Apr 28–29, 2023 · Brandon, MS · 📍 Bobby Cleveland Park at Lakeshore · State championship
Reps: Maria Lohman, Wayne Lohman
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ won Grand Champion at the Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff on April 28, 2023 in Brandon, MS at Bobby Cleveland Park at Lakeshore, scoring 698.8228 in a field of 28 teams. PIGGIN' WHISKEY took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.6456. Category winners: Chicken — CHICKEN FRIED BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — CHICKEN FRIED BBQ (180.0000); Pork — MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — Kith n' Kin (178.8572).
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.
Closer than 78% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1772 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, RAZORRACKS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0460 points.
Chicken places 2–3: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and GENERAL LEE SMOKING tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ and Rankin County BBQ Company tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Rankin County BBQ Company and BLIND HOG BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 24th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 170.8572 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
28 entries · top 698.8228 · median 683.9142
28 entries · top 180 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 180 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2570
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5428