By Blake Moren, CTCN Correspondent

The seventh annual United Way BBQ Showdown announced the winners of the benefit event, which took place Sept. 14 at Fuqua Park. This event helps numerous agencies, including Christians Concerned. The categories for his year’s showdown include beans, chicken, pork butt, ribs, brisket, dessert and people’s choice.
Here are the winners:
Collective BBQ won first place for beans. Second and third place went to Jacob’s and C.O. Jones.
For chicken, Collective BBQ won first place. Old School Smokers won second and Duncan Pool Q got third.
Duncan Pool Q won first place for the pork butt. C.O. Jones won second place and First Bank and Trust came in third place.
For the ribs, Duncan Pool Q got first place, while C.O. Jones and Collective BBQ were tied.
Duncan Pool Q got first place for brisket and Collective BBQ and Boneshake BBQ got second and third.
For dessert, Collective BBQ came in first, while C.O. Jones and Coast Technology came in second and third place.
The People’s Choice was Collective BBQ.