Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge
The health card: 6 editions on record from 2020 to 2026, in Rutherford College, NC. 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 18, 2026 | 29 | ALPINE SMOKE WORKS | 9,580.00 |
| 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | 36 | Smokin Skullies | 9,580.00 |
| 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 | 33 | Chunky BBQ | 11,980.00 |
| 2022 | Sep 23, 2022 | 32 | JL Smokers | 8,980.00 |
| 2021 | Sep 24, 2021 | 27 | Redneck Scientific | 8,980.00 |
| 2020 | Sep 11, 2020 | 24 | Smoke Monster BBQ | 6,950.00 |
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 | 15 | 36 | 42% | 14 |
| 2025 | 21 | 33 | 64% | 15 |
| 2023 | 17 | 32 | 53% | 16 |
| 2022 | 15 | 27 | 56% | 17 |
| 2021 | 19 | 24 | 79% | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC | 5 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-25 |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 5 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 4 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 4 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-30 |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-24 |
| CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| Optimus Swine | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-04-24 |
| HOLT BROTHERS BBQ | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| Still Workin' On It | 3 | 2022-09-23 | 2026-05-15 |
| COOL HAND QUE | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-05-29 |
| Bowmans Butt & BBQ | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-08-21 |
| BIG DOG BBQ VA | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-04-24 |
| Speaks For Itself | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-08-07 |
| Casual Smokers SC | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-09 |
| Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-05-01 |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-18 |
| OMF Barbecue | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| B&L BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Hauling Buttz BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Pyro Pigs BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Smart's Smokin' BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| CBF Que | 1 | 2023-09-22 | 2026-07-09 |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 1 | 2023-09-22 | 2026-09-25 |
| Willingham's | 1 | 2023-09-22 | 2026-09-04 |
| ONE EYED PIG BBQ | 1 | 2022-09-23 | 2025-09-05 |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 1 | 2022-09-23 | 2026-07-11 |
| SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | 1 | 2022-09-23 | 2026-05-01 |
| BLACKOUT BBQ | 1 | 2022-09-23 | 2026-03-27 |
Check your date
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”.