Oct 21–22, 2023 · Jackson, NJ · 📍 Butterfly Camping Resort · State championship
Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $4,000
BOGGS HOG BBQ won Grand Champion at the Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) on October 21, 2023 in Jackson, NJ at Butterfly Camping Resort, scoring 710.8344 in a field of 29 teams. SMOKECRAFT - MD took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.0856. Category winners: Chicken — BOGGS HOG BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SMOKECRAFT - MD (180.0000); Pork — BOGGS HOG BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — BOGGS HOG BBQ (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Gold-N-Blue Barbecue with 350.8572. This is the 3rd of 10 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by SmoKEN Meatz; the next was held in 2023.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
BOGGS HOG BBQ holds the KCBS record for most perfect 180s in one day — 3 180s at a single contest, Brisket, Chicken, Pork, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
710.8344 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.2512 Boggs Hog BBQ set in 2023.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
BOGGS HOG BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 87% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7488 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
BOGGS HOG BBQ won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
3 of 9 tracked editions
Boggs Hog BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 9 tracked editions.
SmokinGhost BBQ LLC finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: BOGGS HOG BBQ and SmoKEN Meatz tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: Optimus Swine and Let It Smoke Barbecue tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 2–3: SmokinGhost BBQ LLC and CHUNKY BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BOGGS HOG BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 10th.
BOGGS HOG BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Boggs Hog BBQ (won 2023), SmoKEN Meatz (won 2023).
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2023 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 34 | 698.2512 | Boggs Hog BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 20 | 173.1316 | SmoKEN Meatz | — |
| Oct 21, 2023 ← this one | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 29 | 710.8344 | Boggs Hog BBQ | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 14 | 178.2972 | Smokecraft | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Columbia, NJ | Delaware River Campground | 26 | 697.0972 | Dig'n N Pig'n | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 31 | 709.1544 | Boggs Hog BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 17 | 178.8572 | Fire At The End of the Day | — |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 32 | 700.5144 | Paddy McQ's | BOGGS HOG BBQ |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 18 | 177.7144 | Meat Monarchy | — |
| Oct 24, 2026 | West Creek, NJ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180 | 176.5716 | 170.8344 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 174.2628 | 170.2628 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 173.1316 | 170.8344 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.1428 | 169.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 171.4172 | 167.3944 | 163.9428 |
29 entries · top 710.8344 · median 669.0744
29 entries · top 180 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
29 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
29 entries · top 180 · median 165.0972 · 🔥 perfect 180
29 entries · top 180 · median 165.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
20 entries · top 350.8572 · median 333.0972
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.6742
20 entries · top 171.4172 · median 163.6800
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
22 entries · top 180 · median 169.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180