Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
2025-09-12 – 2025-09-13 · Southwick, MA · 📍 Pioneer Valley RV Park · State championship
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $2,500.00
Grand Champion: Fire At the End of the Day (706.2400) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Gettin' Basted has won this contest 4 times across its 12 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6680 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took the Grand Championship home to NJ.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and LG bbq tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: LG bbq and American Barbecue Company tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: American Barbecue Company and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA (won 2024).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-01 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 33 | 699.9428 | Uncle Pig?s Barbeque Pit | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| 2023-09-22 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 31 | 704.5600 | Gettin' Basted | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| 2023-09-23 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 42 | 713.1200 | Gettin' Basted | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2023-09-23 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 17 | 175.4172 | Gettin' Basted | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 25 | 702.8000 | Gettin' Basted | CHUNKY BBQ |
| 2024-09-21 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 27 | 705.6916 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | Grandpa Val's BBQ |
| 2024-09-21 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 10 | 177.7028 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
| 2024-09-21 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 10 | 176.5600 | Cyclone BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-12 ← this one | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 16 | 706.2400 | Fire At the End of the Day | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| 2025-09-13 | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 16 | 706.2860 | Paddy McQ's | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| 2025-09-13 | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 9 | 176.5600 | Fire At the End of the Day | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 8 | 178.8572 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 170.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 173.1200 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 172.5600 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 170.8572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 706.2400 · median 680.2118
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 3 | House of Que | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 6 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 7 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 8 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 9 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 10 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 11 | LG bbq | |
| 12 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 13 | Cousins Q | |
| 14 | Q42 | |
| 15 | Professor Smoke | |
| 16 | BACK RHODE BARBECUE |
Chicken
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | House of Que | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 3 | LG bbq | |
| 4 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 5 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 6 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 7 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 8 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 9 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 10 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 11 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 12 | Professor Smoke | |
| 13 | Cousins Q | |
| 14 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 15 | Q42 | |
| 16 | BACK RHODE BARBECUE |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 3 | House of Que | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 5 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 6 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 7 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 8 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 9 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 10 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 11 | Q42 | |
| 12 | LG bbq | |
| 13 | Cousins Q | |
| 14 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 15 | BACK RHODE BARBECUE | |
| 16 | Professor Smoke |
Pork
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8742 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 2 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 5 | House of Que | |
| 6 | Professor Smoke | |
| 7 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 8 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 9 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 10 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 11 | Q42 | |
| 12 | Cousins Q | |
| 13 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 14 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 15 | LG bbq | |
| 16 | BACK RHODE BARBECUE |
Brisket
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | House of Que | |
| 5 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 6 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 7 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 8 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 9 | Cousins Q | |
| 10 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 11 | LG bbq | |
| 12 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 13 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 14 | Q42 | |
| 15 | Professor Smoke | |
| 16 | BACK RHODE BARBECUE |
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 — Red Chili
4 entries · top 175.4056 · median 167.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 2 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 3 | Hokkie Pokie Q | |
| 4 | STICKS & STONES BBQ |