Sep 13–14, 2025 · Southwick, MA · 📍 Pioneer Valley RV Park · State championship
Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $2,500
PADDY MCQ'S won Grand Champion at the Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) on September 13, 2025 in Southwick, MA at Pioneer Valley RV Park, scoring 706.2860 in a field of 16 teams. SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.9772. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (178.8800); Pork Ribs — STICKS & STONES BBQ (178.8572); Pork — FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY (178.8572); Brisket — SmoKEN Meatz (176.5600). This is the 10th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Fire At the End of the Day; the next was held in 2025.
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, 2022 to 2025 — 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.
PADDY MCQ'S won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 of 12 tracked editions
Gettin' Basted has won this contest 4 times across its 12 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: PADDY MCQ'S and ELJEFE SMOKE tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY and Q42 tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: American Barbecue Company and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA (won 2024), Fire At the End of the Day (won 2025).
13 of 16 teams from 2025-09-12 came back
13 of the 16 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2022 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 33 | 699.9428 | Uncle Pig?s Barbeque Pit | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 31 | 704.5600 | Gettin' Basted | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 42 | 713.1200 | Gettin' Basted | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 17 | 175.4172 | Gettin' Basted | — |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 25 | 702.8000 | Gettin' Basted | CHUNKY BBQ |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 27 | 705.6916 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | Grandpa Val's BBQ |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 10 | 177.7028 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Southwick, MA | Sodom Mountain Campground | 10 | 176.5600 | Cyclone BBQ | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 16 | 706.2400 | Fire At the End of the Day | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Sep 13, 2025 ← this one | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 16 | 706.2860 | Paddy McQ's | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 9 | 176.5600 | Fire At the End of the Day | — |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Southwick, MA | Pioneer Valley RV Park | 8 | 178.8572 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 176.5716 | 173.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.1428 | 172.5484 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 169.6684 |
16 entries · top 706.2860 · median 694.7770
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 3 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 4 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 5 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 6 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 7 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 8 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 9 | House of Que | |
| 10 | LG bbq | |
| 11 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 12 | Q42 | |
| 13 | Professor Smoke | |
| 14 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 15 | HOKIE POKIE Q | |
| 16 | Red and Black BBQ Shack |
16 entries · top 178.8800 · median 174.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 3 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 4 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 5 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 6 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 7 | Q42 | |
| 8 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 9 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 10 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 11 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 12 | House of Que | |
| 13 | LG bbq | |
| 14 | Professor Smoke | |
| 15 | HOKIE POKIE Q | |
| 16 | Red and Black BBQ Shack |
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 2 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 3 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 4 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 5 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 7 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 8 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 9 | House of Que | |
| 10 | HOKIE POKIE Q | |
| 11 | LG bbq | |
| 12 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 13 | Professor Smoke | |
| 14 | Red and Black BBQ Shack | |
| 15 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 16 | Q42 |
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 174.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 5 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 6 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 7 | Q42 | |
| 8 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 9 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 10 | House of Que | |
| 11 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 12 | LG bbq | |
| 13 | Professor Smoke | |
| 14 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 15 | HOKIE POKIE Q | |
| 16 | Red and Black BBQ Shack |
16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmoKEN Meatz | |
| 2 | LG bbq | |
| 3 | House of Que | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 6 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 7 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 8 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 9 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 10 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 11 | Professor Smoke | |
| 12 | smoKINGBATKO BBQ | |
| 13 | Q42 | |
| 14 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 15 | Red and Black BBQ Shack | |
| 16 | HOKIE POKIE Q |