A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 10 tracked editions
TRIPLE H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
- 2023
- 2025
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) 2024
Mar 15, 2024 · Lebanon, TN · 📍 945 E Baddour Pky
Reps: Doug Reid, Julie Cook, Rachel Harper, Rusty Cook, Wayne Harper
Grand Champion: Meat Me in St. Louis (178.8572) · 72 teams
Full results from the Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) 2024, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on March 15, 2024 in Lebanon, TN at 945 E Baddour Pky. Category winners: Pork Ribs — MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS (178.8572). This is the 5th of 13 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Continental Barbecue Co.; the next was held in 2025.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Pork Ribs totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
143.34
median 168.54
178.86 🏆
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2021 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
72
1 judged meat · 1 ancillary
Top score
178.8572
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
166.58
143.34178.86
Pork Ribs · median 168.54 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.8572 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
173.7144
143.34178.86
10th place in Pork Ribs
Field spread
35.5200
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 30%
beats 70% of 5793 Pork Ribs wins in the data
Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 1–2: MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS and WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: LOVE 2 Q and SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Back to defend
3
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE BBQ BUS (won 2021), TRIPLE H BBQ (won 2023), KITH N' KIN (won 2023).
- THE BBQ BUS · 2021
- TRIPLE H BBQ · 2023
- KITH N' KIN · 2023
One of the big ones
72
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 96% of the 5,469 contests in the data
72 teams — bigger than 96% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2021 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 57 | 701.6456 | THE BBQ BUS | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 80 | 705.6800 | TRIPLE H BBQ | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 59 | 177.1544 | KITH N' KIN | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 93 | 701.6572 | Continental Barbecue Co. | TRIPLE H BBQ |
| Mar 15, 2024 ← this one | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 72 | 178.8572 | Meat Me in St. Louis | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 100 | 704.5372 | Triple H BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 72 | 179.4400 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 125 | 713.1200 | Razorracks | Kith n' Kin |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 88 | 180 | Alpine Smoke Works | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 71 | 180 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | — |
| Mar 19, 2027 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 19, 2027 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 19, 2027 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176 | 173.7144 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
72 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5428
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
55 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168