The Best in The West Nugget Rib Cookoff has announced the 2016 winners and Rasta Joe's, an Indiana barbecue and sauce company, has claimed the title of "best ribs." Second place went to 2015 champion Bone Daddy's. The 2016 People's Choice Award winner is Montana Q Bar-B-Que, and Best Sauce goes to the Checkered Pig from Virginia. About 232,000 pounds of ribs were provided by Sierra Meats and Seafood; that's about 100,000 slabs and 1,200,000 bones.