Defending champion
1×
title here
Puddleduck BBQ won the most recent scored edition (2026-05-15).
- May 15, 2026
High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) 2027
May 14–15, 2027 · Winchester, TN
📅 Coming up — May 14–15, 2027 in Winchester, TN. Results appear here once KCBS posts them after the contest.
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Reps: Carol Bigler, Randy G Bigler
The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) 2027 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest scheduled for May 14, 2027 in Winchester, TN. Full results, category by category, are posted here once KCBS publishes them. This is the 10th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2026 edition was won by Puddleduck BBQ; the next is scheduled for May 14, 2027.
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
709.1200
the score to beat here
The highest overall score here is 709.1200, set by ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN in 2017.
- 2017
- ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
Typical draw
47
teams on an average year
This contest has averaged 47 teams across 9 scored editions.
- biggest 62
- 9 scored editions
The regulars
8×
visits by the most frequent entrant
Chokin "N" tha Smoke has cooked this contest 8 times — more than any other team in the data.
- Chokin "N" tha Smoke ×8
- FAT, DRUNK & STUPID ×7 · 1 GC
- HIGH ON THE HAWG ×7
- Organizer Portal ×7
- South Pork ×7
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2013 | Winchester, TN | Winchester, TN | 60 | 704.5712 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | Organizer Portal |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Winchester, TN | Winchester, TN 37398 | 62 | 701.0972 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | FRIENDS OF OBR |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Winchester, TN | Winchester, TN | 59 | 708.0116 | UNCULTURED SWINE | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer | 56 | 699.9772 | BIG BLUE QUE | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 41 | 709.1200 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 42 | 699.9312 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | BIG BLUE QUE |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 39 | 699.3484 | Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ | 615 BBQ |
| May 16, 2025 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Parkway | 32 | 358.8572 | Dogpatch Q | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Parkway | 29 | 357.1544 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
| May 14, 2027 ← this one | Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
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| May 15, 2027 | Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |