Southaven Springfest

April 26, 2025 · Southaven, MS

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Grand champion

Heath Riles BBQ

Top score

447.0000

Ribs

Tightest board

0.2000

Whole Hog — a photo finish

Average score

440.1222

across all judged boards

Most points

Upset factor

76%

chance the winner was beaten by the top seed

Points standing · Professional

MBN does not publish an overall score. This orders the field by MBN points across the judged categories — the same table that decides Team of the Year. The Grand Champion is decided separately, by the on-site finals judges.

#	Team	Points
1	BOAR'S NIGHT OUT	29
2	Grind City Smokers	26
3	Will-Be-Que	25
4	GET SAUCED	23
5	Busted Knuckle BBQ	22
6	RUTHLESS HOGS BBQ	21
7	Swine Life BBQ	19
8	Indirect Fire BBQ	18
9	Heath Riles BBQ	15
10	SmokeMasters BBQ	14
11	Fire Dancer BBQ	12
12	Meat Whiskey	11
13	MAVERICK'S BBQ	11
14	Got Pig?	10
15	Mean Genes Cooking Team	10
16	P & L Steaks Grilling Supply	10
17	JKQ	9
18	Porkcrastinators	9
19	Fireside Smokers	8
20	Poker Porkers	7
21	AUTO BE GRILLIN	7
22	BREAKING BREAD BBQ	7
23	Fireman John's BBQ	6
24	HOLD MY NATTY!	6
25	FATHEAD BBQ	5
26	Old Smokey BBQ	5
27	Ole Booger Bear's BBQ	4
28	SLABS A SMOKIN	4
29	Eat My Meat	3
30	Its Hard Out Here For A Pig	3
31	Boys in the Q	1
32	2nd Hand Smoke BBQ	0
33	Anonymous Swine	0
34	Bacon Me Crazy	0
35	BeL Fat Boys	0
36	Big Whit & The Boys	0
37	Fellowship of the Smoker	0
38	Pot Bellie Cookers	0
39	River City Smokers	0
40	RiverRat Smoker	0
41	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	0
42	Sow Luau	0
43	Bacon Care of Business	0
44	Bonnie & Swine BBQ	0
45	CIVIL OINK	0
46	Delta Swine	0
47	HOGFAT	0
48	Memphis Original BBQ	0
49	Northstar Healthcare	0
50	PORKATUDE	0
51	Puff & Stuff BBQ	0
52	Razorracks	0
53	Smoke Kings	0
54	Son of a Butt BBQ	0
55	Spankin' Bacon BBQ	0
56	THUNDER COOKIE BBQ	0
57	UNCLE POOKIE BBQ	0

Whole Hog · Professional

#	Team	Finals score	Prelim score	Points
1	Will-Be-Que	445.8000	595.7000	15
2	BOAR'S NIGHT OUT	445.6000	591.5000	14
3	Busted Knuckle BBQ	438.0000	593.6000	13
4	Grind City Smokers	—	590.1000	12
5	Meat Whiskey	—	588.5000	11
6	Mean Genes Cooking Team	—	586.3000	10
7	SmokeMasters BBQ	—	586.2000	9
8	Got Pig?	—	583.3000	8
9	Poker Porkers	—	581.5000	7
10	Fireman John's BBQ	—	580.4000	6
11	Swine Life BBQ	—	575.6000	5
12	Ole Booger Bear's BBQ	—	569.9000	4
13	FATHEAD BBQ	—	569.0000	3
14	Fireside Smokers	—	565.7000	2
15	JKQ	—	559.9000	1

Pulled Pork · Professional

#	Team	Finals score	Prelim score	Points
1	BOAR'S NIGHT OUT	442.7000	598.5000	15
2	Grind City Smokers	433.0000	600.0000	14
3	Indirect Fire BBQ	427.1000	599.7000	13
4	Fire Dancer BBQ	—	596.7000	12
5	GET SAUCED	—	593.9000	11
6	Will-Be-Que	—	590.2000	10
7	Porkcrastinators	—	589.9000	9
8	RUTHLESS HOGS BBQ	—	589.9000	8
9	AUTO BE GRILLIN	—	589.6000	7
10	Fireside Smokers	—	589.3000	6
11	SmokeMasters BBQ	—	589.0000	5
12	Old Smokey BBQ	—	588.5000	4
13	Its Hard Out Here For A Pig	—	588.2000	3
14	FATHEAD BBQ	—	587.6000	2
15	Boys in the Q	—	587.4000	1
16	SLABS A SMOKIN	—	586.9000	0
17	Ole Booger Bear's BBQ	—	586.9000	0
18	P & L Steaks Grilling Supply	—	585.6000	0
19	2nd Hand Smoke BBQ	—	583.3000	0
20	Got Pig?	—	583.2000	0
21	MAVERICK'S BBQ	—	582.7000	0
22	Pot Bellie Cookers	—	582.5000	0
23	Fireman John's BBQ	—	582.2000	0
24	Meat Whiskey	—	581.1000	0
25	Eat My Meat	—	578.2000	0
26	Memphis Original BBQ	—	578.1000	0
27	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	—	577.2000	0
28	Poker Porkers	—	577.1000	0
29	HOLD MY NATTY!	—	576.8000	0
30	Swine Life BBQ	—	575.3000	0
31	Northstar Healthcare	—	575.0000	0
32	Big Whit & The Boys	—	571.5000	0
33	BeL Fat Boys	—	570.6000	0
34	Mean Genes Cooking Team	—	570.2000	0
35	Sow Luau	—	569.8000	0
36	Bacon Me Crazy	—	563.2000	0
37	Anonymous Swine	—	562.3000	0
38	RiverRat Smoker	—	561.3000	0
39	Fellowship of the Smoker	—	560.5000	0
40	River City Smokers	—	556.2000	0

Ribs · Professional

#	Team	Finals score	Prelim score	Points
1	Heath Riles BBQ	447.0000	598.8000	15
2	Swine Life BBQ	446.1000	595.4000	14
3	RUTHLESS HOGS BBQ	435.8000	595.8000	13
4	GET SAUCED	—	595.2000	12
5	MAVERICK'S BBQ	—	594.8000	11
6	P & L Steaks Grilling Supply	—	594.5000	10
7	Busted Knuckle BBQ	—	593.9000	9
8	JKQ	—	593.6000	8
9	BREAKING BREAD BBQ	—	593.2000	7
10	HOLD MY NATTY!	—	593.1000	6
11	Indirect Fire BBQ	—	592.8000	5
12	SLABS A SMOKIN	—	591.9000	4
13	Eat My Meat	—	591.9000	3
14	Got Pig?	—	590.6000	2
15	Old Smokey BBQ	—	590.5000	1
16	Meat Whiskey	—	590.5000	0
17	PORKATUDE	—	589.0000	0
18	HOGFAT	—	588.4000	0
19	Sow Luau	—	588.3000	0
20	UNCLE POOKIE BBQ	—	587.9000	0
21	Bacon Me Crazy	—	587.9000	0
22	Grind City Smokers	—	587.6000	0
23	Boys in the Q	—	586.7000	0
24	Bonnie & Swine BBQ	—	585.4000	0
25	Fireside Smokers	—	584.9000	0
26	Smoke Kings	—	583.5000	0
27	Its Hard Out Here For A Pig	—	583.3000	0
28	Porkcrastinators	—	583.2000	0
29	2nd Hand Smoke BBQ	—	581.8000	0
30	Razorracks	—	581.4000	0
31	River City Smokers	—	580.5000	0
32	Fireman John's BBQ	—	578.5000	0
33	Pot Bellie Cookers	—	578.2000	0
34	Anonymous Swine	—	577.9000	0
35	Spankin' Bacon BBQ	—	576.2000	0
36	Big Whit & The Boys	—	575.6000	0
37	Poker Porkers	—	575.0000	0
38	Delta Swine	—	574.8000	0
39	FATHEAD BBQ	—	574.5000	0
40	AUTO BE GRILLIN	—	574.2000	0
41	Ole Booger Bear's BBQ	—	573.3000	0
42	Mean Genes Cooking Team	—	571.5000	0
43	BOAR'S NIGHT OUT	—	570.6000	0
44	SmokeMasters BBQ	—	570.4000	0
45	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	—	569.9000	0
46	THUNDER COOKIE BBQ	—	567.9000	0
47	Fellowship of the Smoker	—	567.7000	0
48	CIVIL OINK	—	567.4000	0
49	Will-Be-Que	—	566.0000	0
50	RiverRat Smoker	—	562.4000	0
51	Son of a Butt BBQ	—	559.3000	0
52	BeL Fat Boys	—	559.0000	0
53	Puff & Stuff BBQ	—	558.5000	0
54	Bacon Care of Business	—	554.4000	0

Other editions of this contest

Contest	Season	Grand champion
SOUTHAVEN SPRINGFEST	2026	Fireman John’s BBQ
Southaven Springfest	2024	POKER PORKERS
Southaven Springfest	2023	BOAR’S NIGHT OUT
Southaven Springfest	2022	Blue Collar BBQ (Ribs)
SOUTHAVEN SPRINGFEST	2019	—
Southaven Springfest	2018	U Pigs BBQ

Source: official pdf — published by Memphis Barbecue Network.