Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival

2022-06-03 – 2022-06-04 · Covington, TN · 📍 Cobb Parr Park · State championship

Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $13,000.00

Grand Champion: Triple H BBQ (707.3828) · 28 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 JANKY LEG BBQ

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TRIPLE H BBQ

707.3828 · Master Series — Overall

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JANKY LEG BBQ

702.8000 · Master Series — Overall

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Q-BONES BBQ

696.5372 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

164.54 median 674.14 707.38 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

102.56 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

707.3828

Winning margin

4.5828

GC over RC

Field average

635.21

164.54707.38

median 674.14 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

5 🔥

PIGGIN' WHISKEY (Brisket), Rankin County BBQ Company (Chicken), TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN (Chicken) + 2 more

Tightest race

Chicken

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.5884

164.54707.38

10th place overall

Field spread

542.8456

winner to last place

Prize money

$13,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

TRIPLE H BBQ

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.1428 pts — Rankin County BBQ Company

How hot was the win?

Top 8%

beats 92% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1583

avg power rating going in · stronger than 66% of contests

Top-rated in the field

RAZORRACKS

rated 1874 pre-contest

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A day of perfect scores

5 perfect 180s

5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

PIGGIN' WHISKEY · Brisket
Rankin County BBQ Company · Chicken
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN · Chicken

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 4 tracked editions

Triple H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.

2022
2024

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: Rankin County BBQ Company and TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: SHIG WALKIN' and PeachCoast BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: JANKY LEG BBQ and Kith n' Kin tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 5–6 · tie
Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

Rankin County BBQ Company won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

TRIPLE H BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

Chicken 11th
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 1st
Brisket 3rd

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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2022-06-03 ← this one	Covington, TN	Cobb Parr Park	28	707.3828	Triple H BBQ	JANKY LEG BBQ
2023-06-02	Covington, TN	Cobb Parr Park	25	701.6688	Triple H	Kith n' Kin
2024-05-31	Covington, TN	Cobb Parr Park	25	702.2400	Triple H BBQ	Poppa Pig
2025-05-30	Covington, TN	Cobb Parr Park	25	707.3828	Mudville BBQ	Kith n' Kin

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.5600	173.1316
Pork Ribs	180.0000	175.4056	171.4288
Pork	180.0000	175.4056	170.8228
Brisket	180.0000	174.2856	171.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

28 entries · top 707.3828 · median 674.1426

#	Team	Score
1	TRIPLE H BBQ	707.3828
2	JANKY LEG BBQ	702.8000
3	Q-BONES BBQ	696.5372
4	Rankin County BBQ Company	696.5028
5	SHIG WALKIN'	695.3828
6	RAZORRACKS	693.6460
7	Kith n' Kin	688.4916
8	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	685.6228
9	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	682.2628
10	PeachCoast BBQ	681.5884
11	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	680.4456
12	Smokin N The Bandits	679.9200
13	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	677.5656
14	Kermit's Ex	675.8396
15	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	672.4456
16	RGDBBQ	671.3140
17	Whiskey & Swine	667.3260
18	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	663.2688
19	K & K KOOKERS	654.7660
20	Mississippi Meat Mafia	651.8628
21	Mean Gene BBQ	644.3772
22	Patriotic Porkers	631.8400
23	Kinney's Kountry Kookers	627.8860
24	NoStress Smokers	627.1768
25	Four Alarm Smoker	613.5204
26	Crummy's BBQ	603.2112
27	Shockin Swine	248.2744
28	Bizzle BBQ	164.5372

Chicken

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4058 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Rankin County BBQ Company	180.0000 🔥
2	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	180.0000 🔥
3	SHIG WALKIN'	177.7028
4	PeachCoast BBQ	177.7028
5	JANKY LEG BBQ	176.5600
6	Kith n' Kin	176.5600
7	Q-BONES BBQ	175.4056
8	Mean Gene BBQ	174.8572
9	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	174.2628
10	Smokin N The Bandits	173.1316
11	TRIPLE H BBQ	173.1084
12	Whiskey & Swine	170.2628
13	RAZORRACKS	169.6916
14	K & K KOOKERS	169.1200
15	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	168.5256
16	RGDBBQ	166.2284
17	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	165.0972
18	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	162.2516
19	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	161.1316
20	NoStress Smokers	160.5256
21	Kermit's Ex	160.4912
22	Kinney's Kountry Kookers	159.3944
23	Patriotic Porkers	154.8228
24	Four Alarm Smoker	154.8116
25	Mississippi Meat Mafia	149.0972
26	Crummy's BBQ	138.2172

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Rankin County BBQ Company	180.0000 🔥
2	JANKY LEG BBQ	178.8572
3	TRIPLE H BBQ	177.7144
4	RGDBBQ	176.5600
5	Smokin N The Bandits	175.4056
6	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	174.2744
7	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	173.1656
8	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	171.9772
9	Kermit's Ex	171.9772
10	Q-BONES BBQ	171.4288
11	Kith n' Kin	170.2744
12	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	170.2628
13	Mississippi Meat Mafia	169.6800
14	SHIG WALKIN'	169.1316
15	RAZORRACKS	168.5372
16	K & K KOOKERS	165.7144
17	Four Alarm Smoker	164.5488
18	Whiskey & Swine	162.8232
19	Patriotic Porkers	162.8000
20	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	162.2400
21	PeachCoast BBQ	157.6572
22	Mean Gene BBQ	155.9316
23	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	153.6344
24	NoStress Smokers	152.5144
25	Kinney's Kountry Kookers	146.8228
26	Crummy's BBQ	146.2056
27	Shockin Swine	102.5600

Pork

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	TRIPLE H BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	RAZORRACKS	178.8572
3	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	177.7028
4	Q-BONES BBQ	175.4400
5	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	175.4056
6	PeachCoast BBQ	175.4056
7	SHIG WALKIN'	174.2628
8	JANKY LEG BBQ	173.1200
9	Kermit's Ex	171.9656
10	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	170.8228
11	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	170.2628
12	Rankin County BBQ Company	169.6684
13	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	169.1200
14	Smokin N The Bandits	169.1084
15	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	167.9656
16	Mean Gene BBQ	167.3828
17	Mississippi Meat Mafia	166.2400
18	Whiskey & Swine	166.2400
19	RGDBBQ	165.1200
20	Patriotic Porkers	165.0972
21	Crummy's BBQ	163.9428
22	Kith n' Kin	162.8000
23	Kinney's Kountry Kookers	160.5716
24	K & K KOOKERS	160.5144
25	NoStress Smokers	157.0856
26	Four Alarm Smoker	155.3828
27	Shockin Swine	145.7144

Brisket

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	180.0000 🔥
2	Kith n' Kin	178.8572
3	TRIPLE H BBQ	176.5600
4	RAZORRACKS	176.5600
5	SHIG WALKIN'	174.2856
6	JANKY LEG BBQ	174.2628
7	Q-BONES BBQ	174.2628
8	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	173.1084
9	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	171.9656
10	Kermit's Ex	171.4056
11	PeachCoast BBQ	170.8228
12	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	170.2628
13	Whiskey & Swine	168.0000
14	Mississippi Meat Mafia	166.8456
15	Rankin County BBQ Company	166.8344
16	Bizzle BBQ	164.5372
17	RGDBBQ	163.4056
18	Smokin N The Bandits	162.2744
19	Kinney's Kountry Kookers	161.0972
20	K & K KOOKERS	159.4172
21	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	159.3600
22	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	158.8116
23	NoStress Smokers	157.0512
24	Crummy's BBQ	154.8456
25	Patriotic Porkers	149.1200
26	Mean Gene BBQ	146.2056
27	Four Alarm Smoker	138.7772

Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

A day of perfect scores

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket