WhistleStop at MidCity
A beloved North Alabama tradition since 2001, 2025 marked the third time WhistleStop was held in the vibrant MidCity District!
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THE RESULTS 🔥
THE RESULTS 🔥
2026 WHISTLESTOP BBQ FESTIVAL
CONTEST RESULTS
43 teams competed in this year’s contest, featuring chicken, ribs, and dessert in the Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned categories. Click below to see the KCBS results.
A People’s Choice competition in wings and pulled pork was also held. Over 2000 attendees voted in the People’s Choice contest. Here are the rankings.
The 2027 contest will be held Saturday, October 16, 2027.
WINGS PEOPLE’S CHOICE RANKINGS
Team Name + Number of Votes
Stinker Butts BBQ 192
Mathews BBQ 130
Blood, Sweat, & Titos 111
Bourbon Drinks & Smoked Meats 107
The Dirty Birds BBQ 92
Dogpatch Q 68
Limp Brizkit 67
Naw-Da-Bone 47
Hensel Phelps 38
PIG'N & CHIK'N 35
Boss Hawgs 34
Hickory Hangover 34
Hey Dude BBQ 29
A BBQ Team Divided 26
Big Back BBQ 24
Boar on the Floor 21
Three Chief BBQ 17
Ivaldi Engineering 15
Armstrong Smoke Co. 13
Just for Fun BBQ 11
LEELA Q 8
Slice to Meat You 7
Last Place Last Year 3
GSP Barbecue 2
Tight Line Smoking 2
Smoked Owt Meats 1
PULLED PORK PEOPLE’S CHOICE RANKINGS
Team Name + Number of Votes
Stinker Butts BBQ 156
Bourbon Drinks & Smoked Meats 130
Mathews BBQ 105
The Dirty Birds BBQ 85
Hickory Hangover 44
Blood, Sweat, & Titos 41
Limp Brizkit 40
Naw-Da-Bone 40
Boss Hawgs 33
PIG'N & CHIK'N 33
RFCU Smoke Whisperers 31
Big Back BBQ 27
Three Chief BBQ 26
Hey Dude BBQ 25
A BBQ Team Divided 22
Hensel Phelps 22
Grillennium Falcon 15
Boar on the Floor 14
Last Place Chicken 14
Slice to Meat You 13
LEELA Q 12
Armstrong Smoke Co. 11
Just for Fun BBQ 11
Ivaldi Engineering 2
Holy smokin!!! 1
Red, White & Que 1
