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Bold Branch BBQ Boys

Years Competing: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

Overall Statistics

Butts

47 competitions

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	16.1400	2.9000	1.8800	4.8200	4.8200	1.8680
Avg	15.5553	2.7631	1.7851	4.6466	4.5994	1.7611

Ribs

21 competitions

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.9333	2.8430	1.8500	4.7830	4.7800	1.8530
Avg	15.5595	2.7327	1.7714	4.6435	4.6461	1.7656

2025

Butts

3 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Sooie BBQ Cookoff Sep 13	15.7167¹	2.783¹	1.800¹	4.733¹	4.600²	1.800¹
2	BBQ at the Farm May 24	15.5857²	2.629³	1.786²	4.729²	4.686¹	1.757²
3	Grillin’ in the Grove Mar 15	15.2667³	2.650²	1.783³	4.633³	4.550³	1.650³

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.7167	2.7830	1.8000	4.7330	4.6860	1.8000
Avg	15.5230	2.6873	1.7897	4.6983	4.6120	1.7357

2024

Butts

4 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Grillin’ in the Grove Mar 15	16.0600¹	2.820³	1.800³	4.820¹	4.820¹	1.800³
2	Pig in the Park May 17	16.0144²	2.829²	1.829²	4.743³	4.771²	1.843¹
3	Sooie BBQ Cookoff Sep 13	15.9333³	2.867¹	1.783⁴	4.750²	4.700³	1.833²
4	Tamassee DAR BBQ Cook-Off Jun 7	15.7571⁴	2.771⁴	1.829¹	4.671⁴	4.700⁴	1.786⁴

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	16.0600	2.8670	1.8290	4.8200	4.8200	1.8430
Avg	15.9412	2.8217	1.8102	4.7460	4.7477	1.8155

Ribs

1 event

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Pig in the Park May 17	15.7286¹	2.843¹	1.743¹	4.714¹	4.657¹	1.771¹

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.7286	2.8430	1.7430	4.7140	4.6570	1.7710
Avg	15.7286	2.8430	1.7430	4.7140	4.6570	1.7710

2023

Butts

5 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Pickin’ and Piggin’ May 5	15.8500¹	2.750³	1.783²	4.783¹	4.717²	1.817¹
2	Clover’s Butts Cook-Off & Music Frenzy Apr 28	15.7857²	2.786¹	1.786¹	4.686³	4.743¹	1.786³
3	Sooie Sep 16	15.6500³	2.717⁴	1.767³	4.700²	4.667³	1.800²
4	Grillin' In The Grove Mar 18	15.6333⁴	2.783²	1.733⁴	4.667⁴	4.667⁴	1.783⁴
5	Hook and Cook Oct 21	15.1833⁵	2.667⁵	1.650⁵	4.633⁵	4.517⁵	1.717⁵

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.8500	2.7860	1.7860	4.7830	4.7430	1.8170
Avg	15.6205	2.7406	1.7438	4.6938	4.6622	1.7806

Ribs

2 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Sooie Sep 16	15.9333¹	2.767¹	1.850¹	4.733¹	4.767¹	1.817¹
2	Hook and Cook Oct 21	15.3283²	2.583²	1.683²	4.717²	4.617²	1.728²

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.9333	2.7670	1.8500	4.7330	4.7670	1.8170
Avg	15.6308	2.6750	1.7665	4.7250	4.6920	1.7725

2022

Butts

4 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Grillin at the Grove Mar 18	16.0280¹	2.820¹	1.760³	4.760¹	4.820¹	1.868¹
2	Pig in the Park May 13	15.6843²	2.743²	1.771²	4.729²	4.671²	1.770²
3	Sooie Sep 16	15.4833³	2.700³	1.800¹	4.717³	4.533³	1.733³
4	Jackson Hook & Cook Oct 21	14.8833⁴	2.617⁴	1.650⁴	4.550⁴	4.350⁴	1.717⁴

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	16.0280	2.8200	1.8000	4.7600	4.8200	1.8680
Avg	15.5197	2.7200	1.7452	4.6890	4.5935	1.7720

Ribs

2 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Sooie Sep 16	15.6917¹	2.700²	1.783¹	4.717¹	4.725¹	1.767¹
2	Jackson Hook & Cook Oct 21	15.2333²	2.717¹	1.700²	4.633²	4.500²	1.683²

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.6917	2.7170	1.7830	4.7170	4.7250	1.7670
Avg	15.4625	2.7085	1.7415	4.6750	4.6125	1.7250

2021

Butts

4 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Liberty Pigskin Cook-Off May 7	16.1400¹	2.880²	1.880¹	4.780¹	4.760¹	1.840¹
2	SOOIE! Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 17	15.8800²	2.900¹	1.820³	4.720²	4.680²	1.760⁴
3	Ridge Spring Harvest Festival & BBQ King of Ridge Spring Oct 8	15.6820³	2.794³	1.820²	4.670³	4.600⁴	1.798²
4	Pickin’ & Piggin’ Apr 30	15.5700⁴	2.680⁴	1.820⁴	4.660⁴	4.640³	1.770³

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	16.1400	2.9000	1.8800	4.7800	4.7600	1.8400
Avg	15.8180	2.8135	1.8350	4.7075	4.6700	1.7920

Ribs

2 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	SOOIE! Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 17	15.9002¹	2.800¹	1.840¹	4.680¹	4.780¹	1.800¹
2	Liberty Pigskin Cook-Off May 7	15.4460²	2.720²	1.760²	4.616²	4.600²	1.750²

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.9002	2.8000	1.8400	4.6800	4.7800	1.8000
Avg	15.6731	2.7600	1.8000	4.6480	4.6900	1.7750

2020

Butts

1 event

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Spring Harvest Festival BBQ Battle for the Ridge Oct 9	15.9020¹	2.800¹	1.780¹	4.770¹	4.762¹	1.790¹

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.9020	2.8000	1.7800	4.7700	4.7620	1.7900
Avg	15.9020	2.8000	1.7800	4.7700	4.7620	1.7900

Ribs

1 event

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Spring Harvest Festival BBQ Battle for the Ridge Oct 9	15.8200¹	2.780¹	1.840¹	4.700¹	4.760¹	1.740¹

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.8200	2.7800	1.8400	4.7000	4.7600	1.7400
Avg	15.8200	2.7800	1.8400	4.7000	4.7600	1.7400

2019

Butts

5 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Butts Cook-Off & Music Frenzy Apr 26	15.9240¹	2.850²	1.820¹	4.740²	4.700²	1.814²
2	Saluda Shoals Pickin' & Piggin' May 3	15.9043²	2.857¹	1.814²	4.729³	4.671³	1.833¹
3	Pig in the Park May 17	15.8500³	2.800³	1.750⁵	4.793¹	4.707¹	1.800³
4	Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 20	15.4550⁴	2.792⁴	1.800³	4.625⁵	4.500⁵	1.738⁴
5	Ridge Spring Harvest Festival & BBQ Oct 11	15.2875⁵	2.700⁵	1.750⁴	4.638⁴	4.500⁴	1.700⁵

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.9240	2.8570	1.8200	4.7930	4.7070	1.8330
Avg	15.6842	2.7998	1.7868	4.7050	4.6156	1.7770

Ribs

3 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Saluda Shoals Pickin' & Piggin' May 3	15.6571¹	2.771²	1.757³	4.671¹	4.671²	1.786¹
2	Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 20	15.6550²	2.750³	1.783²	4.583³	4.758¹	1.780²
3	Pig in the Park May 17	15.4857³	2.800¹	1.786¹	4.614²	4.514³	1.771³

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.6571	2.8000	1.7860	4.6710	4.7580	1.7860
Avg	15.5993	2.7737	1.7753	4.6227	4.6477	1.7790

2018

Butts

10 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 21	15.6500¹	2.817²	1.800⁶	4.633³	4.583³	1.817¹
2	Anderson University Trojan BBQ Cook Off Oct 26	15.6429²	2.871¹	1.857¹	4.586⁵	4.529⁶	1.800²
3	Pig in the Park May 18	15.5083³	2.717⁹	1.758⁸	4.642²	4.617¹	1.775⁵
4	Butts Cook-Off & Music Frenzy Apr 13	15.4600⁴	2.780⁴	1.720⁹	4.600⁴	4.580⁴	1.780⁴
5	BBQ Benefit For Boy Scouts Apr 6	15.4429⁵	2.743⁷	1.714¹⁰	4.643¹	4.543⁵	1.800³
6	Gaston Collard & BBQ Festival Oct 5	15.3667⁶	2.783³	1.833²	4.550⁷	4.500⁷	1.700⁷
7	Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Oct 12	15.2833⁷	2.650¹⁰	1.800⁴	4.550⁶	4.600²	1.683⁸
8	Come See Me BBQ Cook Off Apr 20	15.2286⁸	2.729⁸	1.829³	4.514⁹	4.414⁹	1.743⁶
9	Chesterfield High Pigskin Cook-Off Mar 23	15.1667⁹	2.750⁵	1.800⁷	4.517⁸	4.483⁸	1.617¹⁰
10	The Griller’s Cup Sep 28	15.0000¹⁰	2.743⁶	1.800⁵	4.421¹⁰	4.357¹⁰	1.679⁹

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.6500	2.8710	1.8570	4.6430	4.6170	1.8170
Avg	15.3749	2.7583	1.7911	4.5656	4.5206	1.7394

Ribs

5 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 21	15.9000¹	2.767³	1.817²	4.783¹	4.700²	1.833²
2	BBQ Benefit For Boy Scouts Apr 6	15.8500²	2.743⁴	1.786³	4.771²	4.757¹	1.793³
3	Come See Me BBQ Cook Off Apr 20	15.7600³	2.775²	1.837¹	4.642³	4.653⁴	1.853¹
4	Butts Cook-Off & Music Frenzy Apr 13	15.4400⁴	2.620⁵	1.740⁵	4.620⁴	4.680³	1.780⁴
5	The Griller’s Cup Sep 28	15.3286⁵	2.800¹	1.771⁴	4.557⁵	4.543⁵	1.657⁵

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.9000	2.8000	1.8370	4.7830	4.7570	1.8530
Avg	15.6557	2.7410	1.7902	4.6746	4.6666	1.7832

2017

Butts

11 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Anderson University Trojan BBQ Cook Off Oct 20	15.8000¹	2.840¹	1.780⁷	4.680²	4.680¹	1.820¹
2	Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Oct 13	15.7586²	2.793³	1.843¹	4.700¹	4.636²	1.787²
3	Bishopville BBQ Block Party Mar 10	15.6000³	2.786⁴	1.843²	4.600⁶	4.600⁵	1.771⁴
4	Pig in the Park May 19	15.5917⁴	2.767⁵	1.808³	4.633³	4.633³	1.750⁶
5	Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 22	15.4500⁵	2.683¹⁰	1.783⁵	4.600⁵	4.600⁴	1.783³
6	Saluda Shoals Pickin' & Piggin' May 5	15.3333⁶	2.650¹¹	1.800⁴	4.617⁴	4.567⁶	1.700⁸
7	Hub City Hog Fest Apr 7	15.3333⁷	2.833²	1.783⁶	4.517⁹	4.433⁹	1.767⁵
8	Gaston Collard & BBQ Festival Oct 6	15.2671⁸	2.714⁹	1.717¹¹	4.557⁷	4.543⁷	1.736⁷
9	Ho-Ho-Holy Smoke Dec 1	15.2400⁹	2.733⁸	1.733¹⁰	4.550⁸	4.533⁸	1.690⁹
10	Come See Me BBQ Cook Off Apr 28	15.0429¹⁰	2.750⁶	1.764⁹	4.443¹⁰	4.429¹⁰	1.657¹⁰
11	Bands, Brews and BBQ Feb 24	14.8214¹¹	2.750⁷	1.771⁸	4.407¹¹	4.279¹¹	1.614¹¹

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.8000	2.8400	1.8430	4.7000	4.6800	1.8200
Avg	15.3853	2.7545	1.7841	4.5731	4.5394	1.7341

Ribs

5 events

Rk▲	Competition	Total	App	Aroma	Tend	Taste	Ovr
1	Anderson University Trojan BBQ Cook Off Oct 20	15.8500¹	2.750¹	1.833¹	4.733¹	4.733¹	1.800¹
2	Ho-Ho-Holy Smoke Dec 1	15.5150²	2.683⁴	1.783²	4.617²	4.633³	1.798²
3	Hub City Hog Fest Apr 7	15.4002³	2.717²	1.733³	4.533³	4.634²	1.783³
4	Juneteenth Jun 16	14.9429⁴	2.600⁵	1.657⁵	4.529⁴	4.486⁴	1.671⁵
5	Mauldin BBQ Cook-Off Sep 22	14.8833⁵	2.700³	1.717⁴	4.350⁵	4.400⁵	1.717⁴

	Total	Appearance	Aroma	Tenderness	Taste	Overall
Max	15.8500	2.7500	1.8330	4.7330	4.7330	1.8000
Avg	15.3183	2.6900	1.7446	4.5524	4.5772	1.7538