A dynasty in the making
3×
wins at this contest
3 of 18 tracked editions
Smokin' Hoggz has won this contest 3 times across its 18 tracked editions.
- 2022
- 2022
- 2023
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) 2024
Sep 13–14, 2024 · Braintree, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground · State championship
Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $4,000
CHUNKY BBQ won Grand Champion at the Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) on September 13, 2024 in Braintree, VT at Abel Mountain Campground, scoring 698.2284 in a field of 25 teams. FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.8000. Category winners: Chicken — ELJEFE SMOKE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — CHUNKY BBQ (176.0000); Pork — What the Pork? (176.5600); Brisket — CycloneBBQ (176.0000). This is the 9th of 18 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Up-2 BBQ; the next was held in 2024.
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.
559.43
median 669.07
698.23 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 176
- Pork 176.56
- Brisket 176
121.71
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
25
4 judged meats
Top score
698.2284
Winning margin
7.4284
GC over RC
Field average
664.86
559.43698.23
median 669.07 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
674.1944
559.43698.23
10th place overall
Field spread
138.7992
winner to last place
Prize money
$4,000
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 41%
beats 59% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.79 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,573
avg power rating going in · stronger than 58% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 2–3: CHUNKY BBQ and House of Que tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and Grandpa Val's BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: What the Pork? and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Pork 9–10 · tie
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
CHUNKY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 10th
- Brisket 2nd
Back to defend
2
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fire At the End of the Day (won 2021), Up-2 BBQ (won 2023).
- Fire At the End of the Day · 2021
- Up-2 BBQ · 2023
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- ELJEFE SMOKE · Chicken
This contest's own records (4 in the KCBS record book)
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2018 | Randolph, VT | Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd | 33 | 675.9772 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | SMOKIN ACES |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 31 | 691.3712 | Big Raz BBQ | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 16 | 691.9656 | Fire At the End of the Day | A MAZIE Q |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 18 | 698.8000 | Smokin' Hoggz | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| Sep 17, 2022 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 705.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 693.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | Dirt Bag Barbeque |
| Sep 10, 2023 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7028 | Up In Your Grill | — |
| Sep 10, 2023 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 174.2972 | Up-2 BBQ | — |
| Sep 13, 2024 ← this one | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 698.2284 | Chunky BBQ | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7144 | Eljefe Smoke | — |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 173.1084 | Humphrey's BBQ | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 702.8228 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 710.2856 | Sticks & Stones BBQ | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 12 | 176.5600 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 14 | 177.1544 | ElJefe Smoke | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 16 | 704.5372 | Meat Monarchy | El Jefe Smoke |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 12 | 180 | Meat Monarchy | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 14 | 178.8572 | Brookside BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 172.5600 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 172.5484 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 176 | 171.4056 | 166.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 698.2284 · median 669.0744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 2 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 3 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 4 | House of Que | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 6 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 7 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 8 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 9 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 10 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 11 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 12 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 13 | What the Pork? | |
| 14 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 15 | Q42 | |
| 16 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 17 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 18 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 19 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 21 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 22 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 23 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 24 | Professor Smoke | |
| 25 | Last Ditch Heroes |
Chicken
25 entries · top 180 · median 167.9888 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 2 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 3 | House of Que | |
| 4 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 5 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 6 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 7 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 9 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 10 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 11 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 12 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 13 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 14 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 15 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 16 | Q42 | |
| 17 | What the Pork? | |
| 18 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 19 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 20 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 21 | Professor Smoke | |
| 22 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 23 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 24 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 25 | Last Ditch Heroes |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 176 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 2 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 3 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 5 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 6 | House of Que | |
| 7 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 8 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 9 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 10 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 11 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 12 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 13 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 15 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 16 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 17 | What the Pork? | |
| 18 | Q42 | |
| 19 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 20 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 22 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 23 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 24 | Professor Smoke | |
| 25 | Last Ditch Heroes |
Pork
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What the Pork? | |
| 2 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 3 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 4 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 6 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 7 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | Q42 | |
| 9 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 10 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 11 | Professor Smoke | |
| 12 | House of Que | |
| 13 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 14 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 15 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 16 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 17 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 18 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 19 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 21 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 22 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 23 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 24 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 25 | Last Ditch Heroes |
Brisket
25 entries · top 176 · median 163.9660
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 2 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 3 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 5 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 6 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 7 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 9 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 10 | House of Que | |
| 11 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 12 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 13 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 14 | Q42 | |
| 15 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 16 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 17 | Hot Mess BBQ NH | |
| 18 | What the Pork? | |
| 19 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 21 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 22 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 23 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 24 | Professor Smoke | |
| 25 | Last Ditch Heroes |