Sep 16–17, 2016 · Pine Bluff, AR · 📍 Hestand Stadium
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship on September 16, 2016 in Pine Bluff, AR at Hestand Stadium, scoring 686.2400 in a field of 21 teams. FOUR MEN AND A PIG took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.1828. Category winners: Chicken — SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY (177.1428); Pork Ribs — CAVEMAN CUISINE (176.5600); Pork — DAD'S GRILLIN CREW (174.2628); Brisket — DAD'S GRILLIN CREW (177.7372).
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.
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 7–8: LOTTA BULL BBQ and FOUR MEN AND A PIG tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: DAD'S GRILLIN CREW and BLIND HOG BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: FOUR MEN AND A PIG and BOOTYQUE tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW won Pork, Brisket — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 173.1200 | 169.6916 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 170.8684 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 171.4056 | 163.9544 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 172.5600 | 167.3828 |
21 entries · top 686.2400 · median 658.6744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 2 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ | |
| 5 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 6 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 7 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 8 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 9 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 10 | Hobo Joe's Smoking Road Show | |
| 11 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 12 | 501 BBQ | |
| 13 | BOTTOMLAND BBQ | |
| 14 | Choo chew | |
| 15 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 16 | Longback BBQ | |
| 17 | Stubb's Smokehouse Swine Crue | |
| 18 | BAD TO THE BONE TOO | |
| 19 | POBOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 21 | MEAT MASTERS |
21 entries · top 177.1428 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 4 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 5 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 6 | 501 BBQ | |
| 7 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 8 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | |
| 9 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 10 | LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ | |
| 11 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 12 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 13 | BOTTOMLAND BBQ | |
| 14 | Choo chew | |
| 15 | BAD TO THE BONE TOO | |
| 16 | POBOYS BBQ | |
| 17 | Longback BBQ | |
| 18 | Hobo Joe's Smoking Road Show | |
| 19 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 20 | Stubb's Smokehouse Swine Crue | |
| 21 | MEAT MASTERS |
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 2 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 3 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | |
| 4 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 5 | Longback BBQ | |
| 6 | LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ | |
| 7 | Hobo Joe's Smoking Road Show | |
| 8 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 9 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 10 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 11 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 12 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 13 | 501 BBQ | |
| 14 | POBOYS BBQ | |
| 15 | MEAT MASTERS | |
| 16 | Choo chew | |
| 17 | BOTTOMLAND BBQ | |
| 18 | BAD TO THE BONE TOO | |
| 19 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 20 | Stubb's Smokehouse Swine Crue | |
| 21 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW |
21 entries · top 174.2628 · median 161.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 2 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 3 | Hobo Joe's Smoking Road Show | |
| 4 | LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ | |
| 5 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 6 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | |
| 7 | Stubb's Smokehouse Swine Crue | |
| 8 | BOTTOMLAND BBQ | |
| 9 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 10 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 11 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 12 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 13 | MEAT MASTERS | |
| 14 | Longback BBQ | |
| 15 | 501 BBQ | |
| 16 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 17 | Choo chew | |
| 18 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 19 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 20 | BAD TO THE BONE TOO | |
| 21 | POBOYS BBQ |
20 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 2 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 3 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 4 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 5 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 6 | Choo chew | |
| 7 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 8 | LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ | |
| 9 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | |
| 10 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 11 | Stubb's Smokehouse Swine Crue | |
| 12 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 13 | BOTTOMLAND BBQ | |
| 14 | 501 BBQ | |
| 15 | BAD TO THE BONE TOO | |
| 16 | Hobo Joe's Smoking Road Show | |
| 17 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 18 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 19 | Longback BBQ | |
| 20 | POBOYS BBQ |
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.
4 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 2 | BAD TO THE BONE TOO | |
| 3 | MEAT MASTERS | |
| 4 | Hobo Joe's Smoking Road Show |