2024-05-03 – 2024-05-04 · Oneonta, AL · 📍 28117 State Hwy 75
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,500.00
Grand Champion: Pork Life (349.6916) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 931 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, 2024 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
Pork Life came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Pork Life's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 18th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Rollin Smoke BBQ and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Curly Bird BBQ edged Small Batch BBQ - TN by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Smokey Bees BBQ - MS edged PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q by 0.0116.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 ← this one | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 27 | 349.6916 | Pork Life | — |
| 2025-05-02 | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 28 | 355.4288 | Norala BBQ Team | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Cleveland, AL | 6700 CR1 | 17 | 350.8344 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
27 entries · top 349.6916 · median 337.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pork Life | |
| 2 | 931 BBQ | |
| 3 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 7 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 8 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 12 | Bentley Que | |
| 13 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 14 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 15 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 16 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 17 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 19 | Blue Falcon | |
| 20 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 21 | Budget BBQ | |
| 22 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 23 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 24 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 25 | The Smoke Show | |
| 26 | Hortons Hawgs | |
| 27 | Smoke Right BBQ |
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5488
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 931 BBQ | |
| 2 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Pork Life | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 6 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 7 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 8 | Bentley Que | |
| 9 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 10 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 11 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 12 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 14 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 15 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 16 | Blue Falcon | |
| 17 | Modest Meats | |
| 18 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 19 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | Budget BBQ | |
| 21 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 22 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 23 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 24 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 25 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 26 | The Smoke Show | |
| 27 | Hortons Hawgs |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 3 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 4 | Pork Life | |
| 5 | Modest Meats | |
| 6 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 8 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 9 | 931 BBQ | |
| 10 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 11 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 12 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 13 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 14 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 15 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 16 | Budget BBQ | |
| 17 | Bentley Que | |
| 18 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 19 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 20 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 21 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 22 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 23 | Blue Falcon | |
| 24 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 25 | The Smoke Show | |
| 26 | Hortons Hawgs | |
| 27 | Smoke Right BBQ |