2024-10-26 – 2024-10-27 · Wrentham, MA · 📍 529 South Street · State championship
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $4,000.00
Grand Champion: Paddy McQ's (693.0512) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOG WASH BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2024 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
693.0512 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 177.7028 Let It Smoke Barbecue set in 2024.
PADDY MCQ'S won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Brisket places 9–10: American Barbecue Company and Titans of BBQ tied on 166.2400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Q Shanty edged Hot Mess BBQ NH by 0.0112. Pork places 8–9: Matt's Backyard BBQ edged Q Shanty by 0.0116.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque (won 2024), Let It Smoke Barbecue (won 2024).
This contest usually draws about 19 teams
25 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 19.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-25 | Wrentham, MA | 529 South Street | 19 | 176.5600 | Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Wrentham, MA | 529 South Street | 19 | 177.7028 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | — |
| 2024-10-26 ← this one | Wrentham, MA | 529 South Street | 25 | 693.0512 | Paddy McQ's | HOG WASH BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 174.8456 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 169.1544 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 171.9884 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 172.5600 | 166.2400 |
25 entries · top 693.0512 · median 666.1944
25 entries · top 176.5828 · median 168.5944
25 entries · top 174.2972 · median 166.2628
24 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.4230
24 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.9828
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.
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5370 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starla's Sinister Smoke | |
| 2 | One Nine Jack | |
| 3 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 4 | Rough Cut Q-Ties | |
| 5 | Izabell's Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | Crusher BBQ | |
| 7 | Hillside BBQ JR | |
| 8 | Half Inked Jr |
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starla's Sinister Smoke | |
| 2 | Hillside BBQ JR | |
| 3 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 4 | Half Inked Jr | |
| 5 | Crusher BBQ | |
| 6 | Izabell's Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | Rough Cut Q-Ties | |
| 8 | One Nine Jack |