MBN Tracker

BOOTLEGGER BBQ BASH

June 27, 2026

Entries

19

Top score

446.7000
Whole Hog

Tightest board

0.7000
Ribs — a photo finish

Average score

440.7889
across all judged boards

Most points

45

Upset factor

61%
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 Meat Whiskey 45
2 Big Whit & The Boys 27
3 2nd Hand Smoke 26
4 Fathead 26
5 Indirect Fire BBQ 23
6 Fireman John's BBQ 22
7 Anonymous Swine 21
8 Grind City Smokers 21
9 Southern Spice 14
10 Memphis Original BBQ 14
11 Swine Life 14
12 Circle K BBQ 13
13 Old Smokey BBQ 13
14 JKQ 12
15 Its Hard Out Here For A Pig 11
16 Southern Char 11
17 Jordan Smokers 8
18 BREAKING BREAD BBQ 2
19 Diamond D Cooking Team 0

Whole Hog · Professional

# Team Finals score Prelim score Points
1 Meat Whiskey 446.7000 590.9000 15
2 Swine Life 442.5000 592.4000 14
3 Fathead 435.1000 599.7000 13
4 JKQ — 584.2000 12
5 Indirect Fire BBQ — 580.2000 11
6 2nd Hand Smoke — 572.5000 10
7 Fireman John's BBQ — 570.5000 9

Pulled Pork · Professional

# Team Finals score Prelim score Points
1 Meat Whiskey 445.6000 591.5000 15
2 Big Whit & The Boys 442.5000 586.2000 14
3 Old Smokey BBQ 434.5000 594.5000 13
4 Anonymous Swine — 584.2000 12
5 2nd Hand Smoke — 583.3000 11
6 Its Hard Out Here For A Pig — 581.6000 10
7 Grind City Smokers — 580.8000 9
8 Southern Char — 579.3000 8
9 Fireman John's BBQ — 578.9000 7
10 Southern Spice — 578.7000 6
11 Indirect Fire BBQ — 577.8000 5
12 Jordan Smokers — 576.1000 4
13 Fathead — 573.1000 3
14 Circle K BBQ — 569.1000 2

Ribs · Professional

# Team Finals score Prelim score Points
1 Meat Whiskey 442.4000 591.5000 15
2 Memphis Original BBQ 441.7000 595.8000 14
3 Big Whit & The Boys 436.1000 586.9000 13
4 Grind City Smokers — 582.6000 12
5 Circle K BBQ — 581.6000 11
6 Fathead — 581.2000 10
7 Anonymous Swine — 580.3000 9
8 Southern Spice — 579.1000 8
9 Indirect Fire BBQ — 578.4000 7
10 Fireman John's BBQ — 576.4000 6
11 2nd Hand Smoke — 576.0000 5
12 Jordan Smokers — 575.0000 4
13 Southern Char — 574.1000 3
14 BREAKING BREAD BBQ — 571.5000 2
15 Its Hard Out Here For A Pig — 570.2000 1
16 Old Smokey BBQ — 567.4000 0
17 Diamond D Cooking Team — 560.8000 0

Source: official pdf — published by Memphis Barbecue Network.