Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

2024-04-13 – 2024-04-14 · Bristol, CT · 📍 Lake Compounce Campground · State championship

Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $6,000.00

Grand Champion: Good Googly Goo BBQ (702.2516) · 37 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 UP-2 BBQ

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GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ

702.2516 · Master Series — Overall

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UP-2 BBQ

696.5832 · Master Series — Overall

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LG bbq

696.0116 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

596.33 median 677.04 702.25 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 179.44
Pork Ribs 176.01
Pork 178.86
Brisket 177.14

133.65 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

702.2516

Winning margin

5.6684

GC over RC

Field average

669.75

596.33702.25

median 677.04 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

684.5144

596.33702.25

10th place overall

Field spread

105.9204

winner to last place

Prize money

$6,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ

avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 1.7144 pts — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA

How hot was the win?

Top 24%

beats 76% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1548

avg power rating going in · stronger than 37% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA

rated 1799 pre-contest

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 8th
Pork Ribs 4th
Pork 3rd
Brisket 5th

A dynasty in the making

3× wins at this contest

3 of 14 tracked editions

Gettin' Basted has won this contest 3 times across its 14 tracked editions.

2025
2026
2026

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 2–3: LG bbq and PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ tied on 175.4288 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ and STICKS & STONES BBQ tied on 176.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Titans of BBQ and 16 Mesh BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie
Brisket 2–3 · tie
Brisket 4–5 · tie

A contest record in chicken

179.4400 best chicken ever cooked here

Big Bobby's Q turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 178.8800 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.

old best 178.8800
across 4 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: El Jefe Smoke (won 2024).

El Jefe Smoke · 2024

This contest's own records (2 in the KCBS record book)

Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.

#5 🎲 Most different champions 12 separate winners of one contest · from 14 editions with a champion on file · 11 Apr 2026
#9 🏛️ Longest-running contest 14 editions on file · 2023 → 2026 · about 25 teams a year · 11 Apr 2026

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2023-04-15	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	43	705.7372	Top Gun Barbecue	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
2023-04-15	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	22	174.8572	Grandpa Val's	—
2024-04-12	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	29	693.0744	El Jefe Smoke	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
2024-04-12	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	13	176.5600	Smokin' Hoggz	—
2024-04-13 ← this one	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	37	702.2516	Good Googly Goo BBQ	UP-2 BBQ
2024-04-13	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	14	177.7372	Live Q or Die	—
2025-04-11	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	30	700.5260	Gettin' Basted	BOGGS HOG BBQ
2025-04-12	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	35	709.1084	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	GETTIN' BASTED
2025-04-12	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	21	177.7144	Buckeye Blue Smoke	—
2025-04-12	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	19	178.2972	Badass Canz	—
2026-04-10	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	33	703.4284	Boggs Hog BBQ	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
2026-04-11	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	29	705.1088	Gettin' Basted	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
2026-04-11	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	13	176.0344	Paddy McQ's	—
2026-04-11	Bristol, CT	Lake Compounce Campground	13	177.7144	Gettin' Basted	—

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	177.7028	174.8572
Pork Ribs	176.0116	174.8572	172.5600
Pork	178.8572	173.1428	171.4172
Brisket	177.1428	175.4056	170.8572

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 702.2516 · median 677.0400

#	Team	Score
1	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	702.2516
2	UP-2 BBQ	696.5832
3	LG bbq	696.0116
4	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	691.4176
5	STICKS & STONES BBQ	690.2404
6	Let It Smoke Barbecue	687.3828
7	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	686.2400
8	ELJEFE SMOKE	686.1940
9	PADDY MCQ'S	685.0512
10	Titans of BBQ	684.5144
11	Big Bobby's Q	684.5028
12	Grandpa Val's BBQ	684.5028
13	Live Q or Die	681.1432
14	FOUR SMOKING GUYS	681.0400
15	Mullen It Over BBQ	680.4800
16	Brookside BBQ	679.8968
17	American Barbecue Company	679.3944
18	16 Mesh BBQ	677.1312
19	Angry Cock BBQ	677.0400
20	Waypoint BBQ	677.0284
21	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	675.3376
22	iQue	675.2684
23	Matt's Backyard BBQ	672.4340
24	Q42	669.6804
25	SmoKEN Meatz	664.9596
26	CIDER BOYS BBQ	664.4112
27	HOG WASH BBQ	663.8860
28	Mountain Men BBQ	663.8632
29	Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque	661.6000
30	Cousins Q	660.4568
31	smoKINGBATKO BBQ	652.5144
32	Risk it for the Brisket	649.5312
33	House of BBQ & Bacon	633.5536
34	Professor Smoke	629.6460
35	Lone Star Q	619.8748
36	LBLLC BBQ	619.3140
37	BBQBrewCrew	596.3312

Chicken

37 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2628

#	Team	Score
1	Big Bobby's Q	179.4400
2	UP-2 BBQ	178.8572
3	LG bbq	177.7372
4	HOG WASH BBQ	177.7144
5	PADDY MCQ'S	177.7028
6	Mullen It Over BBQ	176.5716
7	16 Mesh BBQ	175.4628
8	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	175.4172
9	ELJEFE SMOKE	175.4056
10	American Barbecue Company	174.8572
11	Let It Smoke Barbecue	174.2744
12	Titans of BBQ	174.2744
13	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	173.7144
14	STICKS & STONES BBQ	173.1200
15	Brookside BBQ	171.9656
16	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	170.8460
17	CIDER BOYS BBQ	170.8228
18	Angry Cock BBQ	170.2744
19	Waypoint BBQ	170.2628
20	Mountain Men BBQ	169.6916
21	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	169.1316
22	Grandpa Val's BBQ	169.1084
23	iQue	168.5256
24	FOUR SMOKING GUYS	168.5256
25	Risk it for the Brisket	167.9656
26	Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque	167.9656
27	Q42	166.8688
28	Live Q or Die	163.9772
29	Professor Smoke	163.4172
30	Matt's Backyard BBQ	162.2284
31	House of BBQ & Bacon	161.7028
32	Cousins Q	161.6912
33	smoKINGBATKO BBQ	161.1316
34	SmoKEN Meatz	160.5256
35	BBQBrewCrew	159.9656
36	LBLLC BBQ	150.8228
37	Lone Star Q	141.6572

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 176.0116 · median 169.7144

#	Team	Score
1	FOUR SMOKING GUYS	176.0116
2	LG bbq	175.4288
3	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	175.4288
4	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	175.4172
5	Let It Smoke Barbecue	174.8572
6	Grandpa Val's BBQ	174.2972
7	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	173.7488
8	Matt's Backyard BBQ	173.7028
9	Live Q or Die	173.1660
10	PADDY MCQ'S	172.5600
11	Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque	172.0116
12	Brookside BBQ	172.0000
13	UP-2 BBQ	171.4288
14	STICKS & STONES BBQ	170.8344
15	Big Bobby's Q	170.8344
16	Angry Cock BBQ	170.2628
17	CIDER BOYS BBQ	170.2628
18	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	169.7144
19	American Barbecue Company	169.7144
20	Mullen It Over BBQ	169.7028
21	iQue	168.5372
22	Q42	167.9888
23	Mountain Men BBQ	167.4172
24	Cousins Q	167.4172
25	Waypoint BBQ	166.8228
26	SmoKEN Meatz	166.2400
27	ELJEFE SMOKE	165.1200
28	Risk it for the Brisket	163.4060
29	Professor Smoke	162.8800
30	Titans of BBQ	162.8228
31	smoKINGBATKO BBQ	162.2628
32	16 Mesh BBQ	161.6456
33	Lone Star Q	155.3716
34	House of BBQ & Bacon	154.7768
35	HOG WASH BBQ	152.5144
36	LBLLC BBQ	145.6800
37	BBQBrewCrew	133.6456

Pork

37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	178.8572
2	ELJEFE SMOKE	177.1428
3	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	176.0116
4	STICKS & STONES BBQ	176.0116
5	Live Q or Die	173.1428
6	PADDY MCQ'S	173.1200
7	smoKINGBATKO BBQ	172.5828
8	American Barbecue Company	172.5484
9	UP-2 BBQ	171.9772
10	Titans of BBQ	171.4172
11	Let It Smoke Barbecue	171.4056
12	Grandpa Val's BBQ	169.6800
13	SmoKEN Meatz	169.6684
14	HOG WASH BBQ	168.5372
15	Angry Cock BBQ	167.9772
16	Mullen It Over BBQ	167.9656
17	Brookside BBQ	167.9656
18	Big Bobby's Q	167.9656
19	LBLLC BBQ	167.9656
20	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	167.4056
21	Q42	167.3828
22	FOUR SMOKING GUYS	167.3828
23	iQue	167.3828
24	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	166.8228
25	Waypoint BBQ	166.8228
26	Cousins Q	166.8228
27	Lone Star Q	166.2972
28	Mountain Men BBQ	166.2400
29	LG bbq	165.7028
30	Matt's Backyard BBQ	165.0856
31	16 Mesh BBQ	164.0228
32	CIDER BOYS BBQ	161.0856
33	Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque	159.9428
34	BBQBrewCrew	155.3828
35	House of BBQ & Bacon	153.0740
36	Risk it for the Brisket	151.9312
37	Professor Smoke	142.8000

Brisket

37 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.4400

#	Team	Score
1	LG bbq	177.1428
2	Titans of BBQ	176.0000
3	16 Mesh BBQ	176.0000
4	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	175.4056
5	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	175.4056
6	UP-2 BBQ	174.3200
7	Waypoint BBQ	173.1200
8	Grandpa Val's BBQ	171.4172
9	Matt's Backyard BBQ	171.4172
10	Live Q or Die	170.8572
11	iQue	170.8228
12	STICKS & STONES BBQ	170.2744
13	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	169.6800
14	FOUR SMOKING GUYS	169.1200
15	Angry Cock BBQ	168.5256
16	ELJEFE SMOKE	168.5256
17	SmoKEN Meatz	168.5256
18	Brookside BBQ	167.9656
19	Q42	167.4400
20	Let It Smoke Barbecue	166.8456
21	Big Bobby's Q	166.2628
22	Mullen It Over BBQ	166.2400
23	Risk it for the Brisket	166.2284
24	HOG WASH BBQ	165.1200
25	Cousins Q	164.5256
26	House of BBQ & Bacon	164.0000
27	American Barbecue Company	162.2744
28	CIDER BOYS BBQ	162.2400
29	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	162.2400
30	Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque	161.6800
31	PADDY MCQ'S	161.6684
32	Professor Smoke	160.5488
33	Mountain Men BBQ	160.5144
34	Lone Star Q	156.5488
35	smoKINGBATKO BBQ	156.5372
36	LBLLC BBQ	154.8456
37	BBQBrewCrew	147.3372

Ancillary categories

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.

Ancillary — Amusement Park Food

8 entries · top 173.1200 · median 168.2856

#	Team	Score
1	16 Mesh BBQ	173.1200
2	Titans of BBQ	172.6400
3	smoKINGBATKO BBQ	169.7256
4	Grandpa Val's BBQ	169.1428
5	Professor Smoke	167.4284
6	BBQBrewCrew	165.7600
7	American Barbecue Company	161.7144
8	House of BBQ & Bacon	150.8684

Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

This contest's own records (2 in the KCBS record book)

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Score distribution

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Amusement Park Food