2024-06-07 – 2024-06-08 · Springfield, TN · 📍 4635 HWY 41 N
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,100.00
Grand Champion: Hogs B Hatin' (531.9656) · 33 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big James Kitchen
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, 2023 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.
Hogs B Hatin' won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 3 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Hogs B Hatin''s first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Wider than 88% of the 5,579 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.3084 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
2 of 4 tracked editions
Big James Kitchen has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack and Big James Kitchen tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: sHOGun Competition BBQ and Big James Kitchen tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: The Big B Barbeque Company and Hogs B Hatin' tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Pig Destroyer turned in 178.2972 in chicken — past the 176.5716 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Pig Destroyer (won 2023).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-09 | Springfield, TN | 4635 HWY 41 N | 30 | 698.2172 | Pig Destroyer | — |
| 2024-06-07 ← this one | Springfield, TN | 4635 HWY 41 N | 33 | 531.9656 | Hogs B Hatin' | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Springfield, TN | 4635 US-41 | 36 | 535.4172 | Big James Kitchen | — |
| 2026-06-12 | Springfield, TN | 4635 US-41 | 32 | 535.4288 | Big James Kitchen | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 175.4056 | 168.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 171.9772 | 170.8228 |
33 entries · top 531.9656 · median 503.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 2 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 3 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 4 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 5 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 6 | The Blazers | |
| 7 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 8 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 9 | A&R Q | |
| 10 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 11 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 12 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 14 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 15 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 16 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 17 | Holy Smoke | |
| 18 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 19 | Serious Hog | |
| 20 | RT Que | |
| 21 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 22 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 23 | KBBS | |
| 24 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 26 | The Red Goose | |
| 27 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 28 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 29 | Red Bow BBQ | |
| 30 | Playground Smokers | |
| 31 | Humphreys BBQ | |
| 32 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 33 | Up in Smoke |
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 2 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 3 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 4 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 5 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 6 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 7 | Serious Hog | |
| 8 | The Blazers | |
| 9 | RT Que | |
| 10 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 11 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 12 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 14 | A&R Q | |
| 15 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 16 | The Red Goose | |
| 17 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 18 | KBBS | |
| 19 | Holy Smoke | |
| 20 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 21 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 22 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 23 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 24 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 25 | Playground Smokers | |
| 26 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 28 | Up in Smoke | |
| 29 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 30 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 31 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 32 | Humphreys BBQ | |
| 33 | Red Bow BBQ |
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 2 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 3 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 4 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 5 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 6 | The Blazers | |
| 7 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 8 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 9 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 10 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 11 | A&R Q | |
| 12 | Holy Smoke | |
| 13 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 14 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 16 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 17 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 18 | Humphreys BBQ | |
| 19 | Serious Hog | |
| 20 | RT Que | |
| 21 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 22 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 23 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 24 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 25 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 26 | The Red Goose | |
| 27 | KBBS | |
| 28 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 29 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 30 | Red Bow BBQ | |
| 31 | Playground Smokers | |
| 32 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 33 | Up in Smoke |
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 2 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 3 | Red Bow BBQ | |
| 4 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 5 | A&R Q | |
| 6 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 7 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 8 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 9 | KBBS | |
| 10 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Blazers | |
| 12 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 13 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 14 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 15 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 16 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 17 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 18 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 19 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 20 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 21 | Holy Smoke | |
| 22 | RT Que | |
| 23 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 25 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 26 | Serious Hog | |
| 27 | Playground Smokers | |
| 28 | The Red Goose | |
| 29 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 30 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 31 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 32 | Up in Smoke | |
| 33 | Humphreys BBQ |
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.
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 2 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 3 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 4 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 5 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 6 | Holy Smoke | |
| 7 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 8 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 9 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 10 | Serious Hog | |
| 11 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 13 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 14 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 15 | Up in Smoke | |
| 16 | RT Que | |
| 17 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 18 | The Red Goose |