Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest
2026-05-29 – 2026-05-30 · Covington, TN · 📍 Cobb Parr Park · State championship
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $10,700.00
Grand Champion: Dang Good BBQ (709.1084) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RAZORRACKS
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
DANG GOOD BBQ took the Grand Championship home to AL.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
10 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Swine Life and FIRE DANCER BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: FIRE DANCER BBQ and RAZORRACKS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: RAZORRACKS and DANG GOOD BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1632 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
DANG GOOD BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5944 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 709.1084 · median 699.3600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 5 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 6 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 10 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 11 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 12 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 13 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 14 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 15 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 16 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Swine Life | |
| 18 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 19 | Shockin' Swine | |
| 20 | Smoke Busters | |
| 21 | Watts For Dinner BBQ | |
| 22 | Whiskey & Swine | |
| 23 | The Rusty Pigs | |
| 24 | Double D Smokers | |
| 25 | 4 Alarm Smokers |
Chicken
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine Life | |
| 2 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 5 | BrewsCue | |
| 6 | Shockin' Swine | |
| 7 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 8 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 9 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 11 | Smoke Busters | |
| 12 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 15 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 16 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 17 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 18 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 19 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 20 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 21 | The Rusty Pigs | |
| 22 | 4 Alarm Smokers | |
| 23 | Whiskey & Swine | |
| 24 | Watts For Dinner BBQ | |
| 25 | Double D Smokers |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 2 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 3 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 4 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 5 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 7 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 10 | BrewsCue | |
| 11 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 12 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 13 | Whiskey & Swine | |
| 14 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 15 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 16 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 17 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 18 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 19 | Swine Life | |
| 20 | Watts For Dinner BBQ | |
| 21 | Shockin' Swine | |
| 22 | Smoke Busters | |
| 23 | The Rusty Pigs | |
| 24 | 4 Alarm Smokers | |
| 25 | Double D Smokers |
Pork
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 2 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 5 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 6 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 7 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 12 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 13 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 14 | BrewsCue | |
| 15 | Smoke Busters | |
| 16 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 17 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 18 | Swine Life | |
| 19 | Double D Smokers | |
| 20 | Shockin' Swine | |
| 21 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 22 | Watts For Dinner BBQ | |
| 23 | Whiskey & Swine | |
| 24 | The Rusty Pigs | |
| 25 | 4 Alarm Smokers |
Brisket
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 2 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 4 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | Shockin' Swine | |
| 7 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 8 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 9 | BrewsCue | |
| 10 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 11 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 12 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 13 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 14 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 15 | Swine Life | |
| 16 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke Busters | |
| 18 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 19 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 20 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 21 | The Rusty Pigs | |
| 22 | Watts For Dinner BBQ | |
| 23 | Double D Smokers | |
| 24 | 4 Alarm Smokers | |
| 25 | Whiskey & Swine |