Trillium BBQ Throwdown
2025-08-09 – 2025-08-10 · Canton, MA · 📍 100 Royall Street · State championship
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT
Grand Champion: Fire at The End of The Day (697.6340) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took the Grand Championship home to NJ.
🧹 A double category winner
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Rough Cut Q and House of Que tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: HUMPHREY'S BBQ and PADDY MCQ'S tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: Bone Daddy's BBQ and CANYON RIDERS BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-09 ← this one | Canton, MA | 100 Royall Street | 20 | 697.6340 | Fire at The End of The Day | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| 2026-08-08 | Canton, MA | 100 Royall Street | 25 | 700.5488 | Smokin' Hoggz BBQ - MA | Iowa�s Smokey D�s BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 173.1316 | 170.8688 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.8456 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 170.8344 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 171.9772 | 169.1316 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 697.6340 · median 680.1886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 3 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 6 | House of Que | |
| 7 | Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque | |
| 8 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 9 | HOG WASH BBQ | |
| 10 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 11 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 12 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 13 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 14 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 15 | Half-Inked BBQ | |
| 16 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 17 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 18 | Lone Star Q' | |
| 19 | Professor Smoke | |
| 20 | Beantown Smokers |
Chicken
20 entries · top 176.0000 · median 169.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 3 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 4 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 5 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 6 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 7 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 8 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 9 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 10 | Half-Inked BBQ | |
| 11 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 12 | Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque | |
| 13 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | House of Que | |
| 15 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 16 | HOG WASH BBQ | |
| 17 | Lone Star Q' | |
| 18 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 19 | Professor Smoke | |
| 20 | Beantown Smokers |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 3 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 4 | House of Que | |
| 5 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 6 | HOG WASH BBQ | |
| 7 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 8 | Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque | |
| 9 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 10 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 11 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 12 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 13 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 14 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 15 | Beantown Smokers | |
| 16 | Half-Inked BBQ | |
| 17 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 19 | Professor Smoke | |
| 20 | Lone Star Q' |
Pork
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque | |
| 3 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 6 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 7 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 8 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 9 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 10 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 11 | House of Que | |
| 12 | HOG WASH BBQ | |
| 13 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 14 | Half-Inked BBQ | |
| 15 | Professor Smoke | |
| 16 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 17 | Lone Star Q' | |
| 18 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 19 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 20 | Beantown Smokers |
Brisket
20 entries · top 175.4056 · median 168.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 3 | HOG WASH BBQ | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 6 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 7 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 8 | House of Que | |
| 9 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 10 | Lone Star Q' | |
| 11 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 12 | Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque | |
| 13 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 14 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 15 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 16 | Half-Inked BBQ | |
| 17 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 18 | Professor Smoke | |
| 19 | Bone Daddy's BBQ | |
| 20 | Beantown Smokers |