Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
The health card: 5 editions on record from 2022 to 2026, in Murphysboro, IL. The public page for this contest →
Latest field
Field trend
Teams who come back
Not been back
Published purse
Teams who started here
Field, edition by edition
| Year | Date | Teams | Winner | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | 71 | 1Bite Stand | 12,700.00 |
| 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | 56 | WeQ4u | 12,700.00 |
| 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 | 58 | The BBQ Bus | 12,700.00 |
| 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 | 50 | Janky Leg BBQ | 12,700.00 |
| 2022 | Sep 23, 2022 | 46 | Smokin' Ghost | 12,700.00 |
Who came back
Of the teams at one edition, how many were on the board at the next — and how many were brand new to your contest.
| Edition | Returned | Of | Return rate | New faces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 56 | 45% | 46 |
| 2025 | 24 | 58 | 41% | 32 |
| 2024 | 26 | 50 | 52% | 32 |
| 2023 | 21 | 46 | 46% | 29 |
The teams who stopped coming
Teams who have cooked this contest before, were not at the most recent edition, and have competed somewhere in the last eighteen months — so they are still active, they just are not here. Sorted by how many times they used to come, which is the order worth working down.
| Team | Times cooked here | Last time here | Last contest anywhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 4 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-09 |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-15 |
| TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-25 |
| WeQ4U | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-09 |
| CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Matty Macks | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-10-16 |
| QUE U | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-10-09 |
| Serial Grillers | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-06-06 |
| Rusty Pig BBQ | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2025-11-05 |
| JaBs BBQ | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-09-11 |
| Glamping Grillers | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-09 |
| HOT COLE'S BBQ | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-08-21 |
| RAZORRACKS | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| Cotton BBQ | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-02 |
| Organizer Portal | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-03-20 |
| Nice Butts BBQ | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Fitt'n Ta Que | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| SmokeMasters BBQ | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-10-15 |
| Bumpy Pickle BBQ | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-03-20 |
| Darty-Q | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2025-05-16 |
| Swine Life | 2 | 2023-09-21 | 2026-05-29 |
| Backdraft BBQ | 2 | 2023-09-21 | 2025-08-01 |
| BrewsCue | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| HOME FARM BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-16 |
| Justice BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-09 |
| Sailor Nicks BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-24 |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-06-12 |
| Poppa Pig | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-03-20 |
| Thin Blue Smoke MS | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-04-24 |
| Givey's Que | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-11-05 |
| A & W BBQ COMPANY | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-10-03 |
| Pits and Grills | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-10-03 |
| In Hognito | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-11 |
| OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Dry Bones BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| SmartSights BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Lil Bear BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-11 |
| CCS Holy Smokes | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Smoke Daddy's BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
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Team home regions are inferred from team names and where they cook, and a team is “still active” if it has appeared on any results board in the last eighteen months. Everything here comes from the public listings and results at kcbs.us; contests that never published results are invisible to it, so read low numbers as “not on file” before reading them as “did not happen”.