Back-to-back
2 in a row
editions of this contest
Fire At the End of the Day won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
- 2025
- 2025
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 2025
May 31 – Jun 1, 2025 · Hancock, NH · 📍 Seven Maples Campground · State championship
Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $4,000
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY won Grand Champion at the Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) on May 31, 2025 in Hancock, NH at Seven Maples Campground, scoring 706.2516 in a field of 26 teams. PADDY MCQ'S took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.3944. Category winners: Chicken — Grandpa Val's BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (178.8572); Pork — HUMPHREY'S BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY (178.8572). This is the 2nd of 4 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.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
605.67
median 677.01
706.25 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 178.86
- Pork Ribs 178.86
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 178.86
140.56
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2025 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Entries
26
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
706.2516
Winning margin
2.8572
GC over RC
Field average
672.69
605.67706.25
median 677.01 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
1.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
683.3488
605.67706.25
10th place overall
Field spread
100.5828
winner to last place
Prize money
$4,000
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 11%
beats 89% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
91%
20 of 22 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.85 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,571
avg power rating going in · stronger than 56% of contests
Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 4 tracked editions
Fire At the End of the Day has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
- 2025
- 2025
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: Grandpa Val's BBQ and House of Que tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Meat Monarchy and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: PADDY MCQ'S and A MAZIE Q tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 7–8 · tie
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
- Chicken 3rd
- Pork Ribs 5th
- Pork 8th
- Brisket 1st
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fire At the End of the Day (won 2025).
- Fire At the End of the Day · 2025
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- HUMPHREY'S BBQ · Pork
They keep coming back
91%
of last edition’s field returned
20 of 22 teams from 2025-05-30 came back
20 of the 22 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 22 | 710.8572 | Fire At the End of the Day | PADDY MCQ'S |
| May 31, 2025 ← this one | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 26 | 706.2516 | Fire At the End of the Day | PADDY MCQ'S |
| May 31, 2025 | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 12 | 178.2972 | Meat Monarchy | — |
| May 31, 2025 | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 12 | 180 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 177.7144 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4172 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.8456 | 168.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
26 entries · top 706.2516 · median 677.0112
Chicken
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8170
Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1258
Pork
26 entries · top 180 · median 168.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8056
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 — Dessert
6 entries · top 180 · median 177.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Barbecue Company | |
| 2 | Red and Black BBQ Shack | |
| 3 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | Swamp Donkey Kreations | |
| 5 | smokin good times ME | |
| 6 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ |