TN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BBQ COOK OFF

Get your cook team ready for a trip to the Smoky Mountains.

2024 Cook Off grand champions.

COOK TEAMS

Join cook teams from around the nation for this Tennessee State Championship BBQ Cook Off sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society and sponsored by Bush’s Best. Teams will compete for $17,500 in cash and prizes and the title of Tennessee State Champion during the festival.

Kansas City BBQ Society logo. Bush's Best logo.

Please note: We are Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned. All teams must compete by KCBS Rules & Regulations.

Pig statues with aprons stating 1st place chicken, 1st place pork ribs and 1st place pulled pork.

COMPETITION

Which teams are competed in 2023?

One Eyed Pig BBQ

Union, SC

Small Batch BBQ

Clarksville, TN

Under The Radar

Kingsport, TN

Contagious Q

Kingsport, TN

Bad Rooster BBQ

Lavonia, GA

Taste of Grace BBQ

Dandridge, TN

K-Town Daddy’s BBQ

Loudon, TN

Kick Em in the Butt BBQ

Huntsville, AL

River Road Grillbillies

Kingston, TN

Hold Your Horses BBQ

Griffin, GA

Hoggy Bottom Boys

Chuckey, TN

Elite BBQ Smokers

Conway, SC

Blue Chip BBQ

Louisville, KY

Continental Barbecue Co.

Charlestown, IN

WeQ4U

Bowling Green, KY

Firehouse Smokers TN

Seymour, TN

ROUX BBQ

Dauphin Island, AL

Pit Papi

Decatur, AL

Tennessee Smoke Showin'

Franklin, TN

The Algood Bar-B-Q Pit Crew

Cookeville, TN

Bunny’s BBQ

Sevierville, TN

High On The Hawg

Fayetteville, TN

Big Alz BBQ

Johnson City, TN

Mudville BBQ

Mount Juliet, TN

Blind Hog BBQ

Camden, Arkansas

Mad Dog BBQ

Inverness, FL

Piglitically Incorrect BBQ

Brandon, MS

Music City Smoke

Gallatin, TN

Fat Hawg BBQ

Mooresburg, TN

Red Rock Café

Amasa, MI

Large gavel being held up to sky.

JUDGES

Sevierville’s Bloomin’ BBQ festival welcomes Kansas City Barbecue Society certified judges from across the United States to judge at our Bush’s Best Tennessee State Championship Cook Off. If you are a certified KCBS judge and are interested in applying to judge our competition, you can sign up from the event page on the KCBS website.

Kansas City BBQ Society logo. Bush's Best logo.

Please note: We are Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned. All teams must compete by KCBS Rules & Regulations.