2026 Grand Champion
Sponsored by Cattlemen’s
Heath Riles BBQ
2026 WCBCC Division Winners!
RIBS
Sponsored By Cattlemen’s
1st: Heath Riles BBQ
2nd: Sweet Brown Smokers
3rd: Meat Drink & Be Merry
4th: Serial Grillers
5th: Auto Be Grillin
6th: The Norwegian NBT
7th: Sweet Home Smokers
8th: Bluff City Smokers
9th: Smokin With An Attitude
10th: Brothers Q & 256 Crew
SHOULDER
Sponsored By Cattlemen’s
1st: Smoke BBQ Team
2nd: Planet Barbeque
3rd: Southern Hoggers
4th: Swine & Din
5th: Smoked N Spiced
6th: Lillie’s Q
7th: Team Waterdog
8th: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
9th: The People’s Republic of Swina
10th: Ribdiculous-Bar-B-Krewe
WHOLE HOG
Sponsored By Cattlemen’s
1st: Will Be Que
2nd: Wicker’s
3rd: Music City Smokers
4th: Fireman John’s
5th: Come and Eat It
6th: Cook The Books
7th: The Shed BBQ
8th: Darkside of the Gator MAC
9th: Hank’s BBQ
10th: Blues Hog
Patio Porkers
Sponsored By Cattlemen’s
1st: Bugsy Que
2nd: Big Dawg Smokers
3rd: Thunder Cookie BBQ
4th: Breaking Bread
Kingsford Tour of Champions
1st: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
2nd: The Shed BBQ
3rd: Bubba Grills
4th: Russell’s Dam Good BBQ
OPEN FIRE
1st: The Culinary Charm
2nd: Carnivore Carnival
3rd: La Sociedad Dal Asado
4th: Weber
2026 Ancillary Awards
Anything But Categories
TURKEY SMOKE Sponsored by National Turkey Federation
1st: The People’s Republic of Swina
2nd: Boars Night Out
3rd: Gettin’ Basted
4th: Pig Diamonds
HOT WINGS
Sponsored by Frank’s Red Hot & Springer Mountain Farms
1st: The Swinos
2nd: Annesdale Pork
3rd: Sweet Swine O’ Mine
4th: Cook The Books
BEEF
Sponsored by Korte Meats
1st: Greaseland Porkers
2nd: Big Ro Ro’s BBQ
3rd: Brown Chicken Brown Cow
4th: 3 Degrees Cooler
POULTRY
Sponsored by SpringER Mountain Farms
1st: Cook the Books
2nd: JDQ
3rd: The King and His Q
4th: Porkin in the Park
SEAFOOD
Sponsored by Redmond Salt
1st: The Swinos
2nd: Porkcrastinators
3rd: Swinos – WET
4th: Page’s Pig Pen
EXOTIC
Sponsored by Redmond Salt
1st: Blues Hog
2nd: Riberty
3rd: Bluff City Smokers
4th: The Swinos
TOMATO SAUCE
Sponsored by Cattlemen’s
1st: Swinos – WET
2nd: Shoats & Skins
3rd: Sloppy Bottom Porkers
4th: MySwine Championship BBQ Team
MUSTARD SAUCE
Sponsored by
Cattlemen’s
1st: Too Sauced To Pork
2nd: Memphis Barbeque Supply
3rd: Barbeque Republic
4th: Sweetie’s Bar-B-Q
VINEGAR SAUCE
Sponsored by CATTEMEN’S
1st: Come and Eat It
2nd: Piggin Aint Easy
3rd: Heath Riles BBQ
4th: Bluff City Smokers
BEST BOOTH
Sponsored by HOME DEPOT
1st: Love Meat Tender
2nd: Swine & Dine
3rd: All Star Ten Pin Porkers
4th: Don’t Stop Porkin
Best T-Shirt
1st: Pig Diamonds
2nd: Boardellos
3rd: Sweet Cheeks
PIGGIE IDOL
1st: Pigs Gone Wild
2nd: Swine & Dine
3rd: Chi Town Cookers
2026 Open Fire World Championship
2026 Open Fire Champion
Presented by Crocodile Cloth
The Culinary Charm
1st: The Culinary Charm
2nd: Carnivore Carnival
3rd: La Sociedad Dal Asado
4th: Weber
2026 Junior Barbecue Cooking Contest
2026 Junior Grand Champion
Presented by Blues Hog
360 BBQ 2.0
BEEF
1st: Pigs Fly Barbecue
2nd: Booya Baby BBQ
3rd: Hustle & Smoke
4th: Little Attitudes BBQ
CHICKEN
1st: Give Em Hell
2nd: Arkansas Smoke Show
3rd: The Fat Pastor
4th: KB’s Outdoor Kitchen
PORK CHOP
1st: First Class BBQ 2.0
2nd: Collierville Grillers
3rd: 360 BBQ 2.0
4th: Little Attitudes BBQ
DESSERT
1st: Little Bit Sauced
2nd: All Fired Up with Clayton
3rd: First Class BBQ 2.0
4th: Bode Bahamas
Past WCBCC Winners:
Past Grand Champions:
- 2026: Heath Riles BBQ
- 2025: Heath Riles BBQ
- 2024: The Shed BBQ
- 2023: Ribdiculous Bar-B-Krewe
- 2022: Blues Hog
- 2021: Jack’s Old South
- 2019: Cool Smoke
- 2018: The Shed
- 2017: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
- 2016: Jack’s Old South
- 2015: The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint
- 2014: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
- 2013: Sweet Swine O’ Mine
- 2012: Yazoo’s Delta Q
- 2011: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
- 2010: Yazoo’s Delta Q
- 2009: Sweet Swine O’ Mine
- 2008: Natural Born Grillers
- 2007: Jack’s Old South
- 2006: Red Hot Smokers
- 2005: Gwatney Championship BBQ Team
- 2004: Jack’s Old South
- 2003: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
- 2002: Pyropigmaniacs
- 2001: Jack’s Old South
- 2000: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
- 1999: Custom Cookers
- 1998: The Other Team
- 1997: Wildfire Gourmet Cooking Team
- 1996: Pyropigmaniacs
- 1995: Rebel Roaster Revue
- 1994: Apple City Barbecue
- 1993: The Other Side
- 1992: Apple City Barbecue
- 1991: David Cox Barbecue Team
- 1990: Apple City Barbecue
- 1989: Super Swine Sizzlers
- 1988: Holy Smokers, Too
- 1987: Cajun Country Cookers
- 1986: Pig Iron Porkers
- 1985: Holy Smokers, Too
- 1984: Willingham’s River City Rooters
- 1983: Willingham’s River City Rooters
- 1982: Martec Coaters
- 1981: John Wills
- 1980: John Wills
- 1979: Don Burdison
- 1978: Bessie Lou Cathey