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The first season called The American Barbecue Showdown was released on September 18, 2020 on Netflix.[ citation needed ]
| Barbecue Showdown | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality show |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Daniel Calin John stuffling Simon Knight Tim Pastore |
| Running time | 41–44 minutes |
| Production companies | Maverick Television All3Media America |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | September 18, 2020 – present |
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.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Barbecue in the Blood" | September 18, 2020 |
| 2 | 2 | "Red, White and Barbecue" | September 18, 2020 |
| 3 | 3 | "Don't Need Teeth to Eat this Beef" | September 18, 2020 |
| 4 | 4 | "Tournament of Sandwiches" | September 18, 2020 |
| 5 | 5 | "Raccoon, Iguana and Hare - Oh My!" | September 18, 2020 |
| 6 | 6 | "Cooking it Old School" | September 18, 2020 |
| 7 | 7 | "Barbecue Around the World" | September 18, 2020 |
| 8 | 8 | "The. Whole. Hog." | September 18, 2020 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "The Fire Within" | May 26, 2023 |
| 10 | 2 | "Saucy and Spicy" | May 26, 2023 |
| 11 | 3 | "Land, Sea & Fire" | May 26, 2023 |
| 12 | 4 | "Breakfast Showdown" | May 26, 2023 |
| 13 | 5 | "BBQ Trash or Treasure?" | May 26, 2023 |
| 14 | 6 | "A Festive Feast" | May 26, 2023 |
| 15 | 7 | "Don't Bring a Skewer, To A Swordfight" | May 26, 2023 |
| 16 | 8 | "The Piggy Bank" | May 26, 2023 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Bad to the Bone" | July 4, 2024 |
| 18 | 2 | "Brew and 'Cue" | July 4, 2024 |
| 19 | 3 | "The Trench Is Back" | July 4, 2024 |
| 20 | 4 | "Friday Night Bites" | July 4, 2024 |
| 21 | 5 | "Slow Fast Food" | July 4, 2024 |
| 22 | 6 | "Birsket Battle" | July 4, 2024 |
| 23 | 7 | "Go Pig or Go Home" | July 4, 2024 |
| 24 | 8 | "The Final Stand" | July 4, 2024 |
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina | SAFE | WIN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | SAFE | Winner |
| Rasheed | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | WIN | WIN | Runner-up |
| Sylvie | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | WIN | 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 | WIN | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | WIN | WIN | Winner |
| Logan | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | WIN | HIGH | WIN | SAFE | Runner-up |
| Delilah | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | |
| Michelle | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | ||
| Eduardo | WIN | 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 | WIN | BTM2 | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | Winner |
| Gerald | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | WIN | Runner-up |
| Sloan | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | WIN | ELIM | |
| Kareem | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Staci | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | |||
| Melissa | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | ||||
| Kent | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Luis | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Tung | ELIM | |||||||
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The first season called The American Barbecue Showdown was released on September 18, 2020 on Netflix.[ citation needed ]
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