2024-04-26 – 2024-04-27 · Southaven, MS · 📍 6275 Snowden Lane · State championship
Reps: DEBRA GAGE, WILLIAM GAGE · Prize money: $14,500.00
Grand Champion: Optimus Swine (699.9428) · 44 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOT COLE'S BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
4 of 10 tracked editions
Razorracks has won this contest 4 times across its 10 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.8684 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 3–4: BrewsCue and HOT COLE'S BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Breaking Bread BBQ and The Drunken Sailor tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: The Drunken Sailor and Kermit's Ex tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Optimus Swine took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 25th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Razorracks (won 2019, 2022, 2023).
This contest usually draws about 35 teams
44 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 35.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-22 | Southaven, MS | Southaven, MS | 41 | 704.5256 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | SOUTH PORK |
| 2017-04-28 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 33 | 694.2400 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | Q-BONES BBQ |
| 2018-04-27 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 34 | 700.5604 | Q-BONES BBQ | NU BETA GAMMA |
| 2019-04-26 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 31 | 704.5256 | Razorracks | FIRE DANCER BBQ |
| 2021-10-29 | Southaven, MS | 6205 Snowdenlane | 36 | 704.5716 | Razzoracks | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| 2022-04-22 | Southaven, MS | 8710 Northwest Drive | 36 | 702.8000 | Razorracks | Rankin County BBQ Company |
| 2023-04-21 | Southaven, MS | Snowden Grove Park | 34 | 714.2744 | Razorracks | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ |
| 2024-04-26 ← this one | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 44 | 699.9428 | Optimus Swine | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| 2025-04-25 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 34 | 699.9428 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | Mad Dog BBQ |
| 2026-04-24 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 33 | 713.1316 | RAZORRACKS | Electro-Que-ted |
| 2027-04-23 | Southaven, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.1084 |
44 entries · top 699.9428 · median 685.3140
44 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
44 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.5428
44 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.9656
44 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2570 · 🔥 perfect 180