Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
2024-10-19 – 2024-10-20 · Columbia, NJ · 📍 Delaware River Campground · State championship
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $4,000.00
Grand Champion: Dig'n N Pig'n (697.0972) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PIGGIN' WHISKEY
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ and CHUNKY BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ and Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 7–8: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Janky Leg BBQ (won 2024), Menke Boys BBQ (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
DIG'N N PIG'N came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-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)
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-21 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 29 | 710.8344 | Boggs Hog BBQ | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-10-18 | Columbia, NJ | Delaware River Campground | 28 | 699.3600 | Janky Leg BBQ | BOGGS HOG BBQ |
| 2024-10-18 | Columbia, NJ | Delaware River Campground | 17 | 178.8572 | Menke Boys BBQ | — |
| 2024-10-19 ← this one | Columbia, NJ | Delaware River Campground | 26 | 697.0972 | Dig'n N Pig'n | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |
| 2024-10-19 | Columbia, NJ | Delaware River Campground | 12 | 176.5600 | Humphrey's BBQ | — |
| 2025-10-25 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 32 | 700.5144 | Paddy McQ's | BOGGS HOG BBQ |
| 2026-10-24 | Jackson, NJ | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 169.6916 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.5600 | 175.4056 | 170.2744 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1432 | 168.5600 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 172.5600 | 164.5488 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
26 entries · top 697.0972 · median 681.9146
Chicken
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.2628
Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6800
Pork
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.8514
Brisket
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5256
Backyard Series
Overall
16 entries · top 345.6800 · median 339.6630
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ | |
| 2 | Oink N' Doink BBQ | |
| 3 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 4 | Big Butts BBQ | |
| 5 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 6 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 7 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 8 | Castleton Q | |
| 9 | All About the Wood | |
| 10 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 11 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 12 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 13 | Puff Puff BBQ | |
| 14 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 15 | Two Sons BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOAKWOOD |
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.2514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 2 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 3 | Castleton Q | |
| 4 | Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ | |
| 5 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 6 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 7 | All About the Wood | |
| 8 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 9 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOAKWOOD | |
| 11 | Oink N' Doink BBQ | |
| 12 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 13 | Big Butts BBQ | |
| 14 | Puff Puff BBQ | |
| 15 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 16 | Two Sons BBQ |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 176.5716 · median 166.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oink N' Doink BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Butts BBQ | |
| 3 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 4 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 5 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 6 | Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ | |
| 7 | All About the Wood | |
| 8 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 9 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 10 | Puff Puff BBQ | |
| 11 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 12 | Castleton Q | |
| 13 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 14 | Two Sons BBQ | |
| 15 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 16 | SMOAKWOOD |
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.
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
20 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.8228