Thunder on the Water

June 10, 2023 · Grenada, MS

Entries

Grand champion

THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY

Top score

450.0000

Whole Hog

Tightest board

0.3000

Pulled Pork — a photo finish

Average score

439.5111

across all judged boards

Most points

Upset factor

78%

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	Great Pig In Th Sky	36
2	Poker Porkers	31
3	Got Pig?	29
4	Busted Knuckle	28
5	BLUE COLLAR BBQ	25
6	Hog Addiction	25
7	Po' Thangs BBQ	22
8	Smoked and Spiced	19
9	Indirect Fire BBQ	19
10	Riberty	19
11	UNCLE POOKIE BBQ	19
12	Ole Booger Bear BBQ	15
13	Rack Shack	13
14	SmokeMasters	11
15	Swine Life BBQ	9
16	HAAT	8
17	Grind City Smokers	7
18	2 Phat's BBQ	6
19	Boneyard Smokers	4
20	No Count Q	4
21	MFUNN BBQ	1
22	FATHEAD BBQ	0
23	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	0
24	Que-N-Da 662	0
25	Smokin With an Attitude	0
26	Bacon Me Crazy	0
27	Swine & Dandy	0

Whole Hog · Professional

#	Team	Finals score	Prelim score	Points
1	Great Pig In Th Sky	450.0000	587.9000	15
2	BLUE COLLAR BBQ	441.9000	594.9000	14
3	Busted Knuckle	439.0000	594.4000	13
4	Got Pig?	—	587.1000	12
5	Poker Porkers	—	586.2000	11
6	Hog Addiction	—	580.4000	10
7	Swine Life BBQ	—	577.4000	9
8	SmokeMasters	—	572.3000	8
9	Grind City Smokers	—	566.6000	7
10	Smoked and Spiced	—	566.0000	6
11	Rack Shack	—	562.5000	5

Pulled Pork · Professional

#	Team	Finals score	Prelim score	Points
1	Hog Addiction	439.6000	594.8000	15
2	Riberty	439.3000	591.5000	14
3	Busted Knuckle	436.3000	591.5000	13
4	Indirect Fire BBQ	—	590.9000	12
5	BLUE COLLAR BBQ	—	590.5000	11
6	Po' Thangs BBQ	—	590.2000	10
7	Poker Porkers	—	589.3000	9
8	HAAT	—	587.9000	8
9	Got Pig?	—	585.2000	7
10	Great Pig In Th Sky	—	583.2000	6
11	UNCLE POOKIE BBQ	—	582.7000	5
12	Smoked and Spiced	—	582.6000	4
13	SmokeMasters	—	582.6000	3
14	Ole Booger Bear BBQ	—	578.8000	2
15	No Count Q	—	575.7000	1
16	Que-N-Da 662	—	574.4000	0
17	Smokin With an Attitude	—	572.3000	0
18	Boneyard Smokers	—	571.1000	0
19	Grind City Smokers	—	568.3000	0
20	FATHEAD BBQ	—	568.2000	0
21	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	—	564.4000	0
22	Rack Shack	—	561.7000	0
23	2 Phat's BBQ	—	558.3000	0

Ribs · Professional

#	Team	Finals score	Prelim score	Points
1	Great Pig In Th Sky	446.3000	594.5000	15
2	UNCLE POOKIE BBQ	436.4000	594.8000	14
3	Ole Booger Bear BBQ	426.8000	595.8000	13
4	Po' Thangs BBQ	—	593.0000	12
5	Poker Porkers	—	592.5000	11
6	Got Pig?	—	590.5000	10
7	Smoked and Spiced	—	590.5000	9
8	Rack Shack	—	589.7000	8
9	Indirect Fire BBQ	—	588.4000	7
10	2 Phat's BBQ	—	587.8000	6
11	Riberty	—	586.3000	5
12	Boneyard Smokers	—	583.3000	4
13	No Count Q	—	582.4000	3
14	Busted Knuckle	—	580.6000	2
15	MFUNN BBQ	—	579.3000	1
16	FATHEAD BBQ	—	579.3000	0
17	Swine & Dandy	—	578.7000	0
18	BLUE COLLAR BBQ	—	577.3000	0
19	Hog Addiction	—	576.4000	0
20	HAAT	—	573.7000	0
21	Que-N-Da 662	—	572.1000	0
22	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	—	571.1000	0
23	Smokin With an Attitude	—	565.5000	0
24	Grind City Smokers	—	565.0000	0
25	Bacon Me Crazy	—	563.3000	0
26	SmokeMasters	—	557.3000	0

Other editions of this contest

Contest	Season	Grand champion
Thunder on the Water	2024	QUE IN DA 662

Source: official pdf — published by Memphis Barbecue Network.