Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs)
2025-09-13 · Southwick, MA · 📍 Pioneer Valley RV Park
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $525.00
Grand Champion: Fire At the End of the Day (176.5600) · 9 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Let It Smoke Barbecue
Entries
9
1 judged meat
Top score
176.5600
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
170.26
median 169.68
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
6.8800 pts across the top 5
Field spread
16.6056
winner to last place
Prize money
$525.00
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 70%
beats 30% of 2987 Pork Ribs wins in the data
Came back for more
38%
6 of 16 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Gettin' Basted has won this contest 4 times across its 12 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took the Grand Championship home to NJ.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 1–2: FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY and Let It Smoke Barbecue tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Red and Black BBQ Shack edged SmoKEN Meatz by 0.0460.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA (won 2024), Fire At the End of the Day (won 2025).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
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 | 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 ← this one | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 169.6800 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6800