WATERMELON CARNIVAL TRAIN TRACK PORK ATTACK
August 1, 2026 · Water Valley, MS
Entries
26
Grand champion
SmokeMasters BBQ
Top score
448.7000
Ribs
Tightest board
2.3000
Whole Hog
Average score
440.1333
across all judged boards
Most points
35
Upset factor
64%
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 | 35 |
| 2 | Will-Be-Que | 26 |
| 3 | Busted Knuckle BBQ | 23 |
| 4 | Anonymous Swine | 22 |
| 5 | Old Smokey BBQ | 21 |
| 6 | SmokeMasters BBQ | 21 |
| 7 | Riberty | 19 |
| 8 | Sweet Swine O'Mine | 16 |
| 9 | Big Whit & The Boys | 15 |
| 10 | Indirect Fire Barbeque | 15 |
| 11 | Ole Booger Bear's BBQ | 14 |
| 12 | BREAKING BREAD BBQ | 14 |
| 13 | FATHEAD BBQ | 13 |
| 14 | Grind City Smokers | 13 |
| 15 | BBQ-T-PI | 12 |
| 16 | The Barbecue Experiment | 11 |
| 17 | Po' Thangs | 11 |
| 18 | Mean Genes Cooking Team | 9 |
| 19 | Memphis Original BBQ | 8 |
| 20 | Pork Me Baby | 7 |
| 21 | JKQ | 7 |
| 22 | Down South Grillers | 3 |
| 23 | Sweet Smoke | 2 |
| 24 | LEELA Q | 1 |
| 25 | MAVERICK'S BBQ | 1 |
| 26 | MFUNN BBQ | 0 |
Whole Hog · Professional
| # | Team | Finals score | Prelim score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Whiskey | 444.9000 | 595.5000 | 15 |
| 2 | Will-Be-Que | 442.6000 | 594.9000 | 14 |
| 3 | Busted Knuckle BBQ | 431.5000 | 594.5000 | 13 |
| 4 | Anonymous Swine | — | 582.7000 | 12 |
| 5 | Po' Thangs | — | 579.3000 | 11 |
| 6 | FATHEAD BBQ | — | 578.0000 | 10 |
| 7 | Mean Genes Cooking Team | — | 576.3000 | 9 |
| 8 | Riberty | — | 568.7000 | 8 |
| 9 | JKQ | — | 564.8000 | 7 |
Pulled Pork · Professional
| # | Team | Finals score | Prelim score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indirect Fire Barbeque | 447.3000 | 596.1000 | 15 |
| 2 | Sweet Swine O'Mine | 441.3000 | 593.0000 | 14 |
| 3 | Grind City Smokers | 432.3000 | 600.0000 | 13 |
| 4 | Will-Be-Que | — | 592.1000 | 12 |
| 5 | Meat Whiskey | — | 589.9000 | 11 |
| 6 | Ole Booger Bear's BBQ | — | 587.6000 | 10 |
| 7 | Big Whit & The Boys | — | 580.1000 | 9 |
| 8 | Old Smokey BBQ | — | 576.9000 | 8 |
| 9 | Pork Me Baby | — | 575.7000 | 7 |
| 10 | SmokeMasters BBQ | — | 574.8000 | 6 |
| 11 | Anonymous Swine | — | 574.0000 | 5 |
| 12 | The Barbecue Experiment | — | 571.8000 | 4 |
| 13 | FATHEAD BBQ | — | 568.3000 | 3 |
| 14 | Sweet Smoke | — | 561.0000 | 2 |
| 15 | LEELA Q | — | 420.0000 | 1 |
Ribs · Professional
| # | Team | Finals score | Prelim score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmokeMasters BBQ | 448.7000 | 588.8000 | 15 |
| 2 | BREAKING BREAD BBQ | 436.3000 | 598.8000 | 14 |
| 3 | Old Smokey BBQ | 436.3000 | 591.5000 | 13 |
| 4 | BBQ-T-PI | — | 587.2000 | 12 |
| 5 | Riberty | — | 586.9000 | 11 |
| 6 | Busted Knuckle BBQ | — | 584.3000 | 10 |
| 7 | Meat Whiskey | — | 583.3000 | 9 |
| 8 | Memphis Original BBQ | — | 582.6000 | 8 |
| 9 | The Barbecue Experiment | — | 580.9000 | 7 |
| 10 | Big Whit & The Boys | — | 580.0000 | 6 |
| 11 | Anonymous Swine | — | 579.6000 | 5 |
| 12 | Ole Booger Bear's BBQ | — | 577.7000 | 4 |
| 13 | Down South Grillers | — | 577.2000 | 3 |
| 14 | Sweet Swine O'Mine | — | 577.1000 | 2 |
| 15 | MAVERICK'S BBQ | — | 577.1000 | 1 |
| 16 | MFUNN BBQ | — | 574.8000 | 0 |
| 17 | Grind City Smokers | — | 574.4000 | 0 |
| 18 | Indirect Fire Barbeque | — | 572.0000 | 0 |
| 19 | LEELA Q | — | 571.4000 | 0 |
| 20 | Pork Me Baby | — | 569.9000 | 0 |
| 21 | Sweet Smoke | — | 562.7000 | 0 |
| 22 | FATHEAD BBQ | — | 562.6000 | 0 |
| 23 | Will-Be-Que | — | 559.6000 | 0 |
Other editions of this contest
| Contest | Season | Grand champion |
|---|---|---|
| WATERMELON CARNIVAL TRAIN TRACK PORK ATTACK (Patio) | 2026 | Big Back BBQ |
Source: official pdf — published by Memphis Barbecue Network.