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Connecticut Barbecue Challenge

2024-07-12 – 2024-07-13 · Somers, CT · State championship

Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $6,700.00

Grand Champion: House of Que (704.5600) · 30 teams

🥇
704.5600 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
701.7032 · Master Series — Overall
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701.1200 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

30
4 categories

Top score

704.5600

Winning margin

2.8568
GC over RC

Field average

666.71
median 674.73

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Tightest race

Pork
1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

685.6228
what a walk cost here

Field spread

100.7544
winner to last place

Prize money

$6,700.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.8572 pts — Waypoint BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 18%
beats 82% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1525
avg power rating going in · stronger than 30% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1728 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

House of Que has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

House of Que took the Grand Championship home to VA.

🃏 An upset on the books

House of Que came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

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)

This contest over the years

DateWhereTeamsHigh scoreGrand Champion
2024-07-12 ← this one Somers, CT 30 704.5600 House of Que
2024-07-12 Somers, CT 19 180.0000 Smokin Hoggz BBQ-MA
2025-07-12 Somers, CT 30 705.1084 House of Que
2026-07-18 Somers, CT

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.1084

#TeamScore
1 Waypoint BBQ 177.1428
2 iQue 174.2856
3 Big Bobby's Q 173.7028
4 ACK-QUE 173.1084
5 House of Que 172.5828
6 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 172.0000
7 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 171.4172
8 Let It Smoke Barbecue 171.4172
9 Q Shanty 170.8344
10 Matt's Backyard BBQ 170.8228
11 Meat Monarchy 170.8228
12 Risk it for the Brisket 169.6684
13 Titans of BBQ 169.1316
14 Inclusive BBQ Events 167.9656
15 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 167.3712
16 Cow-Hen-Pig 166.8456
17 STICKS & STONES BBQ 166.8344
18 LG bbq 163.9772
19 Smokingrillindrinkin 159.3828
20 T & R BBQ 158.2628
21 ELJEFE SMOKE 157.6456
22 Pray for Me BBQ 155.4172
23 Dirty Water Dawgs 155.3944
24 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 154.7772
25 Sunnyside Barbecue 153.6572
26 Professor Smoke 152.5144
27 SMOKIN' JACKS BBQ 151.9540
28 Big Betty BBQ 149.0744
29 Big Ed's Sweet Smoke BBQ 147.3600
30 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 141.6572

Master Series — Chicken

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 House of Que 180.0000 🔥
2 Waypoint BBQ 178.2972
3 ELJEFE SMOKE 178.2972
4 Q Shanty 177.7028
5 Let It Smoke Barbecue 177.7028
6 STICKS & STONES BBQ 177.7028
7 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 176.0000
8 ACK-QUE 175.4400
9 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 175.4172
10 LG bbq 174.8456
11 Big Bobby's Q 174.2744
12 Dirty Water Dawgs 173.7144
13 iQue 173.1200
14 Smokingrillindrinkin 172.5484
15 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 171.9772
16 Risk it for the Brisket 170.8228
17 Meat Monarchy 169.6800
18 Big Betty BBQ 168.5600
19 Matt's Backyard BBQ 164.5372
20 Titans of BBQ 162.8000
21 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 162.2512
22 SMOKIN' JACKS BBQ 160.5368
23 Sunnyside Barbecue 160.5028
24 Professor Smoke 159.9544
25 Cow-Hen-Pig 155.9656
26 Inclusive BBQ Events 155.3828
27 Pray for Me BBQ 154.2172
28 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 153.1428
29 T & R BBQ 151.9544
30 Big Ed's Sweet Smoke BBQ 150.2172

Master Series — Overall

30 entries · top 704.5600 · median 674.7314

#TeamScore
1 House of Que 704.5600
2 Q Shanty 701.7032
3 Waypoint BBQ 701.1200
4 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 699.3828
5 iQue 695.9544
6 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 692.4568
7 LG bbq 689.6572
8 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 686.8228
9 ACK-QUE 685.6796
10 ELJEFE SMOKE 685.6228
11 Big Bobby's Q 685.6112
12 Let It Smoke Barbecue 680.5028
13 STICKS & STONES BBQ 677.6228
14 Dirty Water Dawgs 675.3832
15 Titans of BBQ 674.7316
16 Meat Monarchy 674.7312
17 Inclusive BBQ Events 669.0628
18 Risk it for the Brisket 669.0512
19 Smokingrillindrinkin 667.3256
20 Matt's Backyard BBQ 664.4456
21 Cow-Hen-Pig 657.0740
22 Big Betty BBQ 649.0060
23 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 644.4572
24 Pray for Me BBQ 643.9084
25 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 635.3028
26 SMOKIN' JACKS BBQ 631.8168
27 T & R BBQ 631.2912
28 Sunnyside Barbecue 618.6628
29 Professor Smoke 604.4116
30 Big Ed's Sweet Smoke BBQ 603.8056

Master Series — Pork

30 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.7142

#TeamScore
1 LG bbq 177.7144
2 Inclusive BBQ Events 177.7144
3 Q Shanty 177.1544
4 iQue 176.5600
5 Dirty Water Dawgs 176.5600
6 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 175.4172
7 House of Que 174.2744
8 ELJEFE SMOKE 174.2628
9 Waypoint BBQ 174.2628
10 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 173.1428
11 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 171.9656
12 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 171.9656
13 Smokingrillindrinkin 171.4172
14 Pray for Me BBQ 170.8456
15 ACK-QUE 170.2856
16 Cow-Hen-Pig 169.1428
17 Titans of BBQ 168.5256
18 Big Bobby's Q 168.5140
19 Meat Monarchy 166.2628
20 Matt's Backyard BBQ 165.6800
21 STICKS & STONES BBQ 165.1200
22 Risk it for the Brisket 164.5600
23 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 163.9772
24 Let It Smoke Barbecue 162.8572
25 Big Betty BBQ 161.6916
26 T & R BBQ 158.8112
27 SMOKIN' JACKS BBQ 154.2172
28 Big Ed's Sweet Smoke BBQ 146.8112
29 Professor Smoke 146.2972
30 Sunnyside Barbecue 146.2284

Master Series — Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 180.0000 🔥
2 House of Que 177.7028
3 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 177.7028
4 Q Shanty 176.0116
5 ELJEFE SMOKE 175.4172
6 Titans of BBQ 174.2744
7 LG bbq 173.1200
8 iQue 171.9888
9 Waypoint BBQ 171.4172
10 Dirty Water Dawgs 169.7144
11 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 169.7028
12 Big Betty BBQ 169.6800
13 Big Bobby's Q 169.1200
14 Let It Smoke Barbecue 168.5256
15 Inclusive BBQ Events 168.0000
16 Meat Monarchy 167.9656
17 STICKS & STONES BBQ 167.9656
18 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 167.4172
19 ACK-QUE 166.8456
20 Cow-Hen-Pig 165.1200
21 SMOKIN' JACKS BBQ 165.1088
22 Risk it for the Brisket 164.0000
23 Smokingrillindrinkin 163.9772
24 Pray for Me BBQ 163.4284
25 Matt's Backyard BBQ 163.4056
26 T & R BBQ 162.2628
27 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 161.1200
28 Big Ed's Sweet Smoke BBQ 159.4172
29 Sunnyside Barbecue 158.2744
30 Professor Smoke 145.6456

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