New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
2025-05-03 – 2025-05-04 · Blairstown, NJ · 📍 Triple Brook Camping Resort · State championship
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $4,000.00
Grand Champion: Boggs Hog BBQ (705.1084) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
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
👑 A dynasty in the making
Grandpa Val's BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 18 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 11.4396 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
BOGGS HOG BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: PADDY MCQ'S and GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 6–7: TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ and CHUNKY BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 4–5: BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE and TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2018, 2025), Good Googly Goo BBQ (won 2023), Boggs Hog BBQ (won 2024, 2024), Grandpa Val's BBQ (won 2025).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-28 | 58 Honey Run Rd, Triple Brook Camping Resort | 40 | 681.6456 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | GOOD SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2019-04-27 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 43 | 691.9544 | Fire Down Below | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2023-04-21 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 36 | 701.1316 | Wolf's Revenge | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| 2023-04-21 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 12 | 177.7144 | Good Googly Goo BBQ | — |
| 2023-04-22 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 30 | 698.2172 | Top Gun Barbecue | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2023-04-22 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 9 | 178.8572 | Blue & Gray BBQ | — |
| 2024-04-19 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 29 | 702.8228 | Boggs Hog BBQ | CHUNKY BBQ |
| 2024-04-19 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 11 | 178.2972 | Piggin' Whiskey | — |
| 2024-04-20 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 27 | 701.7144 | Boggs Hog BBQ | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| 2024-04-20 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 8 | 178.8800 | SmoKen Meats | — |
| 2025-05-02 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 33 | 701.6684 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| 2025-05-02 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 21 | 177.7144 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | — |
| 2025-05-03 ← this one | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 34 | 705.1084 | Boggs Hog BBQ | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ |
| 2025-05-03 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 14 | 177.1544 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | — |
| 2026-04-17 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 26 | 691.9776 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | House of Que |
| 2026-04-17 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 10 | 178.8572 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | — |
| 2026-04-18 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 26 | 707.3944 | ElJefe Smoke | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| 2026-04-18 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 8 | 177.7144 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.8688 | 171.9656 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 171.4056 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 172.5600 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 168.5372 | 159.9544 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 169.6800 | 168.5372 | 130.0916 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
34 entries · top 705.1084 · median 671.9086
Chicken
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4058
Pork
34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series
Overall
10 entries · top 346.2744 · median 329.6286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 2 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 3 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 4 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 5 | All About the Wood | |
| 6 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 7 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 8 | Hot Thang BBQ | |
| 9 | Beefy Bros BBQ | |
| 10 | Oldman's Backyard B B QUE |
Chicken
10 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 2 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 3 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 4 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 5 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 6 | Hot Thang BBQ | |
| 7 | Beefy Bros BBQ | |
| 8 | All About the Wood | |
| 9 | Oldman's Backyard B B QUE | |
| 10 | Capt. Blue BBQ |
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 169.6800 · median 167.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 2 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 4 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 5 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 6 | All About the Wood | |
| 7 | Hot Thang BBQ | |
| 8 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 9 | Beefy Bros BBQ | |
| 10 | Oldman's Backyard B B QUE |
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 — Taylor
9 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8228