Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)
2024-09-13 – 2024-09-14 · Braintree, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $750.00
Grand Champion: Eljefe Smoke (177.7144) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Grandpa Val's BBQ
Entries
11
1 judged meat
Top score
177.7144
Winning margin
3.4056
1st over 2nd
Field average
167.88
median 169.15
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
7.4516 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
162.8572
10th place overall
Field spread
33.7600
winner to last place
Prize money
$750.00
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 51%
beats 49% of 2987 Pork Ribs wins in the data
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Smokin' Hoggz has won this contest 3 times across its 15 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
ELJEFE SMOKE took the Grand Championship home to MA.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 7–8: CIDER BOYS BBQ and UP-2 BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: House of Que edged CIDER BOYS BBQ by 0.0344.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Up-2 BBQ (won 2023).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-08 | Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd | 33 | 675.9772 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | SMOKIN ACES | |
| 2019-09-07 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 31 | 691.3712 | Big Raz BBQ | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| 2021-10-02 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 16 | 691.9656 | Fire At the End of the Day | A MAZIE Q |
| 2022-09-16 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 18 | 698.8000 | Smokin' Hoggz | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2022-09-17 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 705.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2023-09-08 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 693.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | Dirt Bag Barbeque |
| 2023-09-10 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7028 | Up In Your Grill | — |
| 2023-09-10 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 174.2972 | Up-2 BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 698.2284 | Chunky BBQ | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| 2024-09-13 ← this one | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7144 | Eljefe Smoke | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 173.1084 | Humphrey's BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-14 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 702.8228 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| 2025-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 710.2856 | Sticks & Stones BBQ | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 12 | 176.5600 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 14 | 177.1544 | ElJefe Smoke | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 170.2628 | 162.8572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 2 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 3 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 4 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 5 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 6 | House of Que | |
| 7 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 8 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 9 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | The Smash Pals | |
| 11 | Professor Smoke |