| Platinum | City Barbeque |
| Gold | Daddy Pete's BBQ |
| Silver | The Pit Stop |
| Bronze | Carolina Lowcountry Kitchen |
| Top Pick | Gravity Taphouse Grille |
| Top Pick | Honeybee's Kitchen and Catering |
| Top Pick | Saladino Smoke |
| Top Pick | Smokey Bones Grand Rapids |
| Top Pick | The Candied Yam |
| Top Pick | Two Bones BBQ |