Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
2025-09-20 – 2025-09-21 · Braintree, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground · State championship
Reps: ABIGAIL NICHOLS, JAKE NICHOLS · Prize money: $3,000.00
Grand Champion: Sticks & Stones BBQ (710.2856) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ELJEFE SMOKE
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
Smokin' Hoggz has won this contest 3 times across its 15 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 10.8912 points — a wider margin than 92% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
STICKS & STONES BBQ took the Grand Championship home to NJ.
🧹 A double category winner
PADDY MCQ'S won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: ELJEFE SMOKE and STICKS & STONES BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Let It Smoke Barbecue and Titans of BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY and House of Que tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fire At the End of the Day (won 2021), Up-2 BBQ (won 2023), Eljefe Smoke (won 2024), Humphrey's BBQ (won 2024), Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
STICKS & STONES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-08 | Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd | 33 | 675.9772 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | SMOKIN ACES | |
| 2019-09-07 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 31 | 691.3712 | Big Raz BBQ | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| 2021-10-02 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 16 | 691.9656 | Fire At the End of the Day | A MAZIE Q |
| 2022-09-16 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 18 | 698.8000 | Smokin' Hoggz | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2022-09-17 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 705.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2023-09-08 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 693.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | Dirt Bag Barbeque |
| 2023-09-10 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7028 | Up In Your Grill | — |
| 2023-09-10 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 174.2972 | Up-2 BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 698.2284 | Chunky BBQ | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7144 | Eljefe Smoke | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 173.1084 | Humphrey's BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-14 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 702.8228 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| 2025-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 ← this one | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 710.2856 | Sticks & Stones BBQ | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 12 | 176.5600 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 14 | 177.1544 | ElJefe Smoke | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 171.9772 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4288 | 168.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 710.2856 · median 677.0516
Chicken
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4172
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5372
Pork
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2284 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Poutine
3 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.7372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 2 | BBQ Bandits - Poultney VT | |
| 3 | Swamp Donkey Kreations |