Bad Wold | ||
| 9 | 591.5 | Cobra Q | 9 | 590.3 | Smoke Stache BBQ | 9 | 586.9 | We Want Que | ||
| 10 | 587.9 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | 10 | 590.2 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | 10 | 585 | If You Smoke It, They Will Come | ||
| 11 | 585.9 | East Coast BBQ | 11 | 587 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 11 | 583.7 | Hold Your Horses | ||
| 12 | 585.3 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 12 | 585.7 | Big Bad Wold | 12 | 582.9 | Fire in the Hole BBQ | ||
| 13 | 584.3 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 13 | 584.6 | Hootie Q | 13 | 582.9 | Weekend Warriors | ||
| 14 | 583.9 | Smoke Stache BBQ | 14 | 582.3 | Hold Your Horses | 14 | 582.9 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 15 | 578.7 | Water Hawgs BBQ | 15 | 578.1 | Southern Hogs | 15 | 581.7 | BBQ Fool of GA | ||
| 16 | 578.5 | Bubonic BBQ | 16 | 576.8 | Napalm Sticks to Pigs | 16 | 581.7 | Water Hawgs BBQ | ||
| 17 | 576.8 | Fire in the Hole BBQ | 17 | 576.7 | Water Hawgs BBQ | 17 | 580.3 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | ||
| 18 | 576.4 | Swine Dining | 18 | 575.7 | If You Smoke It, They Will Come | 18 | 578.6 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | ||
| 19 | 575.8 | Napalm Sticks to Pigs | 19 | 574.4 | Pirates of Porkscents | 19 | 576.3 | Napalm Sticks to Pigs | ||
| 20 | 571.2 | Black Sheep BBQ | 20 | 574.2 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 20 | 575.5 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse | ||
| 21 | 570.2 | BBQ Fool of GA | 21 | 573.2 | Fire in the Hole BBQ | 21 | 575.5 | Pirates of Porkscents | ||
| 22 | 568.4 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse | 22 | 570.4 | Bubonic BBQ | 22 | 574.7 | Pork U | ||
| 23 | 567.9 | Big Bad Wold | 23 | 569.9 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse | 23 | 573.8 | East Coast BBQ | ||
| 24 | 567.6 | Pirates of Porkscents | 24 | 568.2 | Black Sheep BBQ | 24 | 570.1 | Bubonic BBQ | ||
| 25 | 567.2 | If You Smoke It, They Will Come | 25 | 567.2 | East Coast BBQ | 25 | 558.3 | Off the Chain | ||
| 26 | 562.6 | Pork U | 26 | 566.6 | BBQ Fool of GA | 26 | 553.8 | Grandad and Gsons | ||
| 27 | 535.8 | Grandad and Gsons | 27 | 552.5 | Grandad and Gsons | 27 | 546.7 | Black Sheep BBQ |
| Reserve Grand Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Rescue Smokers | 599.7 | 599.1 | 582.9 | 1781.7 | |
| 2 | Smokin’ The Good Stuff | 595.1 | 595.1 | 590.8 | 1781.0 | |
| 3 | Cobra Q | 591.5 | 591.8 | 595.5 | 1778.8 | |
| 4 | Weekend Warriors | 591.8 | 599.7 | 582.9 | 1774.4 | |
| 5 | Southern Hogs | 594.5 | 578.1 | 599.7 | 1772.3 | |
| 6 | Hootie Q | 591.8 | 584.6 | 595.8 | 1772.2 | |
| 7 | Swine Dining | 576.4 | 599.7 | 594.5 | 1770.6 | |
| 8 | We Want Que | 591.5 | 591.5 | 586.9 | 1769.9 | |
| 9 | Smoke Stache BBQ | 583.9 | 590.3 | 592.5 | 1766.7 | |
| 10 | Hold Your Horses | 595.1 | 582.3 | 583.7 | 1761.1 | |
| 11 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 584.3 | 587.0 | 588.5 | 1759.8 | |
| 12 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | 587.9 | 590.2 | 578.6 | 1756.7 | |
| 13 | Off the Chain | 594.1 | 595.8 | 558.3 | 1748.2 | |
| 14 | Big Bad Wold | 567.9 | 585.7 | 587.9 | 1741.5 | |
| 15 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 585.3 | 574.2 | 580.3 | 1739.8 | |
| 16 | Water Hawgs BBQ | 578.7 | 576.7 | 581.7 | 1737.1 | |
| 17 | Pork U | 562.6 | 599.7 | 574.7 | 1737.0 | |
| 18 | Fire in the Hole BBQ | 576.8 | 573.2 | 582.9 | 1732.9 | |
| 19 | Napalm Sticks to Pigs | 575.8 | 576.8 | 576.3 | 1728.9 | |
| 20 | If You Smoke It, They Will Come | 567.2 | 575.7 | 585.0 | 1727.9 | |
| 21 | East Coast BBQ | 585.9 | 567.2 | 573.8 | 1726.9 | |
| 22 | Bubonic BBQ | 578.5 | 570.4 | 570.1 | 1719.0 | |
| 23 | BBQ Fool of GA | 570.2 | 566.6 | 581.7 | 1718.5 | |
| 24 | Pirates of Porkscents | 567.6 | 574.4 | 575.5 | 1717.5 | |
| 25 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse | 568.4 | 569.9 | 575.5 | 1713.8 | |
| 26 | Black Sheep BBQ | 571.2 | 568.2 | 546.7 | 1686.1 | |
| 27 | Grandad and Gsons | 535.8 | 552.5 | 553.8 | 1642.1 |