Oct 18–19, 2024 · Columbus, MS · 📍 Hwy 69 · State championship
Reps: Janet Appleton, Sam Appleton · Prize money: $5,500
Smoke Busters won Grand Champion at the Roast N Boast on October 18, 2024 in Columbus, MS at Hwy 69, scoring 699.9312 in a field of 15 teams. GENERAL LEE SMOKING took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.6456. Category winners: Chicken — Glamping Grillers (180.0000); Pork Ribs — UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ (177.1544); Pork — BEER-B-QUE BOYS (176.0000); Brisket — SMOKIN' OUTLAWS (176.5600). The Backyard Series standings were won by Electro-Que-ted with 350.2628. This is the 10th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by COLORADO BULLDAWG BBQ; 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2025 — 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 79 times in 100
Smoke Busters came in rated below the field's top team, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Smoke Busters won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SMOKEBUSTERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
Electro-Que-ted won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick.
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: GENERAL LEE SMOKING and UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: Rankin County BBQ Company and Glamping Grillers tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 9–10: UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ and BOARS NIGHT OUT tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BEER B QUE BOYS (won 2022), COLORADO BULLDAWG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2013 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS | 27 | 700.5828 | SHORT BUS COOKERS | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS 39702 | 25 | 695.3600 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | SOUTHERN SMOKERS |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS 39703 | 26 | 690.2172 | RED EYED SMOKERS | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S | 17 | 689.6456 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Columbus, MS | Columbus Lowndes Fairground | 25 | 699.9312 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT | SOUTH PORK |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS 39702 | 36 | 708.0116 | GETTING' BASTED | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Columbus, MS | 900 MS-69 | 19 | 703.9884 | Chicken Fried BBQ | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S. | 8 | 701.6688 | BEER B QUE BOYS | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S. | 12 | 705.0972 | COLORADO BULLDAWG BBQ | Poppa Pig |
| Oct 18, 2024 ← this one | Columbus, MS | Hwy 69 | 15 | 699.9312 | SMOKEBUSTERS | GENERAL LEE SMOKING |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Columbus, MS | 698 Heigh Drive | 13 | 702.8000 | Glamping Grillers | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Columbus, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 173.1084 | 167.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176 | 172.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 176.5600 | 170.8344 | 166.8228 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.1428 | 163.4056 | 153.6572 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 166.2516 | 157.6800 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 180 | 168 | 157.1200 |
15 entries · top 699.9312 · median 682.1712
15 entries · top 180 · median 170.2972 · 🔥 perfect 180
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.6800
15 entries · top 176 · median 170.8456
15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5256
12 entries · top 350.2628 · median 325.9540
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 3 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 4 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 5 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 6 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 7 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 8 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 9 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 10 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ | |
| 11 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 12 | Country Hoggs |
12 entries · top 177.1428 · median 160.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 3 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 4 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 5 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 6 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 7 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ | |
| 8 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 9 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 10 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 11 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 12 | Country Hoggs |
12 entries · top 173.1200 · median 160.8398
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 3 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 4 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 5 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 6 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 7 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 8 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 9 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 10 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 11 | Country Hoggs | |
| 12 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ |
12 entries · top 180 · median 161.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 3 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 4 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 5 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 6 | Country Hoggs | |
| 7 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 8 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 9 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 10 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 11 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 12 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ |