🏆 Serial winner
Fireman John's BBQ has taken 4 grand championships from 30 contests — a 13% strike rate.
Fireman John's BBQ
Competes out of MS
Contests
30
Grand championships
4
13.3% strike rate
Reserve champion
2
Average finish
8.7
best: 1st
Power rating
1578
#20 of 340
Best win streak
2
Career points
602
⭐ Signature category
Their strongest board is Whole Hog — an average finish of 4.8 across 23 entries.
🎯 Room to make up
Ribs lags behind at 12.0 average — 7.2 places worse than their best category.
📍 Happy hunting ground
21 of their 30 contests came in MS, where they have won 2.
😤 The measuring stick
Poker Porkers has the edge: 18–6 across 24 shared contests.
🔥 On a run
Best consecutive-win streak: 2 contests.
📅 First seen
Their earliest result here is Smoke on the Mountain on July 22, 2018.
By category
| Category | Entries | Wins | Top 3 | Best | Avg finish | Best finals score | Best prelim score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Hog | 23 | 5 | 12 | 1st | 4.8 | 447.7000 | 1002.3000 |
| Pulled Pork | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1st | 9 | 450.0000 | 599.7000 |
| Ribs | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1st | 12 | 443.5000 | 1004.4000 |
Familiar foes
Head-to-head across shared contests, four meetings or more.
| Team | Meetings | Ahead | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poker Porkers | 24 | 6 | 18 |
| SmokeMasters BBQ | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| Ole Booger Bear's BBQ | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| JKQ | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Chief Smokers | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| BLUE COLLAR BBQ | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Hog Addiction | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| Shotgun House Smokers | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| MAVERICK'S BBQ | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Fireside Smokers | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Big Whit & The Boys | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Indirect Fire Barbeque | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Diamond D Cooking Team | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Got Pig? | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Busted Knuckle BBQ | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Piggie Smalls | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Moonlight Smokers | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Fat Side Up | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Grind City Smokers | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Que-N-Da 662 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
Contest by contest
| Contest | Date | Where | Finish | Finals score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTLEGGER BBQ BASH | Jun 27, 2026 | 6th | — | |
| SOUTHAVEN SPRINGFEST | Apr 25, 2026 | Southaven, MS | 5th | — |
| SMOKING ON THE RIVER | Mar 28, 2026 | Tylertown, MS | 16th | — |
| Smokin’ the Coast | Nov 1, 2025 | Biloxi, MS | 21st | — |
| MS Delta State Championship/Octoberfest | Oct 11, 2025 | Cleveland, MS | 8th | — |
| SmokeSlam BBQ Festival | May 17, 2025 | Memphis, TN | 10th | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 26, 2025 | Southaven, MS | 23rd | — |
| The South MS Boucherie | Mar 29, 2025 | Tylertown, MS | 1st | — |
| MS Delta Barbecue State Championship/Cleveland Octoberfest | Oct 12, 2024 | Clevelenad, MS | 5th | — |
| The Great Ruleville Roast | Sep 28, 2024 | Ruleville, MS | 4th | — |
| Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 27, 2024 | Galax, VA | 13th | — |
| Smoke Slam | May 18, 2024 | Memphis, TN | 28th | — |
| Peavine Festival | Apr 20, 2024 | Boyle, MS | 15th | — |
| The South MS Boucherie | Mar 23, 2024 | Tylertown, MS | 6th | — |
| Mississippi Delta State Championship | Oct 14, 2023 | Cleveland, MS | 11th | — |
| The Great Ruleville Roast | Sep 30, 2023 | Ruleville, MS | 14th | — |
| Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 22, 2023 | Galax, VA | 10th | — |
| Que on the Yazoo | Apr 29, 2023 | Greenwood, MS | 2nd | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 23, 2022 | Southaven, MS | 7th | — |
| Southaven Springfest Results | Oct 30, 2021 | Southaven, MS | 3rd | — |
| Cleveland Octoberfest | Oct 9, 2021 | Cleveland, MS | 2nd | — |
| The South MS Bucherie Results | Sep 11, 2021 | Tylertown, MS | 7th | — |
| Smoke on the Mountain Results | Jul 24, 2021 | Galax, VA | 4th | — |
| Atoka BBQ Fest Results | Apr 10, 2021 | Atoka, TN | 3rd | — |
| GREAT RULEVILLE ROAST | Sep 28, 2019 | RULEVILLE, MS | 14th | — |
| SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN | Jul 20, 2019 | GALAX, VA | 1st | — |
| QUE ON THE YAZOO | May 4, 2019 | GREENWOOD, MS | 1st | — |
| Cleveland Octoberfest | Oct 14, 2018 | Cleveland, MS | 7th | — |
| Pig Pickin’ | Sep 22, 2018 | Cleveland, MS | 14th | — |
| Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 22, 2018 | Galax, VA | 1st | — |