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About Our 2025 Event!
Led by Head Cook David Goan, Kith 'N' Kin traveled to Pine Bluff from Collierville, Tennessee, to compete with some of the best cook teams on the competition barbecue circuit. And certified judges from 12 states across the U.S. tasted and judged this
Grand Champion
Reserve Champion
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Fifth Place
$15,000
$5,000
$2,500
$1,500
$1,000
Final Ranking – Chicken
Ranking Top 5 Places Overall
Saracen Casino Resort, located at 1 Saracen Resort Drive, Pine Bluff, AR 71601, at the intersection of Martha Mitchell Expressway and US 63/79, offers first-class dining and the ultimate personalized service in a Native American casino resort setting. Over 2,000 slot machines and 30 table games, poker play, sports book, with a variety of tournaments, big ticket giveaways and live entertainment will keep you entertained.
THIS EVENT SPONSORED IN PART BY:
David and his team will represent Pine Bluff at the 2024 World Food Championships in Indianapolis, IN. Televised on The Food Channel, the event boasts a total prize purse of almost $500,000 and will take place Nov 9-12 at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion on the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
The World Food Championships (WFC) is the highest stakes Food Sport competition in the world. This multi-day, live event culinary competition showcases some of the world's best cooks who compete for food, fame and fortune in 12 categories, including Barbecue. Almost 40 countries and every state in America have been represented at WFC’s main event since its inception in 2012.
team’s efforts to be best all around. The team took home $15,000 in cash, an impressive trophy and serious bragging rights.
Additionally, David is now the proud owner of the coveted $10,000 Championship ring designed and crafted by the master jewelers at our name sponsor, Sissy’s Log Cabin.
And if that weren’t enough, Kith 'N' Kin received a Golden Ticket for complimentary entry into the prestigious World Food Championship!
Kith ‘N’ Kin
Shake ‘N Bake BBQ
Piglitically Incorrect BBQ
Razorracks
Parts ‘R’ Smokin
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Fourth Place
Fifth Place
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Eighth Place
Ninth Place
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First Place
Piglitically Incorrect BBQ
The Pitfather BBQ
There’s No Place Like Smoke
Piggin’ Whiskey
Bourbon Blues & BBQ
Cowboy Q
Shake ’N Bake BBQ
Kith ‘N’ Kin
Tenth Place
Butterbeard BBQ
BrewsCue
Ahh Townley BBQ
Rankin County BBQ
Poppa Pig
Final Ranking – Pork Ribs
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Fifth Place
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Poppa Pig
Razorracks
Kith ‘N’ Kin
Cowboy Q
Kermit’s Ex
Piggin’ Whiskey
That Oil Money BBQ
Parts ‘R’ Smokin
There’s No Place Like Smoke
Doctor’s Orders Pharmacy
Texas Original Charcoal
Shake ‘N Bake BBQ
Chicken Fried BBQ
BrewsCue
Fire Dancer BBQ
Final Ranking – Pork Butt
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Eighth Place
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Eleventh Place
Twelfth Place
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Fifteenth Place
$2,000
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La Pasadita
Shake ’N Bake BBQ
Razorracks
Brewscue
Texas Original Charcoal
Crossed Rifles BBQ
Cowboy Q
Kith ‘N’ Kin
Italians Do It Better
Slowburn BBQ
Smoke Show BBQ
Smoke Busters
Piggin’ Whiskey
Uncle Feol’s Tennessee BBQ
Blind Hog BBQ
Final Ranking – Brisket
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Fourth Place
Fifth Place
Sixth Place
Seventh Place
Eighth Place
Ninth Place
Tenth Place
Eleventh Place
Twelfth Place
Thirteenth Place
Fourteenth Place
Fifteenth Place
$2,000
$1,000
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Blind Hog BBQ
Bad Dog BBQ
Chicken Fried BBQ
Smoke Busters
Kermit’s Ex
Piglitically Incorrect BBQ
Damn Yankee Texas BBQ
Uncle Feol’s Tennessee BBQ
Sweetie’s BBQ
Razorracks
Butterbeard BBQ
Kith ‘N’ Kin
Texas Original Charcoal
The Pitfather BBQ
Shake ‘N Bake BBQ
Our Bands Rocked the Riverfront!
In the afternoon, The Addyson Kennedy Band got the party started and showed us what the next generation of home-grown musicians is up to.
Later in the afternoon, Jon Bailey & the Heathen Revival treated us to original songs, showing us that he’s a gifted songwriter. With serious chops, they took us on a journey to Bailey’s gritty roots in Rose Bud through Northwest Arkansas to a rash of foot-stomping musical carrying-on that left us wanting more. We love these guys!
That night, the Tina Cossey Band opened with a powerhouse blues ballad and never took their foot off the gas! Tina’s heart-wrenching rendition of “Ball and Chain” would have made Janis Joplin cry, with hot licks by Josh Parks on Lead Guitar, Ryan Hinman on Bass Guitar, Jared Admire on Rhythm and Lead Guitar, all on a foundation of drums thumped out by Darius Blanton.
All in all, the Tina Cossey Band is made up of some of the best musicians and decent humans you’ll ever meet on a stage. If you were there, you know what we mean.