Sep 9–10, 2022 · Millington, TN · 📍 4351 Babe Howard · State championship
Reps: Maria Lohman, Wayne Lohman · Prize money: $8,400
SWINE LIFE BBQ won Grand Champion at the International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest on September 9, 2022 in Millington, TN at 4351 Babe Howard, scoring 710.2860 in a field of 38 teams. TRIPLE H BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 708.5488. Category winners: Chicken — PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS (179.4400); Pork — MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — BOARSNIGHTOUT (180.0000).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 93 times in 100
Swine Life BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 7-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SWINE LIFE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Rankin County BBQ Company and SWINE LIFE BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7144 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.8572 | 176.5716 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.7028 | 174.2744 |
38 entries · top 710.2860 · median 671.8630
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWINE LIFE BBQ | |
| 2 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 4 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 5 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 6 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 7 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 8 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 9 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 10 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 11 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 12 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | BOARSNIGHTOUT | |
| 14 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 15 | SWEETIE'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 16 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 17 | Ain't it the Life | |
| 18 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 19 | SHERMANS RETREAT BBQ | |
| 20 | OUTSIDERS BBQ | |
| 21 | MEAN GENES COOKIN TEAM | |
| 22 | LIMP BRIZKIT | |
| 23 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 25 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 26 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 27 | JORDYQ | |
| 28 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 29 | SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY | |
| 30 | KINNEYS KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 31 | NO NAME SMOKERS | |
| 32 | NO STRESS SMOKERS | |
| 33 | SOUTH T COUNTY SMOKERS | |
| 34 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 35 | LIVE ACTION COOKERS | |
| 36 | CRUMMY BBQ | |
| 37 | BEER, PIGGY, PIGGY, PIGGY | |
| 38 | PAPA G |
38 entries · top 180 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 4 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 5 | SWINE LIFE BBQ | |
| 6 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 7 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 8 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 9 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 10 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 11 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 12 | LIMP BRIZKIT | |
| 13 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 14 | Ain't it the Life | |
| 15 | SWEETIE'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 16 | SHERMANS RETREAT BBQ | |
| 17 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 18 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 19 | OUTSIDERS BBQ | |
| 20 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 22 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 23 | BOARSNIGHTOUT | |
| 24 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 25 | NO STRESS SMOKERS | |
| 26 | MEAN GENES COOKIN TEAM | |
| 27 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 28 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 29 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 30 | NO NAME SMOKERS | |
| 31 | KINNEYS KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 32 | JORDYQ | |
| 33 | LIVE ACTION COOKERS | |
| 34 | SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY | |
| 35 | CRUMMY BBQ | |
| 36 | BEER, PIGGY, PIGGY, PIGGY | |
| 37 | SOUTH T COUNTY SMOKERS | |
| 38 | PAPA G |
38 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.2630
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | BOARSNIGHTOUT | |
| 4 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 5 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 6 | SWINE LIFE BBQ | |
| 7 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 8 | Ain't it the Life | |
| 9 | SWEETIE'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 10 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 11 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 12 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 13 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 14 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 16 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY | |
| 18 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 19 | MEAN GENES COOKIN TEAM | |
| 20 | JORDYQ | |
| 21 | NO STRESS SMOKERS | |
| 22 | NO NAME SMOKERS | |
| 23 | LIMP BRIZKIT | |
| 24 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 26 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 27 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 28 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 29 | BEER, PIGGY, PIGGY, PIGGY | |
| 30 | SHERMANS RETREAT BBQ | |
| 31 | PAPA G | |
| 32 | KINNEYS KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 33 | LIVE ACTION COOKERS | |
| 34 | OUTSIDERS BBQ | |
| 35 | SOUTH T COUNTY SMOKERS | |
| 36 | CRUMMY BBQ | |
| 37 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 38 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES |
37 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
36 entries · top 180 · median 168.8170 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOARSNIGHTOUT | |
| 2 | SWINE LIFE BBQ | |
| 3 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 6 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 7 | SWEET SWINE O'MINE | |
| 8 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 9 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 10 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 11 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 12 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 13 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 14 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 16 | LIMP BRIZKIT | |
| 17 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 18 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 19 | JORDYQ | |
| 20 | SWEETIE'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 21 | SOUTH T COUNTY SMOKERS | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY | |
| 23 | SHERMANS RETREAT BBQ | |
| 24 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 25 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 26 | OUTSIDERS BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 28 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 29 | MEAN GENES COOKIN TEAM | |
| 30 | Ain't it the Life | |
| 31 | NO NAME SMOKERS | |
| 32 | CRUMMY BBQ | |
| 33 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 34 | KINNEYS KOUNTRY KOOKERS | |
| 35 | NO STRESS SMOKERS | |
| 36 | LIVE ACTION COOKERS |