SOCIAL SUMMIT
THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN
HERE YOU WILL FIND THE CHAMPIONS OF OUR THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN — THE LIVE, HIGH-STAKES GRIDDLE BATTLE HELD DURING THE SUMMIT, WHERE SKILL, STYLE, AND A WHOLE LOT OF SMOKE TAKE CENTER STAGE. WINNERS ARE FOREVER ETCHED INTO CREW HISTORY.
TWO ROUNDS TO GLORY
THE 2026 SOCIAL SUMMIT THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN PUSHED THE COMPETITION TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL, AND GREG SIMONS, CHERI RENEE DRURY, MARTA DOMINGOS FREITAS, JONATHAN CLEVELAND, GARRETT MCGREGOR, STEVE WARRINER, AND ERIN GRAVES ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE - WITH ONLY TWO COMPETITORS ALLOWED TO COOK AT A TIME. BUT THE BIGGEST TWIST WAS STILL TO COME. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN FEATURED A SECOND ROUND, SENDING THE TOP TEAMS INTO A HEAD-TO-HEAD 20-MINUTE COOK-OFF WITH EVERYTHING ON THE LINE. WHEN THE FINAL TIMER HIT ZERO, GREG, CHERI, MARTA, JONATHAN, GARRETT, STEVE, AND ERIN HAD SURVIVED EVERY TWIST, EVERY HANDOFF, AND EVERY SECOND OF PRESSURE TO CLAIM THEIR PLACE IN SOCIAL SUMMIT HISTORY AS THE 2026 THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN CHAMPIONS.
PEOPLE'S CHAMPS
THE 2025 SOCIAL SUMMIT THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’D DONE BEFORE, AND ROBERT ROSE, ERIN GRAVES, MOJO RINCON, AND BRIAN KELLY ROSE TO THE OCCASION. WITH JUST 30 MINUTES ON THE CLOCK, THEY BATTLED AGAINST 12 OTHER TEAMS—INCLUDING A SURPRISE GRIDDLE PROS SQUAD FEATURING TODD TOVEN, JAMES BRACE, AND MATT HUSSEY. THE PRESSURE WAS ON FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT ROBERT, ERIN, MOJO, AND BRIAN DELIVERED WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. TO MAKE THE VICTORY EVEN MORE SPECIAL, 2025 MARKED THE FIRST—AND ONLY—YEAR THE THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN FEATURED A LIVE FAN VOTE. VIEWERS WATCHING THE LIVESTREAM HAD THE FINAL SAY, OFFICIALLY CROWNING ROBERT ROSE, ERIN GRAVES, MOJO RINCON, AND BRIAN KELLY THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPIONS AND SECURING THEIR PLACE IN SOCIAL SUMMIT HISTORY.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
THE 2024 SOCIAL SUMMIT THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN SET A NEW STANDARD FOR COMPETITION, AND RICH TESTA AND NIKKI PLOUGH ROSE TO THE TOP. ADDING EVEN MORE PRESSURE, 2024 MARKED THE FIRST YEAR THE THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN WAS LIVESTREAMED ON FACEBOOK, GIVING VIEWERS A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO EVERY SECOND OF THE ACTION. WITH THE CLOCK TICKING, EACH TEAM HAD TO RELY ON CREATIVITY, TEAMWORK, AND THEIR SKILLS ON THE GRIDDLE TO STAND OUT FROM THE FIELD. WHEN TIME WAS CALLED, THE FINAL DISHES WERE PUT IN FRONT OF A PANEL OF GRIDDLE PRO JUDGES, WHO HAD THE DIFFICULT TASK OF DECIDING THE CHAMPION. IN THE END, RICH AND NIKKI IMPRESSED THE JUDGES, OUTLASTED NINE OTHER TEAMS, AND EARNED THEIR PLACE IN SOCIAL SUMMIT HISTORY AS THE 2024 THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN CHAMPIONS.
SETTING THE STANDARD
MICHAEL ANDRES AND DANIEL ANDERSON MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST-EVER CHAMPIONS OF THE INAUGURAL 2023 THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN. WITH NO PAST WINNERS TO FOLLOW AND NO BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO CLAIM THE TITLE, THE PRESSURE OF BECOMING THE VERY FIRST CHAMPIONS WAS REAL. EVERY DECISION, EVERY MOVE ON THE GRIDDLE, AND EVERY SECOND ON THE CLOCK MATTERED AS THEY FOUGHT TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE FIELD. WHEN THE FINAL DISHES WERE COMPLETE AND THE COMPETITION CAME TO AN END, MICHAEL AND DANIEL HAD DONE SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE HAD EVER DONE BEFORE—THEY BECAME THE INNAGURAL THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN CHAMPIONS, FOREVER SETTING THE STANDARD FOR EVERY TEAM THAT WOULD COME AFTER THEM.