Apr 15–16, 2016 · Winchester, TN · 📍 1561 Phillip Fulmer
BIG BLUE QUE won Grand Champion at the High on the Hog Festival on April 15, 2016 in Winchester, TN at 1561 Phillip Fulmer, scoring 699.9772 in a field of 56 teams. WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.9312. Category winners: Chicken — BREWS & QUE (178.8572); Pork Ribs — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (180.0000); Pork — BREWS & QUE (178.8572); Brisket — BIG BLUE QUE (177.7372). This is the 4th of 9 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by UNCULTURED SWINE; the next was held in 2017.
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 2019 — 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.
Closer than 96% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0460 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
BIG BLUE QUE came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BIG BLUE QUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 27th tracked contest.
Chicken places 3–4: SOUTH PORK and Hawg Feathers tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Organizer Portal and BOOM BOOM QUE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: HOT COLE'S BBQ and PARADISE QUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BREWS & QUE won Chicken, Pork — a double.
BIG BLUE QUE took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 15th.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 178.8800 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (won 2014), UNCULTURED SWINE (won 2015).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,482 contests in the data
56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2013 | Winchester, TN | Winchester, TN | 60 | 704.5712 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | Organizer Portal |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Winchester, TN | Winchester, TN 37398 | 62 | 701.0972 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | FRIENDS OF OBR |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Winchester, TN | Winchester, TN | 59 | 708.0116 | UNCULTURED SWINE | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| Apr 15, 2016 ← this one | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer | 56 | 699.9772 | BIG BLUE QUE | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 41 | 709.1200 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 42 | 699.9312 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | BIG BLUE QUE |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 39 | 699.3484 | Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ | 615 BBQ |
| May 16, 2025 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Parkway | 32 | 358.8572 | Dogpatch Q | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Parkway | 29 | 357.1544 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176.6172 | 174.2856 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 175.4056 | 174.2628 |
56 entries · top 699.9772 · median 672.7714
56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6856
56 entries · top 180 · median 167.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8514
56 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.1200
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
27 entries · top 348 · median 321.6912
27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.0112
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.9828
27 entries · top 175.4172 · median 159.3600
36 entries · top 180 · median 170.0058 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 2 | RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES | |
| 3 | Q SMOKE | |
| 4 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 5 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 6 | FULLY INVOLVED N' SMOKIN | |
| 7 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 8 | T-N-T BBQ | |
| 9 | THIN BLUE SWINE BBQ | |
| 10 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKE IN THE GROVE | |
| 12 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 13 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 14 | THE THIN BLUE SMOKE | |
| 15 | BOOM BOOM QUE | |
| 16 | ULIKA | |
| 17 | BREWS & QUE | |
| 18 | TASTY CRITTERS | |
| 19 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 20 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 21 | The Smokin' Hawgs | |
| 22 | TEAM HOGWEISER | |
| 23 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 24 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 25 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 26 | Smell My Smoke | |
| 27 | HICKORY PIT STOP | |
| 28 | THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS | |
| 29 | BADCOMPANY COOKERS | |
| 30 | Ain't You BBQ | |
| 31 | Sweet Meat Cookers | |
| 32 | Pig Boss Man | |
| 33 | TWIN CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 34 | Dirty South BBQ Team | |
| 35 | Hog Gone Wild | |
| 36 | THE RUSTY NAIL BAR-B-QUE |
57 entries · top 178.3200 · median 166.8800
31 entries · top 174.2744 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUSIC CITY PIG PALS | |
| 2 | Dirty South BBQ Team | |
| 3 | THE THIN BLUE SMOKE | |
| 4 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 5 | ULIKA | |
| 6 | G & G Barbecue | |
| 7 | Ain't You BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 9 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 10 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 11 | THE RUSTY NAIL BAR-B-QUE | |
| 12 | TWIN CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 14 | Davis Market Smokeaholics | |
| 15 | Pig Boss Man | |
| 16 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 17 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 18 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 19 | Sweet Meat Cookers | |
| 20 | Smell My Smoke | |
| 21 | FULLY INVOLVED N' SMOKIN | |
| 22 | TEAM HOGWEISER | |
| 23 | SMOKER ON WHEELS | |
| 24 | HIT OR MISS BBQ | |
| 25 | T-N-T BBQ | |
| 26 | BOOTLEG SMOKERS | |
| 27 | Hog in the Woods BBQ | |
| 28 | Hog Gone Wild | |
| 29 | TASTY CRITTERS | |
| 30 | The Smokin' Hawgs | |
| 31 | BADCOMPANY COOKERS |