🏆 Serial winner
Po' Thangs has taken 5 grand championships from 32 contests — a 16% strike rate.
Po' Thangs
Competes out of MS
Contests
32
Grand championships
5
15.6% strike rate
Reserve champion
4
Average finish
4.5
best: 1st
Power rating
1649
#6 of 340
Career points
933
⭐ Signature category
Their strongest board is Whole Hog — an average finish of 2.9 across 17 entries.
🎯 Room to make up
Ribs lags behind at 6.9 average — 4.0 places worse than their best category.
📍 Happy hunting ground
26 of their 32 contests came in MS, where they have won 5.
📅 First seen
Their earliest result here is Que on the Yazoo (Patio) on April 30, 2022.
By category
| Category | Entries | Wins | Top 3 | Best | Avg finish | Best finals score | Best prelim score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Hog | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1st | 2.9 | 450.0000 | 599.4000 |
| Pulled Pork | 31 | 5 | 10 | 1st | 6.4 | 447.0000 | 600.0000 |
| Ribs | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1st | 6.9 | 445.6000 | 597.4000 |
| Pork Loin | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1st | 6 | — | 595.7000 |
Familiar foes
Head-to-head across shared contests, four meetings or more.
| Team | Meetings | Ahead | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Whit & The Boys | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| Old Smokey BBQ | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| Grind City Smokers | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| HAAT Smoke | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| Boneyard Smokers | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| Anonymous Swine | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Ole Booger Bear's BBQ | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| JKQ | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Fire Dancer BBQ | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| FATHEAD BBQ | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Indirect Fire BBQ | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Junk Yard Hogs | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Que-N-Da 662 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Southern Smokers | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Poker Porkers | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Blazin-Barrels | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Chief Smokers | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Fireside Smokers | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Swine Life BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Meat Whiskey | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Contest by contest
| Contest | Date | Where | Finish | Finals score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERMELON CARNIVAL TRAIN TRACK PORK ATTACK | Aug 1, 2026 | Water Valley, MS | 17th | — |
| QUE ON THE YAZOO | May 2, 2026 | Greenwood, MS | 1st | — |
| PEAVINE FESTIVAL | Apr 18, 2026 | Boyle, MS | 4th | — |
| SMOKING ON THE RIVER | Mar 28, 2026 | Tylertown, MS | 4th | — |
| Smokin’ the Coast | Nov 1, 2025 | Biloxi, MS | 2nd | — |
| Fire on the Water | Oct 25, 2025 | Lake Village, AR | 3rd | — |
| MS Delta State Championship/Octoberfest | Oct 11, 2025 | Cleveland, MS | 4th | — |
| Arlington BBQ Burnout | Oct 4, 2025 | Arlington, TN | 3rd | — |
| The Great Ruleville Roast | Sep 27, 2025 | Ruleville, MS | 1st | — |
| Praise the Lard | Sep 20, 2025 | Murphysboro, IL | 3rd | — |
| Laura Fletcher Cooking for a Cure | Sep 13, 2025 | Blytheville, AR | 8th | — |
| DSU Pig Pickin’ | Sep 6, 2025 | Cleveland, MS | 7th | — |
| Train Track Pork Attack | Aug 2, 2025 | Water Valley, MS | 1st | — |
| Que on the Yazoo | May 3, 2025 | Greenwood, MS | 3rd | — |
| Peavine Festival | Apr 12, 2025 | Boyle, MS | 1st | — |
| The South MS Boucherie | Mar 29, 2025 | Tylertown, MS | 2nd | — |
| Fire on the Water | Oct 26, 2024 | Lake Village, AR | 3rd | — |
| Great Ruleville Roast (Patio) | Sep 21, 2024 | Ruleville, MS | 1st | — |
| Delta State Pig Pickin’ (Patio) | Sep 7, 2024 | Cleveland, MS | 6th | — |
| Thunder on the Water | Jun 15, 2024 | Grenada, MS | 8th | — |
| Que on the Yazoo (Patio) | May 4, 2024 | Greendwood, MS | 7th | — |
| The South MS Boucherie (Patio) | Mar 23, 2024 | Tylertown, MS | 5th | — |
| Biloxi Bay Blues & BBQ | Nov 11, 2023 | Biloxi, MS | 7th | — |
| Bartlett BBQ Fest (Patio) | Sep 30, 2023 | Bartlett, TN | 2nd | — |
| DSU Pig Pickin (Patio) | Sep 23, 2023 | Cleveland, MS | 4th | — |
| Peavine Festival (Patio) | May 6, 2023 | Boyle, MS | 3rd | — |
| Que on the Yazoo (Patio) | Apr 29, 2023 | Greenwood, MS | 9th | — |
| The South MS Boucherie (Patio) | Mar 25, 2023 | Tylertown, MS | 3rd | — |
| Cleveland Octoberfest (Patio) | Oct 8, 2022 | Cleveland, MS | 4th | — |
| DSU Pig Pickin’ (Patio) | Oct 1, 2022 | Cleveland, MS | 6th | — |
| Great Ruleville Roast (Patio) | Sep 24, 2022 | Ruleville, MS | 2nd | — |
| Que on the Yazoo (Patio) | Apr 30, 2022 | Greenwood, MS | 9th | — |