🏆 Serial winner
Heath Riles BBQ has taken 4 grand championships from 24 contests — a 17% strike rate.
Heath Riles BBQ
Competes out of MS
Contests
24
Grand championships
4
16.7% strike rate
Reserve champion
1
Average finish
8.6
best: 1st
Power rating
1610
#10 of 340
Career points
494
⭐ Signature category
Their strongest board is Whole Hog — an average finish of 3.0 across 5 entries.
🎯 Room to make up
Ribs lags behind at 6.5 average — 3.5 places worse than their best category.
📍 Happy hunting ground
13 of their 24 contests came in MS, where they have won 1.
😤 The measuring stick
Poker Porkers has the edge: 13–6 across 19 shared contests.
📅 First seen
Their earliest result here is Atoka BBQ Fest on April 1, 2018.
By category
| Category | Entries | Wins | Top 3 | Best | Avg finish | Best finals score | Best prelim score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Hog | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1st | 3 | 449.0000 | 599.4000 |
| Pulled Pork | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1st | 4.8 | 447.4000 | 600.0000 |
| Ribs | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1st | 6.5 | 450.0000 | 600.0000 |
Familiar foes
Head-to-head across shared contests, four meetings or more.
| Team | Meetings | Ahead | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poker Porkers | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| HOGFAT | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| AUTO BE GRILLIN | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| SmokeMasters | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Budro's BBQ | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 901 Q | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| UPigs BBQ | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| GRILLBILLIES | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| RIB-KA-TEERS | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 Phat's BBQ | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| M&W Smokers | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Hank's BBQ | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Lickman BBQ | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| BBQ MAFIA | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| High Life on the Hog | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Moonlight Smokers | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| BLUE COLLAR BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Piggie Smalls | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| BOAR'S NIGHT OUT | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| SLABS A SMOKIN | 8 | 3 | 5 |
Contest by contest
| Contest | Date | Where | Finish | Finals score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 26, 2025 | Southaven, MS | 9th | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 27, 2024 | Southaven, MS | 17th | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 22, 2023 | Southaven, MS | 54th | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 23, 2022 | Southaven, MS | 14th | — |
| Southaven Springfest Results | Oct 30, 2021 | Southaven, MS | 4th | — |
| Praise the Lard Results | Sep 25, 2021 | Murphysboro, IL | 6th | — |
| BIG PIG JIG | Nov 2, 2019 | VIENNA, GA | 9th | — |
| ARLINGTON BBQ FALLFEST | Oct 19, 2019 | ARLINGTON, TN | 10th | — |
| GREAT RULEVILLE ROAST | Sep 28, 2019 | RULEVILLE, MS | 6th | — |
| PRAISE THE LARD | Sep 21, 2019 | MURPHYSBORO, IL | 1st | — |
| WATERMELON CARNIVAL | Aug 3, 2019 | WATER VALLEY, MS | 7th | — |
| QUE ON THE YAZOO | May 4, 2019 | GREENWOOD, MS | 10th | — |
| SOUTHAVEN SPRINGFEST | Apr 27, 2019 | SOUTHAVEN, MS | 1st | — |
| CONQUISTADOR CHALLENGE | Mar 9, 2019 | 11th | — | |
| Arlington BBQ Fall Fest | Oct 21, 2018 | Arlington, TN | 1st | — |
| Cleveland Octoberfest | Oct 14, 2018 | Cleveland, MS | 4th | — |
| Praise the Lard | Sep 23, 2018 | Murphysboro, IL | 1st | — |
| Smokin on the White | Sep 9, 2018 | Batesville, AR | 6th | — |
| Watermelon Carnival | Aug 5, 2018 | Water Valley, MS | 3rd | — |
| Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 22, 2018 | Galax, VA | 6th | — |
| World’s Oldest BBQ Festival | Jun 3, 2018 | Covington, TN | 9th | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 29, 2018 | Southaven, MS | 2nd | — |
| Atoka BBQ Fest | Apr 1, 2018 | Atoka, TN | 7th | — |
| Ham Jam | Philadelphia, MS | 9th | — |