MBN Tracker

THE GREAT RULEVILLE ROAST

September 26, 2026 · Ruleville, MS

Entries

16

Grand champion

Grind City Smokers

Top score

450.0000
Pulled Pork

Tightest board

0.3000
Ribs — a photo finish

Average score

440.6444
across all judged boards

Most points

37

Upset factor

67%
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 Anonymous Swine 37
2 Meat Whiskey 33
3 Smoked N Spiced 29
4 Grind City Smokers 29
5 Big Whit & The Boys 27
6 FATHEAD BBQ 23
7 Ole Booger Bear's BBQ 21
8 InHogNito 20
9 SmokeMasters BBQ 20
10 Old Smokey BBQ 17
11 Mean Genes Cooking Team 12
12 HAAT Smoke 10
13 Indirect Fire Barbeque 7
14 The Barbecue Experiment 7
15 Fireman John's BBQ 7
16 Chief Smokers 5

Whole Hog · Professional

# Team Finals score Prelim score Points
1 Smoked N Spiced 444.9000 589.9000 15
2 Meat Whiskey 438.7000 590.9000 14
3 Anonymous Swine 431.2000 590.8000 13
4 Mean Genes Cooking Team — 579.6000 12
5 FATHEAD BBQ — 578.5000 11

Pulled Pork · Professional

# Team Finals score Prelim score Points
1 Grind City Smokers 450.0000 595.8000 15
2 Meat Whiskey 443.0000 589.7000 14
3 Anonymous Swine 434.4000 590.2000 13
4 Big Whit & The Boys — 583.8000 12
5 Smoked N Spiced — 583.0000 11
6 SmokeMasters BBQ — 581.9000 10
7 Ole Booger Bear's BBQ — 581.1000 9
8 Old Smokey BBQ — 579.6000 8
9 InHogNito — 574.7000 7
10 FATHEAD BBQ — 574.5000 6
11 The Barbecue Experiment — 572.6000 5
12 Chief Smokers — 571.9000 4
13 Indirect Fire Barbeque — 570.1000 3
14 HAAT Smoke — 560.8000 2

Ribs · Professional

# Team Finals score Prelim score Points
1 Big Whit & The Boys 442.9000 590.5000 15
2 Grind City Smokers 442.6000 594.8000 14
3 InHogNito 438.1000 595.1000 13
4 Ole Booger Bear's BBQ — 590.2000 12
5 Anonymous Swine — 589.9000 11
6 SmokeMasters BBQ — 586.3000 10
7 Old Smokey BBQ — 580.3000 9
8 HAAT Smoke — 578.6000 8
9 Fireman John's BBQ — 576.8000 7
10 FATHEAD BBQ — 575.5000 6
11 Meat Whiskey — 572.0000 5
12 Indirect Fire Barbeque — 571.3000 4
13 Smoked N Spiced — 566.5000 3
14 The Barbecue Experiment — 564.9000 2
15 Chief Smokers — 563.5000 1

Other editions of this contest

ContestSeasonGrand champion
The Great Ruleville Roast 2026—
The Great Ruleville Roast 2025Po' Thangs
The Great Ruleville Roast 2024HOG ADDICTION
The Great Ruleville Roast 2023HOG ADDICTION
The Great Ruleville Roast 2022Hog Addiction (Whole Hog)

Source: official pdf — published by Memphis Barbecue Network.