Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 2027

May 14–15, 2027 · Sevierville, TN · State championship

📅 Coming up — May 14–15, 2027 in Sevierville, TN. Results appear here once KCBS posts them after the contest.

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Reps: Connie Amidei, Jonathan Amidei · Prize money: $15,060

The Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 2027 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest scheduled for May 14, 2027 in Sevierville, TN. Full results, category by category, are posted here once KCBS publishes them. This is the 5th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2026 edition was won by Glamping Grillers.

Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)

No scores yet — here is what the record book says about the contest they are walking into.

Defending champion

1× title here

Glamping Grillers won the most recent scored edition (2026-05-15).

May 15, 2026

Contest record

707.3828 the score to beat here

The highest overall score here is 707.3828, set by Rooters-N-Tooters in 2024.

2024
Rooters-N-Tooters

Typical draw

32 teams on an average year

This contest has averaged 32 teams across 4 scored editions.

biggest 33
4 scored editions

The regulars

4× visits by the most frequent entrant

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has cooked this contest 4 times — more than any other team in the data.

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ ×4 · 1 GC
Big Alz BBQ ×4
BLUE CHIP BBQ ×4
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS ×4
Roux BBQ ×4

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
May 19, 2023	Sevierville, TN	110 Gary Wade Blvd	32	698.8228	Piglitically Incorrect BBQ	UNDER THE RADAR
May 17, 2024	Sevierville, TN	125 Court Ave.	31	707.3828	Rooters-N-Tooters	BLUE CHIP BBQ
May 16, 2025	Sevierville, TN	209 Court Ave	33	694.7656	HalaQyah BBQ	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ
May 15, 2026	Sevierville, TN	209 Court Ave	33	698.2056	Glamping Grillers	Blue Smoke Q
May 14, 2027 ← this one	Sevierville, TN	—	—	—	—	—