May 31 – Jun 1, 2013 · Memphis, TN
SWIGGIN PIG won Grand Champion at the Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash on May 31, 2013 in Memphis, TN, scoring 698.8568 in a field of 43 teams. GILLY'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.5712. Category winners: Chicken — Bluff City Bulldogs (176.5714); Pork Ribs — SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY (180.0000); Pork — RIVER CITY RUB (180.0000); Brisket — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (178.2858). This is the 1st of 4 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2015.
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 2017 — 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.
RIVER CITY RUB holds the KCBS record for highest pork score — 180 one meat, out of 180, won the category with it, set right here. 2 all-time records in the book were set at this contest.
SWIGGIN PIG won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 4 tracked editions
SWIGGIN PIG has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: Bluff City Bulldogs and SWIGGIN PIG tied on 176.5714 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: TNT SMOKERS and ONE2BBQ tied on 173.1426 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and 901Q tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2013 ← this one | Memphis, TN | Memphis, TN | 43 | 698.8568 | SWIGGIN PIG | GILLY'S BBQ |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Memphis, TN | Memphis, TN 38101 | 27 | 703.3944 | SWINE LIFE | SWIGGIN PIG |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Memphis, TN | 5796 Shelby Oaks Dr | 25 | 703.3828 | KILLER HOGS | SWINE CRUE |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Memphis, TN | 5796 Shelby Oak Drive | 25 | 698.2860 | SWIGGIN PIG | HIGH ON THE HAWG |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5714 | 173.7142 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2858 | 170.2858 |
| Pork | 180 | 173.1428 | 171.9998 |
| Brisket | 178.2858 | 176.5714 | 172.5714 |
43 entries · top 698.8568 · median 662.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 2 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 3 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 6 | Bluff City Bulldogs | |
| 7 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 8 | GIVE IT TO GOD | |
| 9 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 10 | Fat, Drunk and Stupid BB | |
| 11 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 12 | 901Q | |
| 13 | BACK PORCH Q | |
| 14 | RIVER CITY RUB | |
| 15 | KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 16 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 17 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 18 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 19 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 20 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 21 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 22 | Yellow Hammer | |
| 23 | Security Smokers | |
| 24 | Poker Porkers | |
| 25 | Swine-Why Not! | |
| 26 | Pork Choppers BBQ Team | |
| 27 | TNT SMOKERS | |
| 28 | Grillin n' Chillin | |
| 29 | Cloud 9 Swine | |
| 30 | The Porkchop Mafia | |
| 31 | MEMPHO Q MANIACS | |
| 32 | Glazed N Confused | |
| 33 | CHOMPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 34 | Smokin' Thunder | |
| 35 | Hall Pass BBQ | |
| 36 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 37 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 38 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 39 | The Variety Porkers | |
| 40 | TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ | |
| 41 | Pork-N-Brew | |
| 42 | Dixie Creek Ribticklers | |
| 43 | ALL CLUCKED UP BBQ |
43 entries · top 176.5714 · median 165.7140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bluff City Bulldogs | |
| 2 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 3 | Yellow Hammer | |
| 4 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 5 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 6 | TNT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 8 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 9 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 10 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 11 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 12 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 13 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 14 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 15 | KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 16 | BACK PORCH Q | |
| 17 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 18 | Swine-Why Not! | |
| 19 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 20 | RIVER CITY RUB | |
| 21 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 22 | 901Q | |
| 23 | The Porkchop Mafia | |
| 24 | Glazed N Confused | |
| 25 | GIVE IT TO GOD | |
| 26 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 27 | Hall Pass BBQ | |
| 28 | MEMPHO Q MANIACS | |
| 29 | Smokin' Thunder | |
| 30 | The Variety Porkers | |
| 31 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 32 | Fat, Drunk and Stupid BB | |
| 33 | Security Smokers | |
| 34 | Poker Porkers | |
| 35 | Cloud 9 Swine | |
| 36 | Pork Choppers BBQ Team | |
| 37 | CHOMPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 38 | ALL CLUCKED UP BBQ | |
| 39 | TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ | |
| 40 | Dixie Creek Ribticklers | |
| 41 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 42 | Grillin n' Chillin | |
| 43 | Pork-N-Brew |
43 entries · top 180 · median 165.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 2 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 3 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 4 | Fat, Drunk and Stupid BB | |
| 5 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 6 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 7 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 8 | 901Q | |
| 9 | KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 10 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 11 | BACK PORCH Q | |
| 12 | GIVE IT TO GOD | |
| 13 | Pork Choppers BBQ Team | |
| 14 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 15 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 16 | Bluff City Bulldogs | |
| 17 | TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ | |
| 18 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 19 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 20 | Poker Porkers | |
| 21 | Grillin n' Chillin | |
| 22 | MEMPHO Q MANIACS | |
| 23 | Cloud 9 Swine | |
| 24 | Security Smokers | |
| 25 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 26 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 27 | RIVER CITY RUB | |
| 28 | Yellow Hammer | |
| 29 | Smokin' Thunder | |
| 30 | Dixie Creek Ribticklers | |
| 31 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 32 | Swine-Why Not! | |
| 33 | CHOMPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 34 | The Variety Porkers | |
| 35 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 36 | The Porkchop Mafia | |
| 37 | Hall Pass BBQ | |
| 38 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 39 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 40 | TNT SMOKERS | |
| 41 | Glazed N Confused | |
| 42 | ALL CLUCKED UP BBQ | |
| 43 | Pork-N-Brew |
43 entries · top 180 · median 167.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIVER CITY RUB | |
| 2 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 3 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 4 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 5 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 6 | GIVE IT TO GOD | |
| 7 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 8 | Grillin n' Chillin | |
| 9 | Glazed N Confused | |
| 10 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 11 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 12 | Poker Porkers | |
| 13 | Bluff City Bulldogs | |
| 14 | KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 15 | ALL CLUCKED UP BBQ | |
| 16 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 17 | Pork Choppers BBQ Team | |
| 18 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 19 | CHOMPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 20 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 21 | Swine-Why Not! | |
| 22 | Security Smokers | |
| 23 | Fat, Drunk and Stupid BB | |
| 24 | TNT SMOKERS | |
| 25 | BACK PORCH Q | |
| 26 | Smokin' Thunder | |
| 27 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 28 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 29 | 901Q | |
| 30 | The Porkchop Mafia | |
| 31 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 32 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 33 | MEMPHO Q MANIACS | |
| 34 | Hall Pass BBQ | |
| 35 | Yellow Hammer | |
| 36 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 37 | Cloud 9 Swine | |
| 38 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 39 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 40 | Pork-N-Brew | |
| 41 | TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ | |
| 42 | The Variety Porkers | |
| 43 | Dixie Creek Ribticklers |
42 entries · top 178.2858 · median 163.9998
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 2 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 3 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 4 | Fat, Drunk and Stupid BB | |
| 5 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 6 | 901Q | |
| 7 | GIVE IT TO GOD | |
| 8 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 9 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 10 | BACK PORCH Q | |
| 11 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 12 | Bluff City Bulldogs | |
| 13 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 14 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 15 | Security Smokers | |
| 16 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 17 | KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 18 | RIVER CITY RUB | |
| 19 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 20 | Swine-Why Not! | |
| 21 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 22 | Poker Porkers | |
| 23 | TNT SMOKERS | |
| 24 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 25 | Cloud 9 Swine | |
| 26 | Glazed N Confused | |
| 27 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 28 | Grillin n' Chillin | |
| 29 | Yellow Hammer | |
| 30 | Pork Choppers BBQ Team | |
| 31 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 32 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 33 | Hall Pass BBQ | |
| 34 | The Porkchop Mafia | |
| 35 | CHOMPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 36 | Pork-N-Brew | |
| 37 | The Variety Porkers | |
| 38 | TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ | |
| 39 | MEMPHO Q MANIACS | |
| 40 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 41 | Smokin' Thunder | |
| 42 | Dixie Creek Ribticklers |