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Operation Up in Smoke

Jul 27–28, 2024 · Epping, NH · 📍 232 Calef Hwy · State championship

Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $5,000

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PADDY MCQ'S
693.1316 · Master Series — Overall
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Dummer BBQ
690.8344 · Master Series — Overall
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FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY
687.9312 · Master Series — Overall

PADDY MCQ'S won Grand Champion at the Operation Up in Smoke on July 27, 2024 in Epping, NH at 232 Calef Hwy, scoring 693.1316 in a field of 19 teams. Dummer BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.8344. Category winners: Chicken — Dummer BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — ELJEFE SMOKE (177.7144); Pork — Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque (177.7028); Brisket — Matt's Backyard BBQ (176.0344).

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 177.70
  • Brisket 176.03
151.95 177.71

Entries

19
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

693.1316

Winning margin

2.2972
GC over RC

Field average

675.08
651.90693.13
median 674.79 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.7884
651.90693.13
10th place overall

Field spread

41.2344
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000
on the line

Most consistent

PADDY MCQ'S
avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 4.5944 pts — ELJEFE SMOKE

How hot was the win?

Top 60%
beats 40% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,559
avg power rating going in · stronger than 45% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
rated 1798 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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

PADDY MCQ'S won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 6th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: Mullen It Over BBQ and PADDY MCQ'S tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: New Pigs on the Block and CANYON RIDERS BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: PADDY MCQ'S and STICKS & STONES BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 5–6 · 0.0112

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600173.7028169.6800
Pork Ribs177.7144172170.2628
Pork177.7028175.4056172.0228
Brisket176.0344171.4284165.0972

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

19 entries · top 693.1316 · median 674.7884

#TeamScore
1 PADDY MCQ'S 693.1316
2 Dummer BBQ 690.8344
3 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 687.9312
4 ELJEFE SMOKE 687.3600
5 STICKS & STONES BBQ 685.6456
6 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 685.6228
7 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 681.6344
8 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 681.0856
9 New Pigs on the Block 680.5712
10 16 Mesh BBQ 674.7884
11 Mullen It Over BBQ 673.1656
12 Big Bobby's Q 669.6688
13 Matt's Backyard BBQ 668.5256
14 Bone Daddy BBQ 666.2172
15 Hillside BBQ 665.6796
16 Q42 663.9656
17 Steve's Prime BBQ 663.9196
18 Titans of BBQ 654.7888
19 American Barbecue Company 651.8972

Chicken

19 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6800

#TeamScore
1 Dummer BBQ 176.5600
2 Bone Daddy BBQ 174.8456
3 American Barbecue Company 174.2744
4 Mullen It Over BBQ 173.7028
5 PADDY MCQ'S 173.7028
6 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 173.1544
7 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 172.5600
8 Big Bobby's Q 172.0228
9 ELJEFE SMOKE 172
10 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 169.6800
11 Matt's Backyard BBQ 169.1200
12 16 Mesh BBQ 168.5484
13 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 168.5372
14 Hillside BBQ 167.9656
15 Steve's Prime BBQ 165.1084
16 Q42 164.0344
17 STICKS & STONES BBQ 164
18 New Pigs on the Block 162.2628
19 Titans of BBQ 161.6916

Pork Ribs

19 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.2628

#TeamScore
1 ELJEFE SMOKE 177.7144
2 STICKS & STONES BBQ 173.1200
3 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 172.5716
4 New Pigs on the Block 172
5 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 172
6 Mullen It Over BBQ 171.4744
7 PADDY MCQ'S 171.4516
8 Dummer BBQ 170.8344
9 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 170.2972
10 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 170.2628
11 Steve's Prime BBQ 169.6800
12 Big Bobby's Q 169.1316
13 16 Mesh BBQ 169.1200
14 Q42 167.9656
15 American Barbecue Company 166.8228
16 Hillside BBQ 164.0228
17 Matt's Backyard BBQ 163.4284
18 Titans of BBQ 163.3944
19 Bone Daddy BBQ 151.9544

Pork

19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 172.0228

#TeamScore
1 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 177.7028
2 Hillside BBQ 176.5828
3 PADDY MCQ'S 176.5600
4 STICKS & STONES BBQ 176.5600
5 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 175.4056
6 New Pigs on the Block 174.8800
7 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 174.8456
8 16 Mesh BBQ 174.2628
9 ELJEFE SMOKE 172.5600
10 Mullen It Over BBQ 172.0228
11 Titans of BBQ 169.1428
12 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 169.1084
13 Bone Daddy BBQ 168.5600
14 Dummer BBQ 167.4400
15 Big Bobby's Q 167.4172
16 Q42 165.7028
17 Matt's Backyard BBQ 159.9428
18 Steve's Prime BBQ 158.2856
19 American Barbecue Company 152.5256

Brisket

19 entries · top 176.0344 · median 165.0972

#TeamScore
1 Matt's Backyard BBQ 176.0344
2 Dummer BBQ 176
3 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 175.4056
4 STICKS & STONES BBQ 171.9656
5 New Pigs on the Block 171.4284
6 PADDY MCQ'S 171.4172
7 Bone Daddy BBQ 170.8572
8 Steve's Prime BBQ 170.8456
9 Q42 166.2628
10 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 165.0972
11 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 165.0856
12 ELJEFE SMOKE 165.0856
13 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 164.5600
14 16 Mesh BBQ 162.8572
15 Big Bobby's Q 161.0972
16 Titans of BBQ 160.5600
17 American Barbecue Company 158.2744
18 Hillside BBQ 157.1084
19 Mullen It Over BBQ 155.9656

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.

Kids-Q — Muffins

4 entries · top 178.8572 · median 176.8572

#TeamScore
1 Izabell's Backyard BBQ 178.8572
2 Burger Queen 178.2972
3 Starlas Sinister Smoke 175.4172
4 Hillside BBQ Jr 174.3088

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