2021-05-21 – 2021-05-22 · Meridian, MS · 📍 1022 Hwy 19 S
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: PuckDaddy's Killer Q (356.5828) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The Real Squeal BBQ
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.
Chicken places 8–9: LEE LA Q and RIBLIFE tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Secondhand Smoke and Smokey Bees BBQ tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: HICKORY HANGOVER edged Secondhand Smoke by 0.0112.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 169.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 170.8228 | 168.5372 |
22 entries · top 356.5828 · median 333.9142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 2 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 3 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 4 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 5 | LEE LA Q | |
| 6 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | RIBLIFE | |
| 9 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 10 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 11 | BAMA-QUE | |
| 12 | Twin States BBQ | |
| 13 | Batwing BBQ | |
| 14 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 15 | Smokey Bees BBQ | |
| 16 | Jury's Out | |
| 17 | Struttin' Smokers | |
| 18 | Beer City Barbecue | |
| 19 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 20 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 21 | 3 Sarge BBQ | |
| 22 | Moonswiners BBQ |
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 2 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 3 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 4 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 5 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 6 | BAMA-QUE | |
| 7 | Batwing BBQ | |
| 8 | LEE LA Q | |
| 9 | RIBLIFE | |
| 10 | Twin States BBQ | |
| 11 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 12 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 13 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 14 | Struttin' Smokers | |
| 15 | Beer City Barbecue | |
| 16 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 17 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 18 | Smokey Bees BBQ | |
| 19 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 20 | Jury's Out | |
| 21 | 3 Sarge BBQ | |
| 22 | Moonswiners BBQ |
22 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 2 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 3 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 4 | LEE LA Q | |
| 5 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 6 | Jury's Out | |
| 7 | RIBLIFE | |
| 8 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 9 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 10 | Smokey Bees BBQ | |
| 11 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 12 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 13 | Moonswiners BBQ | |
| 14 | 3 Sarge BBQ | |
| 15 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 17 | Twin States BBQ | |
| 18 | BAMA-QUE | |
| 19 | Struttin' Smokers | |
| 20 | Batwing BBQ | |
| 21 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 22 | Beer City Barbecue |