A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 10 tracked editions
TRIPLE H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
- 2023
- 2025
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS)
2025-03-14 · Lebanon, TN · 📍 945 E Baddour Pky
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, CONNIE AMIDEI, DAVID BURSTEIN, JEANNE TITUS, JONATHAN AMIDEI
Grand Champion: Smokey Bees BBQ - MS (179.4400) · 72 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoke Central BBQ
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Pork Ribs totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
147.41
median 169.68
179.44 🏆
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2021 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
72
1 judged meat
Top score
179.4400
Winning margin
0.5828
1st over 2nd
Field average
168.24
147.41179.44
median 169.68 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
0.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
176.5716
147.41179.44
10th place overall
Field spread
32.0344
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 17%
beats 83% of 5765 Pork Ribs wins in the data
Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Smoke Central BBQ and Take It Easy BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Take It Easy BBQ and Rudes BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Rudes BBQ and Mulkey's BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
Back to defend
3
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE BBQ BUS (won 2021), KITH N' KIN (won 2023), Meat Me in St. Louis (won 2024).
- THE BBQ BUS · 2021
- KITH N' KIN · 2023
- Meat Me in St. Louis · 2024
One of the big ones
72
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 96% of the 5,410 contests in the data
72 teams made this a bigger field than 96% of every contest tracked.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 57 | 701.6456 | THE BBQ BUS | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| 2023-03-17 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 80 | 705.6800 | TRIPLE H BBQ | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ |
| 2023-03-17 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 59 | 177.1544 | KITH N' KIN | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 93 | 701.6572 | Continental Barbecue Co. | TRIPLE H BBQ |
| 2024-03-15 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 72 | 178.8572 | Meat Me in St. Louis | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 100 | 704.5372 | Triple H BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2025-03-14 ← this one | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 72 | 179.4400 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 125 | 713.1200 | Razorracks | Kith n' Kin |
| 2026-03-20 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 88 | 180.0000 | Alpine Smoke Works | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 71 | 180.0000 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | — |
| 2027-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2027-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2027-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 178.8572 | 176.5716 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
72 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6800