🏆 Serial winner
Grind City Smokers has taken 7 grand championships from 31 contests — a 23% strike rate.
Grind City Smokers
Competes out of MS
Contests
31
Grand championships
7
22.6% strike rate
Reserve champion
2
Average finish
9.1
best: 1st
Power rating
1632
#8 of 340
Best win streak
2
Career points
623
⭐ Signature category
Their strongest board is Whole Hog — an average finish of 5.7 across 19 entries.
🎯 Room to make up
Ribs lags behind at 13.1 average — 7.4 places worse than their best category.
📍 Happy hunting ground
17 of their 31 contests came in MS, where they have won 4.
😤 The measuring stick
Poker Porkers has the edge: 12–10 across 22 shared contests.
🔥 On a run
Best consecutive-win streak: 2 contests.
📅 First seen
Their earliest result here is Bartlett BBQ Fest (Patio) on October 1, 2022.
By category
| Category | Entries | Wins | Top 3 | Best | Avg finish | Best finals score | Best prelim score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Hog | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | 5.7 | 444.6000 | 1010.6000 |
| Pulled Pork | 30 | 1 | 10 | 1st | 9.6 | 445.4000 | 1012.2000 |
| Ribs | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1st | 13.1 | 443.6000 | 1019.4000 |
Familiar foes
Head-to-head across shared contests, four meetings or more.
| Team | Meetings | Ahead | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poker Porkers | 22 | 10 | 12 |
| Old Smokey BBQ | 21 | 18 | 3 |
| FATHEAD BBQ | 20 | 17 | 3 |
| Big Whit & The Boys | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| Ole Booger Bear's BBQ | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| Anonymous Swine | 18 | 13 | 5 |
| Meat Whiskey | 16 | 11 | 5 |
| Fireside Smokers | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| SmokeMasters BBQ | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Swine Life BBQ | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| Que-N-Da 662 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| Po' Thangs | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Fire Dancer BBQ | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Hog Addiction | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| JKQ | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| Mean Genes Cooking Team | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| Indirect Fire BBQ | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| MAVERICK'S BBQ | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Will-Be-Que | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Busted Knuckle BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Contest by contest
| Contest | Date | Where | Finish | Finals score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERMELON CARNIVAL TRAIN TRACK PORK ATTACK | Aug 1, 2026 | Water Valley, MS | 14th | — |
| BOOTLEGGER BBQ BASH | Jun 27, 2026 | 8th | — | |
| QUE ON THE YAZOO | May 2, 2026 | Greenwood, MS | 4th | — |
| SOUTHAVEN SPRINGFEST | Apr 25, 2026 | Southaven, MS | 10th | — |
| PEAVINE FESTIVAL | Apr 18, 2026 | Boyle, MS | 8th | — |
| ATOKA BBQ FEST | Apr 11, 2026 | Atoka, TN | 1st | — |
| SMOKING ON THE RIVER | Mar 28, 2026 | Tylertown, MS | 1st | — |
| Smokin’ the Coast | Nov 1, 2025 | Biloxi, MS | 18th | — |
| Bolivar BBQ Blowout | Oct 25, 2025 | Bolivar, TN | 1st | — |
| MS Delta State Championship/Octoberfest | Oct 11, 2025 | Cleveland, MS | 2nd | — |
| Arlington BBQ Burnout | Oct 4, 2025 | Arlington, TN | 16th | — |
| The Great Ruleville Roast | Sep 27, 2025 | Ruleville, MS | 8th | — |
| Laura Fletcher Cooking for a Cure | Sep 13, 2025 | Blytheville, AR | 1st | — |
| DSU Pig Pickin’ | Sep 6, 2025 | Cleveland, MS | 1st | — |
| Train Track Pork Attack | Aug 2, 2025 | Water Valley, MS | 8th | — |
| Thunder on Water | Jun 14, 2025 | Grenada, MS | 1st | — |
| SmokeSlam BBQ Festival | May 17, 2025 | Memphis, TN | 7th | — |
| Que on the Yazoo | May 3, 2025 | Greenwood, MS | 1st | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 26, 2025 | Southaven, MS | 2nd | — |
| Arlington BBQ Burnout | Oct 19, 2024 | Arlington, TN | 3rd | — |
| Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 27, 2024 | Galax, VA | 5th | — |
| Thunder on the Water | Jun 15, 2024 | Grenada, MS | 10th | — |
| Smoke Slam | May 18, 2024 | Memphis, TN | 3rd | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 27, 2024 | Southaven, MS | 10th | — |
| Atoka BBQ Fest | Apr 6, 2024 | Atoka, TN | 11th | — |
| Smoking for Downs Syndrome | Mar 16, 2024 | Marion, AR | 7th | — |
| Bolivar BBQ Blowout | Oct 28, 2023 | Bolivar, TN | 18th | — |
| Arlington BBQ Burnout | Oct 21, 2023 | Arlington, TN | 9th | — |
| Thunder on the Water | Jun 10, 2023 | Grenada, MS | 17th | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 22, 2023 | Southaven, MS | 53rd | — |
| Bartlett BBQ Fest (Patio) | Oct 1, 2022 | Bartlett, TN | 24th | — |