Nov 12–13, 2021 · Biloxi, MS · 📍 6505 Riviera Dr. · State championship
Reps: Carol Bigler, Randy G Bigler · Prize money: $8,500
Kith n' Kin won Grand Champion at the Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival on November 12, 2021 in Biloxi, MS at 6505 Riviera Dr., scoring 693.6684 in a field of 18 teams. GENERAL LEE SMOKING took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.0856. Category winners: Chicken — Kith n' Kin (178.2972); Pork Ribs — Southern Swine BBQ (173.7372); Pork — HAWGAMANIA (176.0000); Brisket — HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ (180.0000). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; 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, 2021 to 2023 — 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 89% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Kith n' Kin came in rated below the field's top team, PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Kith n' Kin's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
Pork places 7–8: One-Bite Wonders and Kith n' Kin tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ edged GENERAL LEE SMOKING by 0.0116. Pork places 4–5: Rankin County BBQ Company edged Hank's BBQ by 0.0116.
Kith n' Kin took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021 ← this one | Biloxi, MS | 6505 Riviera Dr. | 18 | 693.6684 | Kith n' Kin | GENERAL LEE SMOKING |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Biloxi, MS | 6505 Riviera Dr. | 11 | 699.3832 | Glamping Grillers | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |
| Nov 11, 2023 | Biloxi, MS | 6505 Riviera Dr. | 19 | 704.5256 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 171.4172 | 166.2400 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7372 | 169.6800 | 163.9772 |
| Pork | 176 | 171.4056 | 168.0228 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.2628 | 163.9884 |
18 entries · top 693.6684 · median 661.8800
16 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.2628
18 entries · top 173.7372 · median 164.2628
18 entries · top 176 · median 168.8514
18 entries · top 180 · median 164.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180