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Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 2025

Jul 26–27, 2025 · New Freedom, PA · 📍 1 Playground Alley · State championship

Reps: Bill Jones, Louise Weidner, Robert McKee · Prize money: $8,000

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SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
704.5256 · Master Series — Overall
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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
701.6688 · Master Series — Overall
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GETTIN' BASTED
697.0744 · Master Series — Overall

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) on July 26, 2025 in New Freedom, PA at 1 Playground Alley, scoring 704.5256 in a field of 27 teams. OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.6688. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKECRAFT - MD (176.5600); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (180.0000); Pork — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Brisket — HotMess BBQ (177.7144). The Backyard Series standings were won by Pinky Out BBQ with 350.2628. This is the 4th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Piggy & Swine BBQ; the next was held in 2026.

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.

  • Master Series — Chicken 176.56
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 180 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork 180 🔥
  • Master Series — Brisket 177.71
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 180 🔥
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 177.74
121.04 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2024 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

2024-07-26 — 693.0512 (Rooters-N-Tooters TN) 2024-07-27 — 703.9544 (The Fat is Where It's At) 2025-07-25 — 706.8112 (Piggy & Swine BBQ) 2025-07-26 — 704.5256 (Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA) 2026-07-24 — 710.8688 (B's Que) 2026-07-25 — 707.4172 (Boggs Hog BBQ) 704.53 2024 2026

Entries

27
6 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

704.5256

Winning margin

2.8568
GC over RC

Field average

666.41
568.95704.53
median 671.86 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥
The Swine Doctor's BBQ (Chicken), GETTIN' BASTED (Pork), SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

679.3144
568.95704.53
10th place overall

Field spread

135.5768
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,000
on the line

Most consistent

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 3.4284 pts — The Swine Doctor's BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 16%
beats 84% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

76%
50 of 66 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.72 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,602
avg power rating going in · stronger than 79% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED
rated 1988 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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.

An upset on the books

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1817
  • top seed 1988

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • The Swine Doctor's BBQ · Chicken
  • GETTIN' BASTED · Pork
  • SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA · Pork Ribs

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 19 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: SMOKECRAFT - MD and OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: Big Bobs Smokin Que and UP IN SMOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: DRILLING & GRILLING and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 4th

A contest record in pork

180.0000 best pork ever cooked here

GETTIN' BASTED turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

  • old best 178.8572
  • across 3 past editions

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: The Fat is Where It's At (won 2024), Piggy & Swine BBQ (won 2025).

  • The Fat is Where It's At · 2024
  • Piggy & Swine BBQ · 2025

They keep coming back

76% of last edition’s field returned

50 of 66 teams from 2025-07-25 came back

50 of the 66 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Jul 26, 2024 New Freedom, PA 1 Playground Alley 35 693.0512 Rooters-N-Tooters TN BLUE EYED BBQ
Jul 27, 2024 New Freedom, PA 1 Playground Alley 32 703.9544 The Fat is Where It's At WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
Jul 25, 2025 New Freedom, PA 1 Playground Alley 30 706.8112 Piggy & Swine BBQ HotMess BBQ
Jul 26, 2025 ← this one New Freedom, PA 1 Playground Alley 27 704.5256 Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jul 24, 2026 New Freedom, PA 1 Playground Alley 43 710.8688 B's Que BBQ Maestros
Jul 25, 2026 New Freedom, PA 1 Playground Alley 39 707.4172 Boggs Hog BBQ ELJEFE SMOKE
Jul 23, 2027 New Freedom, PA — — — — —
Jul 24, 2027 New Freedom, PA — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken176.5600175.4056171.9772
Master Series — Pork Ribs180175.4172171.9772
Master Series — Pork180175.4172173.7028
Master Series — Brisket177.7144172.5600167.4288
Backyard Series — Chicken180174.2628171.9772
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs177.7372173.1200169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 704.5256 · median 671.8628

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 704.5256
2 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 701.6688
3 GETTIN' BASTED 697.0744
4 HotMess BBQ 696.5260
5 DRILLING & GRILLING 692.4800
6 Mispillion Meat Works 691.3944
7 3 EYZ BBQ 686.7888
8 Piggy & Swine BBQ 683.3596
9 The Fat is Where It's At 680.4688
10 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 679.3144
11 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 675.3256
12 SMOKECRAFT - MD 674.2172
13 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 673.1316
14 Big Bobs Smokin Que 671.8628
15 Ain't That Rich 669.5884
16 Sweet Belly's BBQ 669.0172
17 BEER TIME BBQ 667.3260
18 Menke Boys BBQ 662.7660
19 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 660.4456
20 Mullen It Over BBQ 655.8400
21 4 BOXERS Q 649.5656
22 UP IN SMOKERS 648.4572
23 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 644.3772
24 The Jakey's Hack Shack 635.8404
25 Gigabyte BBQ 632.3544
26 Santo Smokes 620.4344
27 Pappy's Q 568.9488

Chicken

27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.8344

#TeamScore
1 SMOKECRAFT - MD 176.5600
2 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 176.5600
3 Big Bobs Smokin Que 175.4172
4 UP IN SMOKERS 175.4172
5 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 175.4056
6 DRILLING & GRILLING 174.2744
7 GETTIN' BASTED 174.2744
8 Sweet Belly's BBQ 173.1200
9 3 EYZ BBQ 172.0116
10 BEER TIME BBQ 171.9772
11 The Fat is Where It's At 171.9772
12 Piggy & Swine BBQ 170.8456
13 Menke Boys BBQ 170.8344
14 HotMess BBQ 170.8344
15 Mispillion Meat Works 170.8344
16 The Jakey's Hack Shack 170.8228
17 Ain't That Rich 170.8112
18 Mullen It Over BBQ 168.5256
19 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 167.4172
20 4 BOXERS Q 167.3828
21 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 166.8572
22 Santo Smokes 161.6800
23 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 161.6456
24 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 161.6456
25 Gigabyte BBQ 159.4060
26 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 157.6572
27 Pappy's Q 156.5372

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 180 · median 167.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 180 🔥
2 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 177.7144
3 3 EYZ BBQ 176.5600
4 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 175.4288
5 GETTIN' BASTED 175.4172
6 HotMess BBQ 173.7028
7 Ain't That Rich 173.1316
8 Piggy & Swine BBQ 173.1084
9 Mispillion Meat Works 172
10 DRILLING & GRILLING 171.9772
11 Gigabyte BBQ 169.6800
12 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 169.1428
13 Menke Boys BBQ 167.4172
14 SMOKECRAFT - MD 167.4056
15 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 166.8688
16 Sweet Belly's BBQ 166.8572
17 The Fat is Where It's At 166.2400
18 UP IN SMOKERS 165.7028
19 Big Bobs Smokin Que 165.6800
20 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 163.9544
21 The Jakey's Hack Shack 163.4172
22 4 BOXERS Q 160.5600
23 Santo Smokes 160
24 BEER TIME BBQ 158.8344
25 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 155.3600
26 Mullen It Over BBQ 152.5144
27 Pappy's Q 121.0400

Pork

27 entries · top 180 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 GETTIN' BASTED 180 🔥
2 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 178.8572
3 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 176
4 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 175.4172
5 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 175.4172
6 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 175.4172
7 Mullen It Over BBQ 174.2972
8 HotMess BBQ 174.2744
9 Sweet Belly's BBQ 174.2628
10 Mispillion Meat Works 173.7028
11 3 EYZ BBQ 173.1200
12 DRILLING & GRILLING 171.9656
13 The Fat is Where It's At 169.6916
14 BEER TIME BBQ 169.1316
15 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 168.5256
16 Piggy & Swine BBQ 167.4400
17 Big Bobs Smokin Que 166.8228
18 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 166.2400
19 The Jakey's Hack Shack 163.9660
20 Menke Boys BBQ 163.4288
21 Gigabyte BBQ 163.4056
22 SMOKECRAFT - MD 162.8228
23 Ain't That Rich 161.0856
24 4 BOXERS Q 155.3600
25 Santo Smokes 154.2172
26 UP IN SMOKERS 150.8000
27 Pappy's Q 149.7144

Brisket

27 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 HotMess BBQ 177.7144
2 Mispillion Meat Works 174.8572
3 DRILLING & GRILLING 174.2628
4 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 173.7028
5 The Fat is Where It's At 172.5600
6 Piggy & Swine BBQ 171.9656
7 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 169.1428
8 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 169.1200
9 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 168.5372
10 SMOKECRAFT - MD 167.4288
11 BEER TIME BBQ 167.3828
12 GETTIN' BASTED 167.3828
13 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 166.8228
14 4 BOXERS Q 166.2628
15 3 EYZ BBQ 165.0972
16 Ain't That Rich 164.5600
17 Big Bobs Smokin Que 163.9428
18 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 163.4056
19 Menke Boys BBQ 161.0856
20 Mullen It Over BBQ 160.5028
21 UP IN SMOKERS 156.5372
22 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 156.5256
23 Sweet Belly's BBQ 154.7772
24 Santo Smokes 144.5372
25 Pappy's Q 141.6572
26 Gigabyte BBQ 139.8628
27 The Jakey's Hack Shack 137.6344

Backyard Series

Overall

26 entries · top 350.2628 · median 336.5200

#TeamScore
1 Pinky Out BBQ 350.2628
2 Goudas Barbecue 347.9772
3 Yardogs BBQ 346.8688
4 Sticky Bones BBQ 345.1776
5 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 345.1428
6 Capt. Blue BBQ 345.0972
7 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 343.9428
8 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 343.9428
9 Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 342.8344
10 All About the Wood 341.6800
11 Bay Brothers BBQ 337.7028
12 Castleton Q 337.6456
13 Leaning Jowler BBQ 337.0856
14 Stroked Out Cooking Team 335.9544
15 Rough Cut Q 335.3600
16 The Swine Doctor's BBQ 334.8116
17 Oink N' Doink BBQ 334.2748
18 Squeals like the First Time 329.6688
19 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 326.7884
20 Estancia 325.0168
21 Broomstick BBQ 321.6576
22 Backwooder BBQ 320.5028
23 Clean Smoke BBQ Team 318.2172
24 Hot Thang BBQ 317.5656
25 Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ 310.7544
26 Lucky Q BBQ 308.4116

Chicken

26 entries · top 180 · median 169.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 The Swine Doctor's BBQ 180 🔥
2 Yardogs BBQ 176.5716
3 Pinky Out BBQ 176.5600
4 Goudas Barbecue 174.2628
5 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 174.2628
6 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 174.2628
7 Oink N' Doink BBQ 173.1660
8 Sticky Bones BBQ 172.5832
9 All About the Wood 172.5600
10 Capt. Blue BBQ 171.9772
11 Bay Brothers BBQ 170.8228
12 Stroked Out Cooking Team 170.2744
13 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 169.6912
14 Broomstick BBQ 169.1316
15 Squeals like the First Time 167.9772
16 Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 167.9772
17 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 167.4056
18 Rough Cut Q 166.8228
19 Leaning Jowler BBQ 166.8228
20 Castleton Q 166.2284
21 Hot Thang BBQ 163.9428
22 Estancia 158.7768
23 Clean Smoke BBQ Team 158.2400
24 Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ 155.3600
25 Backwooder BBQ 152.5372
26 Lucky Q BBQ 152.4800

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.2514

#TeamScore
1 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 177.7372
2 Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 174.8572
3 Goudas Barbecue 173.7144
4 Pinky Out BBQ 173.7028
5 Capt. Blue BBQ 173.1200
6 Sticky Bones BBQ 172.5944
7 Castleton Q 171.4172
8 Yardogs BBQ 170.2972
9 Leaning Jowler BBQ 170.2628
10 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 169.6800
11 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 169.6800
12 All About the Wood 169.1200
13 Rough Cut Q 168.5372
14 Backwooder BBQ 167.9656
15 Bay Brothers BBQ 166.8800
16 Estancia 166.2400
17 Stroked Out Cooking Team 165.6800
18 Squeals like the First Time 161.6916
19 Oink N' Doink BBQ 161.1088
20 Clean Smoke BBQ Team 159.9772
21 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 157.0972
22 Lucky Q BBQ 155.9316
23 Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ 155.3944
24 The Swine Doctor's BBQ 154.8116
25 Hot Thang BBQ 153.6228
26 Broomstick BBQ 152.5260

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.

Ancillary — Dessert

13 entries · top 180 · median 176 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Big Bobs Smokin Que 180 🔥
2 Gigabyte BBQ 179.4400
3 Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 178.8800
4 Stroked Out Cooking Team 178.8572
5 All About the Wood 178.2972
6 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 177.7028
7 Bay Brothers BBQ 176
8 The Jakey's Hack Shack 175.4056
9 HotMess BBQ 174.2744
10 Broomstick BBQ 171.4056
11 Leaning Jowler BBQ 170.8228
12 Menke Boys BBQ 166.2400
13 Pappy's Q 161.6800

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