Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
2025-05-31 – 2025-06-01 · 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 (706.2516) · 26 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
Came back for more
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.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took the Grand Championship home to NJ.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 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)
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 | Hancock, NH | Seven Maples Campground | 22 | 710.8572 | Fire At the End of the Day | PADDY MCQ'S |
| 2025-05-31 ← this one | 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 | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 177.7144 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 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 180.0000 · 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 180.0000 · 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 |