Defending champion
1×
title here
SMOKEBUSTERS won the most recent scored edition (2024-10-18).
- Oct 18, 2024
Roast N Boast (OPEN FORMAT) 2026
Oct 30–31, 2026 · Columbus, MS · State championship
📅 Coming up — Oct 30–31, 2026 in Columbus, MS. Results appear here once KCBS posts them after the contest.
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Reps: Lygia (Lex) Vanegas, Robert Vanderipe
The Roast N Boast (OPEN FORMAT) 2026 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest scheduled for October 30, 2026 in Columbus, MS. Full results, category by category, are posted here once KCBS publishes them. This is the 11th of 11 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by SMOKEBUSTERS.
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.
Contest record
708.0116
the score to beat here
The highest overall score here is 708.0116, set by GETTING' BASTED in 2020.
- 2020
- GETTING' BASTED
Typical draw
21
teams on an average year
This contest has averaged 21 teams across 10 scored editions.
- biggest 36
- 10 scored editions
The regulars
10×
visits by the most frequent entrant
Misfits of Smoke has cooked this contest 10 times — more than any other team in the data.
- Misfits of Smoke ×10
- BEER-B-QUE BOYS ×9 · 1 GC
- HOGG UGLY ×8
- RIVER RATS ×8
- Country Hoggs ×6
Storylines (1 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.
The contest returns
2 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2024-10-18.
- previous edition 2024-10-18
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2013 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS | 27 | 700.5828 | SHORT BUS COOKERS | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS 39702 | 25 | 695.3600 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | SOUTHERN SMOKERS |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS 39703 | 26 | 690.2172 | RED EYED SMOKERS | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S | 17 | 689.6456 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Columbus, MS | Columbus Lowndes Fairground | 25 | 699.9312 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT | SOUTH PORK |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS 39702 | 36 | 708.0116 | GETTING' BASTED | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Columbus, MS | 900 MS-69 | 19 | 703.9884 | Chicken Fried BBQ | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S. | 8 | 701.6688 | BEER B QUE BOYS | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S. | 12 | 705.0972 | COLORADO BULLDAWG BBQ | Poppa Pig |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Columbus, MS | Hwy 69 | 15 | 699.9312 | SMOKEBUSTERS | GENERAL LEE SMOKING |
| Oct 30, 2026 ← this one | Columbus, MS | — | — | — | — | — |