| Genre: | Reality show |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 24 |
| Executive Producer: | Daniel Calin John stuffling Simon Knight Tim Pastore |
| Runtime: | 41–44 minutes |
| Company: | Maverick Television All3Media America |
| Network: | Netflix |
Barbecue Showdown (originally titled The American Barbecue Showdown) is a reality television series filmed in Covington, Georgia that premiered on Netflix on September 18, 2020.[1] [2] On August 9, 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.[3] For season 3, the series moved its filming location to Gay, Georgia.
Contestants from across the United States compete in a barbecue cook-off to be crowned the "American Barbecue Champion". At the start of each season there are 8 contestants, each of them with different levels of barbecuing experience. They have to face challenges cooking in different styles, sometimes with extra surprise challenges. There is a focus not just on the cooking aspect but maintaining the barbecue's temperature and smoking abilities. Each cooking task must be completed within a set time, often less than the time typically needed to prepare and cook the specified meal.
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | Winner | ||||
| Rasheed | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | |||||
| Sylvie | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | ||||
| Ashley | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | |||
| Grubbs | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | ||||
| Georgia | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Boatright | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||
| Shotgun | ELIM | ||||||||
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thyron | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | Winner | |||||
| Logan | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | HIGH | SAFE | ||||
| Delilah | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | ||
| Michelle | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | ||||
| Eduardo | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Joey | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Cindy | BTM2 | ELIM | |||||||
| John Boy | ELIM | ||||||||
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaticka | HIGH | SAFE | BTM2 | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | Winner | ||
| Gerald | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | |||
| Sloan | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Kareem | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||
| Staci | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Melissa | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | |||||
| Kent | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Luis | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||
| Tung | ELIM | ||||||||