| Ribs | TOTAL | appearance | aroma | tenderness | taste | overall |
| Ultimate Tailgater BBQ Chris Fulmer | 15.7667 | 2.750 | 1.833 | 4.667 | 4.700 | 1.817 |
| The Saucy Pig BBQ James Davila | 15.5857 | 2.779 | 1.793 | 4.664 | 4.600 | 1.750 |
| Carolina DrumLine BBQ Justin Adler | 15.4167 | 2.617 | 1.817 | 4.517 | 4.700 | 1.767 |
| RazorBack BBQ Jason Peterson | 15.4000 | 2.686 | 1.714 | 4.629 | 4.629 | 1.743 |
| Pimp my Pig Dean Price | 15.3571 | 2.764 | 1.836 | 4.557 | 4.507 | 1.693 |
| Steel Smok’n Smokerz Kamese McDaniels | 15.3257 | 2.686 | 1.729 | 4.557 | 4.543 | 1.811 |
| Smoke Central BBQ Jason Singletary | 15.3214 | 2.671 | 1.757 | 4.600 | 4.514 | 1.779 |
| Bucky’s BBQ Wayne Preston | 15.2771 | 2.657 | 1.786 | 4.629 | 4.486 | 1.720 |
| Mama Said Tesa Culbertson | 15.2571 | 2.657 | 1.743 | 4.614 | 4.529 | 1.714 |
| Backwood BBQ Gene Culbertson | 15.1833 | 2.667 | 1.850 | 4.417 | 4.533 | 1.717 |
| In the Army Que Tony Sadler | 15.1000 | 2.717 | 1.783 | 4.400 | 4.483 | 1.717 |
| Commando BBQ Chad Carter | 15.1000 | 2.514 | 1.671 | 4.514 | 4.671 | 1.729 |
| Alveron Barbeque Co John Haney | 15.0714 | 2.700 | 1.686 | 4.471 | 4.529 | 1.686 |
| Butts R Us Butch Kelly | 15.0357 | 2.736 | 1.807 | 4.436 | 4.414 | 1.643 |
| Bold Branch BBQ Boys, Joe Hilliard | 14.9429 | 2.600 | 1.657 | 4.529 | 4.486 | 1.671 |
| Mac’s Lunch David McLaurin | 14.9357 | 2.650 | 1.807 | 4.271 | 4.564 | 1.643 |
| High on the Hog BBQ Matt Talbot | 14.9000 | 2.850 | 1.800 | 4.233 | 4.333 | 1.683 |
| Nard’s Backyard BBQ Randall Knight | 14.8143 | 2.607 | 1.750 | 4.386 | 4.443 | 1.629 |
| Daddy Likes the Sauce Allen Johnson | 14.5000 | 2.583 | 1.733 | 4.250 | 4.317 | 1.617 |
| Big Glenn’s Grill Big Glenn | 14.0986 | 2.557 | 1.671 | 4.114 | 4.229 | 1.527 |
| Up All Knight BBQ Ryan Lockwood | 14.0429 | 2.357 | 1.643 | 4.257 | 4.271 | 1.514 |