Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
2025-05-30 – 2025-05-31 · Hancock, NH · 📍 Seven Maples Campground · State championship
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $4,000.00
Grand Champion: Fire At the End of the Day (710.8572) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PADDY MCQ'S
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
Fire At the End of the Day has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 12.6516 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
🧳 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 5–6: Angrycock BBQ and Meat Monarchy tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Meat Monarchy and LG bbq tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: Meat Monarchy and Ain't That Rich tied on 173.1200 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-30 ← this one | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 22 | 710.8572 | Fire At the End of the Day | PADDY MCQ'S |
| 2025-05-31 | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 26 | 706.2516 | Fire At the End of the Day | PADDY MCQ'S |
| 2025-05-31 | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 12 | 178.2972 | Meat Monarchy | — |
| 2025-05-31 | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 12 | 180.0000 | 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 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 167.3828 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 710.8572 · median 677.9088
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 3 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 5 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 6 | Ain't That Rich | |
| 7 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 8 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 9 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 11 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 12 | LG bbq | |
| 13 | Fire & Swine BBQ %231 | |
| 14 | Q42 | |
| 15 | House of Que | |
| 16 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 17 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 18 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 19 | Angrycock BBQ | |
| 20 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 21 | Professor Smoke | |
| 22 | Mad Cow & The Disease BBQ |
Chicken
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 3 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 4 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 5 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 6 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 7 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 8 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 9 | Q42 | |
| 10 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 11 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 12 | LG bbq | |
| 13 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 14 | House of Que | |
| 15 | Angrycock BBQ | |
| 16 | Ain't That Rich | |
| 17 | Professor Smoke | |
| 18 | Mad Cow & The Disease BBQ | |
| 19 | Fire & Swine BBQ %231 | |
| 20 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 21 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 22 | Team Sunrise BBQ |
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | Q42 | |
| 3 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 5 | Angrycock BBQ | |
| 6 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 7 | LG bbq | |
| 8 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 9 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 10 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 11 | Fire & Swine BBQ %231 | |
| 12 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 13 | Ain't That Rich | |
| 14 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 15 | Professor Smoke | |
| 16 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 17 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 18 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 19 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 20 | House of Que | |
| 21 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 22 | Mad Cow & The Disease BBQ |
Pork
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.9716 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 2 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 3 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 5 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 6 | Ain't That Rich | |
| 7 | House of Que | |
| 8 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 9 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 10 | Fire & Swine BBQ %231 | |
| 11 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 12 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 13 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 14 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 15 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 16 | Q42 | |
| 17 | LG bbq | |
| 18 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 19 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 20 | Angrycock BBQ | |
| 21 | Mad Cow & The Disease BBQ | |
| 22 | Professor Smoke |
Brisket
22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 2 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 3 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 7 | Ain't That Rich | |
| 8 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 9 | LG bbq | |
| 10 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 11 | Fire & Swine BBQ %231 | |
| 12 | House of Que | |
| 13 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 15 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 16 | Professor Smoke | |
| 17 | Q42 | |
| 18 | CANYON RIDERS BBQ | |
| 19 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 20 | Angrycock BBQ | |
| 21 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 22 | Mad Cow & The Disease BBQ |