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.

2025 COMPETITION



  • Alpine Smokes

    Morganton, NC


  • Bad Rooster BBQ

    Lavonia, GA


  • Big Alz BBQ

    Johnson City, TN


  • Big Boys BBQ & Grill

    Johnson City, TN


  • Blue Chip BBQ

    Louisville , KY


  • Brews Crew

    Dodge City, KS


  • Brother in Law BBQ Team

    Fletcher, NC


  • Carolina Rib King

    Spartanburg, SC


  • Casual Smokers

    Spartanburg, SC


  • Creekside Smokers NC

    Hickory, NC


  • Dang Good BBQ 

    Glencoe, AL


  • Elite BBQ Smokers

    Conway, SC


  • Firehouse Smokers TN

    Seymour, TN


  • Fred Vegas Smokers

    Ravenel, SC


  • Glamping Grillers BBQ

    Pelahatchie, MS


  • Hala"Q"yah BBQ 

    Sophia, NC


  • High on the Hog

    Seaman, OH


  • HillBilly's BBQ

    Cosby, TN


  • Hoggy Bottom Boys

    Chuckey, TN


  • Hollow-Q

    Mustang, OK


  • K & E's Little Smokers

    Clermont, FL


  • Kith n' Kin

    Collierville, TN


  • Mad Dog BBQ

    Inverness, FL


  • Muttley Crew

    Apex, NC


  • Mudville BBQ 

    Mount Juliet, TN


  • Off The Bone BBQ

    Reynoldsville, OH


  • Pig on Fire

    Woodruff, SC


  • Piglitically Incorrect BBQ

    Brandon, MS


  • Red Rock Café

    Amasa, MI


  • Ridge Boys BBQ

    Jacksboro, TN


  • Rooters-N-Tooters

    Mt. Pleasant, TN


  • ROUX BBQ

    Dauphin Island, AL


  • Smokin' Skullies

    Goldsboro, NC


  • Smokin' Sweetmeats

    Monroe, GA


  • Tennessee Smoke Showin'

    Franklin, TN


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.