2024-06-01 – 2024-06-02 · Merrimack, NH · 📍 Anheuser-Busch Brewery · State championship
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Up 2 BBQ (687.4060) · 37 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
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, 2022 to 2024 — 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.
Closer than 80% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
Up-2 BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PADDY MCQ'S, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
UP-2 BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Up 2 BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 49th tracked contest.
Chicken places 9–10: STICKS & STONES BBQ and LG bbq tied on 172.5484 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS edged Mullen It Over BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 9–10: SUWHEE Q edged Morning Wood BBQ by 0.0116.
CANYON RIDERS BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-04 | Merrimack, NH | Anheuser-Busch Brewery | 37 | 691.3712 | The Pig's Pajamas | FOUR SMOKING GUYS |
| 2023-06-03 | Merrimack, NH | Anheuser-Busch Brewery | 39 | 709.7260 | Glazed & Infused NJ BBQ | Brookside BBQ |
| 2024-06-01 ← this one | Merrimack, NH | Anheuser-Busch Brewery | 37 | 687.4060 | Up 2 BBQ | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 172.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 172.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 172.5484 | 169.1200 |
37 entries · top 687.4060 · median 668.5140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 3 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 4 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 5 | Live Q or Die | |
| 6 | LG bbq | |
| 7 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 8 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 9 | Pork Butt Paradise | |
| 10 | SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | |
| 11 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 12 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 13 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Bobby's Q | |
| 15 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 16 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 17 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 18 | Brookside BBQ | |
| 19 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 20 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 21 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 22 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 23 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 24 | Proper BBQ | |
| 25 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 26 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 27 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 28 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 29 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 30 | smokin good times ME | |
| 31 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 32 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 33 | CORBBQ | |
| 34 | Professor Smoke | |
| 35 | Q42 | |
| 36 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 37 | Blue Nose Pitmasters |
37 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.0228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 2 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 3 | Live Q or Die | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 5 | Brookside BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Bobby's Q | |
| 7 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 8 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 9 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 10 | LG bbq | |
| 11 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 12 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 13 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 14 | SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | |
| 15 | Pork Butt Paradise | |
| 16 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 17 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 18 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 19 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 20 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 21 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 22 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 23 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 24 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 25 | Proper BBQ | |
| 26 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 27 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 28 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 29 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 30 | smokin good times ME | |
| 31 | Professor Smoke | |
| 32 | Q42 | |
| 33 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 34 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 35 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 36 | Blue Nose Pitmasters | |
| 37 | CORBBQ |
37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 2 | Pork Butt Paradise | |
| 3 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 5 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 6 | LG bbq | |
| 7 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 8 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | |
| 10 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 11 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 12 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 13 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 14 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 15 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 16 | Brookside BBQ | |
| 17 | Live Q or Die | |
| 18 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 19 | Big Bobby's Q | |
| 20 | Proper BBQ | |
| 21 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 22 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 23 | CORBBQ | |
| 24 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 25 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 26 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 27 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 28 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 29 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 30 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 31 | Blue Nose Pitmasters | |
| 32 | smokin good times ME | |
| 33 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 34 | Professor Smoke | |
| 35 | Q42 | |
| 36 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 37 | Brothers BBQ |
37 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 3 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 4 | Pork Butt Paradise | |
| 5 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 6 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 7 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 8 | Brookside BBQ | |
| 9 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 10 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Bobby's Q | |
| 12 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 13 | smokin good times ME | |
| 14 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 15 | LG bbq | |
| 16 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 17 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 18 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 19 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 20 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 21 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 22 | Live Q or Die | |
| 23 | SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | |
| 24 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 25 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 26 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 27 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 28 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 29 | Proper BBQ | |
| 30 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 31 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 32 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 33 | Q42 | |
| 34 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 35 | Blue Nose Pitmasters | |
| 36 | CORBBQ | |
| 37 | Professor Smoke |
37 entries · top 175.4400 · median 164.5484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 3 | Live Q or Die | |
| 4 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 5 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 6 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 7 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | |
| 9 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 10 | LG bbq | |
| 11 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 12 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 13 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 14 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 15 | CORBBQ | |
| 16 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 17 | Professor Smoke | |
| 18 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 19 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 20 | Proper BBQ | |
| 21 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 22 | Big Bobby's Q | |
| 23 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 24 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 25 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 26 | smokin good times ME | |
| 27 | Pork Butt Paradise | |
| 28 | Brookside BBQ | |
| 29 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 30 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 31 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 32 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 33 | Blue Nose Pitmasters | |
| 34 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 35 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 36 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 37 | Q42 |