2021-06-11 – 2021-06-12 · Huntsville, AL · 📍 Ditto Landing
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $1,650.00
Grand Champion: The Real Squeal (348.0000) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HICKORY HANGOVER
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, 2019 to 2026 — 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 94% of the 713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0228 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
348.0000 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 347.9772 Thin Blue Swine set in 2019.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
The Real Squeal BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LEE LA Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 8 tracked editions
NORALA BBQ TEAM has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4512 points — 3 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 3–4: When Pigs Fly and HELL ON SQUEALS tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Scuttlebutts and Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Scuttlebutts edged HELL ON SQUEALS by 0.0116.
2 Swine Crew turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Thin Blue Swine (won 2019).
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-06-07.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-08 | Huntsville, AL | 293 Ditto Landing RD | — | — | — | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 25 | 347.9772 | Thin Blue Swine | — |
| 2021-06-11 ← this one | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 31 | 348.0000 | The Real Squeal | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 23 | 350.2628 | Hickory Hangover | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 26 | 346.2632 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 35 | 353.1428 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 35 | 358.8572 | Mind If I Smoke? | — |
| 2026-06-12 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 31 | 360.0000 | Big Fluff BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 173.1200 | 170.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 172.5716 | 170.2628 |
31 entries · top 348.0000 · median 334.7884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 3 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 4 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 5 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 6 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 7 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 8 | When Pigs Fly | |
| 9 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 10 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 11 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 12 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 13 | Simply Smoked | |
| 14 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 15 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 16 | Wright on Que | |
| 17 | Ball & Chain Smokers | |
| 18 | LEE LA Q | |
| 19 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TONEY, AL | |
| 20 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 21 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 22 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 23 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 24 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 25 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 26 | SMOKING BROKE | |
| 27 | General BBQ | |
| 28 | All Smoked Up | |
| 29 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 30 | Codger Q | |
| 31 | Rise & Swine |
31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 3 | When Pigs Fly | |
| 4 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 5 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 6 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | SMOKING BROKE | |
| 9 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TONEY, AL | |
| 10 | Ball & Chain Smokers | |
| 11 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 12 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 13 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 14 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 15 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 18 | All Smoked Up | |
| 19 | Wright on Que | |
| 20 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 21 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 22 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 23 | Simply Smoked | |
| 24 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 25 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 26 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 27 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 28 | General BBQ | |
| 29 | Codger Q | |
| 30 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 31 | Rise & Swine |
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 2 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 3 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 4 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 5 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 6 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 7 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 8 | Simply Smoked | |
| 9 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 10 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 11 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 12 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 13 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 14 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 15 | Wright on Que | |
| 16 | When Pigs Fly | |
| 17 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 18 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 19 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 20 | LEE LA Q | |
| 21 | General BBQ | |
| 22 | Ball & Chain Smokers | |
| 23 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TONEY, AL | |
| 24 | BEACHIN' GOOD BARBECUE | |
| 25 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 26 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 27 | All Smoked Up | |
| 28 | SMOKING BROKE | |
| 29 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 30 | Rise & Swine | |
| 31 | Codger Q |
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.
6 entries · top 176.0000 · median 162.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | All Smoked Up | |
| 3 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 4 | BLOWIN' SMOKE - TONEY, AL | |
| 5 | Kramer | |
| 6 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ |