Oct 11–12, 2024 · Scottsboro, AL · 📍 102 E. Laurel St.
Reps: Janet Appleton, Sam Appleton · Prize money: $3,250
Rollin Smoke BBQ won Grand Champion at the Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) on October 11, 2024 in Scottsboro, AL at 102 E. Laurel St., scoring 357.7028 in a field of 38 teams. Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team took Reserve Grand Champion with 355.4172. Category winners: Chicken — Say My Name BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Curly Bird BBQ (178.8572). This is the 4th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Mad Rocket Barbecue; the next was held in 2025.
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.
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 81 times in 100
Rollin Smoke BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 1–2: Say My Name BBQ and Rollin Smoke BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: 2 Swine Crew and Curly Bird BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Electro-Que-ted and Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Curly Bird BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 2 Swine Crew (won 2022), Mad Rocket Barbecue (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2021 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 31 | 349.1316 | Hell on Squeals |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 349.7028 | 2 Swine Crew |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 27 | 350.8456 | Mad Rocket Barbecue |
| Oct 11, 2024 ← this one | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 357.7028 | Rollin Smoke BBQ |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 30 | 353.1200 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Scottsboro, AL | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
38 entries · top 357.7028 · median 333.9084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Mind If I Smoke? | |
| 8 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 9 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 10 | Redbones BBQ | |
| 11 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 12 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 14 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 16 | Modest Meats | |
| 17 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 18 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 19 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | Southern Swine | |
| 23 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 24 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 25 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 26 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 27 | LWS SMOKING ACES | |
| 28 | WSG Cookers | |
| 29 | Wintenn | |
| 30 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 31 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 32 | Idle Times | |
| 33 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 34 | Double D's BBQ | |
| 35 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 36 | T&M BBQ | |
| 37 | Finger Lickers | |
| 38 | Blow-N-Smoke |
38 entries · top 180 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 6 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 8 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 9 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 11 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 12 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 13 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 14 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 15 | Mind If I Smoke? | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 18 | Redbones BBQ | |
| 19 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 22 | Wintenn | |
| 23 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 24 | Modest Meats | |
| 25 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 26 | Southern Swine | |
| 27 | WSG Cookers | |
| 28 | LWS SMOKING ACES | |
| 29 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 30 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 31 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 32 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 33 | Finger Lickers | |
| 34 | Double D's BBQ | |
| 35 | Idle Times | |
| 36 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 37 | Blow-N-Smoke | |
| 38 | T&M BBQ |
38 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 3 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Redbones BBQ | |
| 8 | Mind If I Smoke? | |
| 9 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 12 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 13 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 14 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 15 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 16 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 17 | Southern Swine | |
| 18 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 19 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 22 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 23 | LWS SMOKING ACES | |
| 24 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 25 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 26 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 27 | WSG Cookers | |
| 28 | Idle Times | |
| 29 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 30 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 31 | Wintenn | |
| 32 | T&M BBQ | |
| 33 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 34 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 35 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 36 | Double D's BBQ | |
| 37 | Finger Lickers | |
| 38 | Blow-N-Smoke |