Oct 3–4, 2025 · Jackson, TN · 📍 Lafayette Street · State championship
Reps: Maria Lohman, Wayne Lohman · Prize money: $13,775
MUDVILLE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) on October 3, 2025 in Jackson, TN at Lafayette Street, scoring 704.5372 in a field of 25 teams. ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.3944. Category winners: Chicken — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (180.0000); Pork Ribs — MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ (178.8572); Pork — TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN (178.8572); Brisket — MUDVILLE BBQ (178.8572).
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.
Closer than 81% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
MUDVILLE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Loaded-N-Rollin' BBQ and MUDVILLE BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Bourbon & Blues BBQ and Vallee AC Cold Smoke tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: The BBQ Asylum and SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MUDVILLE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 11th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 ← this one | Jackson, TN | Lafayette Street | 25 | 704.5372 | Mudville BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Jackson, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
25 entries · top 704.5372 · median 679.3144
25 entries · top 180 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200