2019 Winners

The sights and smells of World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest have been smoking out Memphis since 1978. The history of the competition is as rich as the sauce smeered over each piece of barbecue - and it only gets better every year. Whether you came in 2016 when we were "Smokin' In the Boys Room" or in 2005 when we had "Bountiful Butts," America's most prestigious barbecue cooking competition draws the best of the best vying for the highest title in barbecue - World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest World Champion.

See the full results for the 2018 competition and check out a more in-depth list of winners below. To see the full history of the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contents winners, click here.

*Grand Champion: Cool Smoke*

SHOULDER - See Full Results

• 1st: - Cool Smoke
• 2nd: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q 
• 3rd: Red Hot Smokers
• 4th: Shine & Swine
• 5th: Woods Custom Cookers
• 6th: Moonlight Smokers
• 7th: Sweet Cheeks
• 8th: Sweet Swine O'Mine
• 9th: People's Republic of Swina
• 10th: The Grandmasters of Cooking Disasters

WHOLE HOG - See Full Results

• 1st: Hometown BBQ
• 2nd: Smokemaster Championship BBQ Team
• 3rd: Steamboat BBQ
• 4th: Yazoo's Delta Q
• 5th: Hanks BBQ
• 6th: Boars Night Out
• 7th: Peg Leg Porkers
• 8th: Ubons
• 9th: The Shed BBQ
• 10th: 17th Street BBQ/Apple City BBQ

RIBS - See Full Results

• 1st: Nutt's N Butts
• 2nd: Rub Me Tender
• 3rd: Bluff City Smokers
• 4th: Bacon Care of Business
• 5th: Love Meat Tender
• 6th: Born in the Que S A
• 7th: Traeger
• 8th: Full Moon Smokers
• 9th: Auto Be Grillin'
• 10th: Smoked N Spiced

PATIO PORKERS - See Full Results

• 1st: Southern Smoke
• 2nd: BamBQ
• 3rd: Deez Butts
• 4th: Backyard Southern Style
  
  

KINGSFORD TOUR OF CHAMPIONS - See Full Results

• 1st: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
• 2nd: The Shed BBQ
• 3rd: Swine & Dine
• 4th: Shine & Swine

GREEN GRILLING AWARD – Awarded to the team that collected the most recyclables

• Designated Smoking Area

BEEF - See Full Results

• 1st - Salty Rinse BBQ
• 2nd - Big Bubba's Bar-B-Q-N Crew
• 3rd - Swinos

POULTRY - See Full Results

• 1st - Smokin with an Attitude
• 2nd - M&W Smokers
• 3rd - BAMBQ

SEAFOOD - See Full Results

• 1st - Ribdiculous Bar-B-Krewe
• 2nd - Memphis Barbecue Supply
• 3rd - Mississippi Meat Mafia

EXOTIC - See Full Results

• 1st - Porkin' in the Park
• 2nd - CG's Backyard BBQ
• 3rd - UBONS

FRANKS RED HOT HOT WINGS - See Full Results

• 1st - Fat Side Up
• 2nd - Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Que
• 3rd - Rubbin' the Money Muscle BBQ

SERVE TURKEY TURKEY SMOKE - See Full Results

• 1st - Grilla Grills
• 2nd - Smoking Jokers Australia
• 3rd - Porkville Justice League

TOMATO SAUCE - See Full Results

• 1st - Ribdiculous Bar-B-Krewe

• 2nd - Meat Mitch

• 3rd - Porkin' in the Park

MUSTARD SAUCE - See Full Results

• 1st - Burnt Finger BBQ

• 2nd - Memphis Barbecue Supply

• 3rd - Pure Pleasure Porkers

VINEGAR SAUCE - See Full Results

• 1st - Woods Custom Cookers

• 2nd - Natural Born Grillers

• 3rd - Memphis Barbecue Supply

BEST BOOTH - See Full Results

• 1st: Swine & Dine
• 2nd: All Star Ten Pin Porkers
• 3rd: Pork Illustrated
  
  

BEST T-SHIRT - See Full Results

• 1st: Aporkalypse Now
• 2nd: Porkosaurus
• 3rd: Pork & Bean Counters
  
  

MS. PIGGIE IDOL - See Full Results

• 1st: Swinos
• 2nd: Chi-Town Cookers
• 3rd: Pigs Gone Wild