2024-09-06 – 2024-09-07 · Cullman, AL · 📍 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,700.00
Grand Champion: Brothers Q BBQ Supply (355.4172) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Pig Destroyer
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 2024 — 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 84 times in 100
Say My Name BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 3–4: Pig Destroyer and NORALA BBQ TEAM tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Say My Name BBQ and Ghost Hill BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Ghost Hill BBQ and Rollin Smoke BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smokey Bees BBQ (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-08 | Cullman, AL | 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE | 19 | 355.4172 | Smokey Bees BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-06 ← this one | Cullman, AL | 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE | 27 | 355.4172 | Brothers Q BBQ Supply | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Cullman, AL | 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE | 16 | 174.2628 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.6172 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.1428 |
27 entries · top 355.4172 · median 339.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 2 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 3 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 6 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 7 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | Green Dragon BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 10 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 11 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 12 | LEE LA Q | |
| 13 | Pork Life | |
| 14 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 15 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 16 | Budget BBQ | |
| 17 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 19 | REDBONES | |
| 20 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 21 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 22 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 23 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 24 | Smoke'Em All | |
| 25 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 26 | Warden's Jailhouse BBQ | |
| 27 | Naw da bone crew |
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 2 | Green Dragon BBQ | |
| 3 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 6 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 7 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 10 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 14 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 15 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 16 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 18 | Pork Life | |
| 19 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 20 | Warden's Jailhouse BBQ | |
| 21 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 22 | Naw da bone crew | |
| 23 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 24 | Budget BBQ | |
| 25 | REDBONES | |
| 26 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 27 | Smoke'Em All |
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9830 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 2 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | Budget BBQ | |
| 5 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 6 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | REDBONES | |
| 9 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 10 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 12 | Smoke'Em All | |
| 13 | Pork Life | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 16 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 17 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 18 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 19 | Green Dragon BBQ | |
| 20 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 21 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 22 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 23 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 24 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 25 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 26 | Warden's Jailhouse BBQ |