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