Oct 29–30, 2021 · Southaven, MS · 📍 6205 Snowdenlane · State championship
Reps: Debra Gage, William Gage · Prize money: $14,500
RAZORRACKS won Grand Champion at the Southaven Springfest on October 29, 2021 in Southaven, MS at 6205 Snowdenlane, scoring 704.5716 in a field of 36 teams. HOT COLE'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 704.5256. Category winners: Chicken — HOT COLE'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. (180.0000); Pork — SWEET SWINE O'MINE (180.0000); Brisket — Kith n' Kin (178.8572). This is the 5th of 11 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Razorracks; the next was held in 2022.
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, 2016 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 96% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0460 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
704.5716 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 704.5256 VICTORY LANE BBQ set in 2016.
RAZORRACKS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
4 of 10 tracked editions
Razorracks has won this contest 4 times across its 10 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: Q-BONES BBQ and Rankin County BBQ Company tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Grills of Mississippi and PERFECTLY BLENDED tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: SWEET SWINE O'MINE and MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Q-BONES BBQ (won 2018), Razorracks (won 2019).
This contest was away for 2.5 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-04-26.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2016 | Southaven, MS | Southaven, MS | 41 | 704.5256 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | SOUTH PORK |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 33 | 694.2400 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | Q-BONES BBQ |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 34 | 700.5604 | Q-BONES BBQ | NU BETA GAMMA |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 31 | 704.5256 | Razorracks | FIRE DANCER BBQ |
| Oct 29, 2021 ← this one | Southaven, MS | 6205 Snowdenlane | 36 | 704.5716 | Razzoracks | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Southaven, MS | 8710 Northwest Drive | 36 | 702.8000 | Razorracks | Rankin County BBQ Company |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Southaven, MS | Snowden Grove Park | 34 | 714.2744 | Razorracks | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 44 | 699.9428 | Optimus Swine | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 34 | 699.9428 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | Mad Dog BBQ |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Southaven, MS | 6275 Snowden Lane | 33 | 713.1316 | RAZORRACKS | Electro-Que-ted |
| Apr 23, 2027 | Southaven, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5716 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 175.4172 | 170.2856 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
36 entries · top 704.5716 · median 669.5596
35 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
36 entries · top 180 · median 168.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
36 entries · top 180 · median 168.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.6684