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Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT)

2026-05-02 – 2026-05-03 · New Paltz, NY · 📍 Ulster County Fairgrounds · State championship

Reps: BILL WRIGHT, JEFF CHAMBERS, KIM WRIGHT, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $15,000.00

Grand Champion: Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA (712.5828) · 59 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOGGS HOG BBQ

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SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
712.5828 · Master Series — Overall
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BOGGS HOG BBQ
700.5600 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
B'S QUE
698.8116 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

59
8 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

712.5828

Winning margin

12.0228
GC over RC

Field average

670.06
median 678.17

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (Brisket), Titans of BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork
1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

689.0744
10th place overall

Field spread

245.2224
winner to last place

Prize money

$15,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 3.4516 pts — Matt's Backyard BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 2%
beats 98% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

88%
of the 64 teams with a home region came from outside NY

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1584
avg power rating going in · stronger than 83% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
rated 1850 pre-contest

Storylines

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 12.0228 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA took the Grand Championship home to MA.

🧹 A double category winner

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Chicken places 4–6: Smoke Central BBQ and DIG'N N PIG'N tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: 73-BBQ and SMOKECRAFT - MD tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 8–9: PADDY MCQ'S and CHUNKY BBQ tied on 176.0000 — 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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken180.0000177.7028174.8800
Master Series — Pork Ribs178.8572177.1544174.2628
Master Series — Pork177.7144176.0000173.7028
Master Series — Brisket180.0000177.7028174.8688
Backyard Series — Chicken177.7028163.4172—
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs176.5716169.6800—
Backyard Series — Pork176.5600171.9772—
Backyard Series — Brisket177.7144163.4172—

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

59 entries · top 712.5828 · median 678.1716

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 712.5828
2 BOGGS HOG BBQ 700.5600
3 B'S QUE 698.8116
4 DIG'N N PIG'N 696.5140
5 BLUE EYED BBQ 691.9428
6 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 691.3828
7 Ain't That Rich 691.3368
8 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 690.8116
9 Brookside BBQ 689.6228
10 CHUNKY BBQ 689.0744
11 3 EYZ BBQ 689.0628
12 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 688.5256
13 SMOKECRAFT - MD 688.5144
14 Smoke Central BBQ 687.8856
15 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 687.8856
16 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 687.3716
17 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 687.3600
18 PADDY MCQ'S 686.8232
19 Titans of BBQ 686.7888
20 BEER TIME BBQ 683.8972
21 Red & Black BBQ Shack 683.3488
22 DRILLING & GRILLING 681.0632
23 73-BBQ 680.4688
24 Q Shanty 679.4172
25 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 679.3484
26 HOG WASH BBQ 679.3368
27 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 679.3256
28 CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ 678.7428
29 STICKS & STONES BBQ 678.7424
30 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 678.1716
31 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 678.1368
32 ELJEFE SMOKE 677.5884
33 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 677.0744
34 The Fat is Where It's At 676.4572
35 Phantom Smoke & BBQ 676.4456
36 New Pigs on the Block 675.3484
37 Grandpa Val's BBQ 675.2912
38 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 674.7884
39 Dirt Bag Barbeque 674.1600
40 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 671.9084
41 Meat Monarchy 671.8744
42 CIDER BOYS BBQ 671.2684
43 Bear's Den BBQ 669.0860
44 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 668.4112
45 Mullen It Over BBQ 667.3368
46 PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 666.1368
47 Let It Smoke Barbecue 664.9596
48 House of Que 660.9484
49 RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ 658.6624
50 Q42 652.4116
51 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 651.2224
52 BBQ Blokes 638.7428
53 A-Que BBQ 638.1716
54 Burnt Ends and Broken Dreams 633.5200
55 Bearded Boys BBQ 631.2572
56 Fat Dog Barbecue 623.8972
57 Babylon Grillbillies 612.3768
58 Smokin' Pasta BBQ 603.7600
59 Rhythm & Ribz Smokehouse 467.3604

Chicken

59 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Titans of BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 178.8800
3 B'S QUE 178.8572
4 Smoke Central BBQ 177.7028
6 DIG'N N PIG'N 177.7028
7 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 177.1428
9 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 176.0116
10 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 175.4056
11 Ain't That Rich 175.4056
12 Q Shanty 174.8800
13 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 174.8456
14 DRILLING & GRILLING 174.2628
15 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 174.2628
16 New Pigs on the Block 173.7028
18 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 173.1544
19 BEER TIME BBQ 173.1316
20 73-BBQ 173.1200
21 Q42 173.1200
22 3 EYZ BBQ 173.1200
23 Grandpa Val's BBQ 173.1200
24 House of Que 173.1084
25 STICKS & STONES BBQ 173.1084
26 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 173.1084
27 PADDY MCQ'S 172.0232
28 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 172.0000
29 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 172.0000
30 BOGGS HOG BBQ 172.0000
31 The Fat is Where It's At 171.9772
32 Meat Monarchy 171.9772
33 HOG WASH BBQ 171.9656
34 Red & Black BBQ Shack 171.9656
35 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 171.9656
36 Let It Smoke Barbecue 171.4056
37 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 170.8228
38 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 170.8228
39 ELJEFE SMOKE 170.2628
40 Phantom Smoke & BBQ 169.6800
41 PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 169.6800
42 CHUNKY BBQ 169.1200
43 CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ 169.1200
44 Brookside BBQ 169.1200
45 RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ 169.1084
46 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 168.5372
47 Dirt Bag Barbeque 168.5256
48 SMOKECRAFT - MD 167.3828
49 BLUE EYED BBQ 167.3828
50 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 167.3828
51 BBQ Blokes 166.8344
52 A-Que BBQ 165.0972
54 CIDER BOYS BBQ 163.9428
55 Mullen It Over BBQ 163.9428
57 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 162.8112
58 Burnt Ends and Broken Dreams 161.6800
59 Bearded Boys BBQ 160.5600
60 Bear's Den BBQ 159.3944
61 Babylon Grillbillies 158.2284
62 Fat Dog Barbecue 150.2172
63 Rhythm & Ribz Smokehouse 146.8344
64 Smokin' Pasta BBQ 143.9772

Pork Ribs

59 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 178.8572
2 B'S QUE 178.2972
3 73-BBQ 177.7144
4 SMOKECRAFT - MD 177.7144
5 BOGGS HOG BBQ 177.1544
7 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 176.5600
8 PADDY MCQ'S 176.0000
9 CHUNKY BBQ 176.0000
11 Let It Smoke Barbecue 175.4056
12 CIDER BOYS BBQ 174.2628
13 Grandpa Val's BBQ 173.7144
14 Bear's Den BBQ 173.7144
15 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 173.7028
16 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 173.7028
17 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 173.1428
18 BLUE EYED BBQ 173.1200
19 PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 173.1200
20 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 173.1200
21 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 172.5600
22 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 172.0000
23 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 172.0000
24 Brookside BBQ 170.8228
25 Q Shanty 170.2856
26 Red & Black BBQ Shack 170.2744
27 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 169.7256
30 Phantom Smoke & BBQ 169.6800
31 3 EYZ BBQ 169.6800
33 Fat Dog Barbecue 169.1544
34 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 169.1428
35 HOG WASH BBQ 169.1200
36 BEER TIME BBQ 169.1200
37 Titans of BBQ 168.5716
38 ELJEFE SMOKE 168.5256
39 Ain't That Rich 168.5256
40 STICKS & STONES BBQ 168.0000
41 DIG'N N PIG'N 167.9656
42 Smoke Central BBQ 167.3828
43 CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ 167.3828
44 Dirt Bag Barbeque 167.3828
45 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 166.8228
46 Mullen It Over BBQ 166.2856
47 New Pigs on the Block 166.2628
48 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 165.6916
49 House of Que 165.6800
50 DRILLING & GRILLING 165.6800
51 RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ 165.6800
52 A-Que BBQ 165.1200
53 Meat Monarchy 163.3828
54 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 162.8000
55 The Fat is Where It's At 162.2400
56 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 161.6572
57 BBQ Blokes 160.0000
58 Rhythm & Ribz Smokehouse 158.2860
59 Q42 158.2172
60 Smokin' Pasta BBQ 155.9200
61 Bearded Boys BBQ 154.8116
62 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 154.8000
63 Burnt Ends and Broken Dreams 154.2172
64 Babylon Grillbillies 151.3600

Pork

58 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.4000

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 177.7144
2 PADDY MCQ'S 177.7144
3 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 177.7144
5 3 EYZ BBQ 176.5600
6 ELJEFE SMOKE 176.0000
7 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 175.4172
9 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 174.8456
10 Phantom Smoke & BBQ 174.2628
11 SMOKECRAFT - MD 174.2628
12 CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ 173.7028
13 DIG'N N PIG'N 173.7028
14 Ain't That Rich 173.7028
15 BOGGS HOG BBQ 173.7028
16 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 173.1200
17 BLUE EYED BBQ 173.1200
18 Bear's Den BBQ 172.5944
21 Smoke Central BBQ 171.9772
23 Dirt Bag Barbeque 171.9772
24 BEER TIME BBQ 171.9772
25 Red & Black BBQ Shack 171.4288
26 New Pigs on the Block 171.4172
27 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 170.8572
28 73-BBQ 170.8228
29 B'S QUE 170.8228
30 Brookside BBQ 170.8228
31 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 170.2744
32 Q42 169.7028
33 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 169.7028
34 Titans of BBQ 169.6800
35 The Fat is Where It's At 169.1200
36 Meat Monarchy 168.5488
37 STICKS & STONES BBQ 168.5256
38 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 168.5256
39 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 168.0000
40 HOG WASH BBQ 167.9884
41 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 167.9772
42 Let It Smoke Barbecue 167.9656
43 CIDER BOYS BBQ 167.9656
44 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 167.3944
45 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 166.8344
46 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 166.8228
47 DRILLING & GRILLING 166.2516
48 House of Que 166.2400
49 Mullen It Over BBQ 165.6912
50 Q Shanty 165.0972
51 Grandpa Val's BBQ 164.5256
52 Babylon Grillbillies 162.8228
53 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 162.8000
54 RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ 160.4912
55 Bearded Boys BBQ 159.9656
56 Smokin' Pasta BBQ 159.3828
57 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 159.3712
58 PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 158.8112
59 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 157.0972
60 Fat Dog Barbecue 156.5256
61 Burnt Ends and Broken Dreams 156.5256
62 BBQ Blokes 151.9312
63 A-Que BBQ 150.8572

Brisket

59 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 180.0000 🔥
2 Brookside BBQ 178.8572
3 BLUE EYED BBQ 178.3200
5 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 177.7144
6 BOGGS HOG BBQ 177.7028
7 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 177.7028
8 DIG'N N PIG'N 177.1428
9 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 175.4172
10 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 175.4056
11 DRILLING & GRILLING 174.8688
13 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 173.7144
14 Ain't That Rich 173.7028
15 The Fat is Where It's At 173.1200
16 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 172.5600
17 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 171.9656
18 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 171.9656
19 Mullen It Over BBQ 171.4172
20 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 171.4172
21 B'S QUE 170.8344
22 Smoke Central BBQ 170.8228
23 HOG WASH BBQ 170.2628
25 3 EYZ BBQ 169.7028
26 Red & Black BBQ Shack 169.6800
27 BEER TIME BBQ 169.6684
28 Q Shanty 169.1544
29 SMOKECRAFT - MD 169.1544
30 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 169.1200
31 STICKS & STONES BBQ 169.1084
32 Titans of BBQ 168.5372
33 CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ 168.5372
34 Meat Monarchy 167.9656
35 Dirt Bag Barbeque 166.2744
36 CHUNKY BBQ 166.2400
38 CIDER BOYS BBQ 165.0972
39 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 165.0856
40 PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 164.5256
41 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 164.5140
42 New Pigs on the Block 163.9656
43 Grandpa Val's BBQ 163.9312
45 RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ 163.3828
46 Bear's Den BBQ 163.3828
47 Phantom Smoke & BBQ 162.8228
48 ELJEFE SMOKE 162.8000
49 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 162.7884
50 Rhythm & Ribz Smokehouse 162.2400
51 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 161.6456
52 smoKINGBATKO BBQ 161.0972
53 Burnt Ends and Broken Dreams 161.0972
54 PADDY MCQ'S 161.0856
55 BBQ Blokes 159.9772
56 73-BBQ 158.8116
57 A-Que BBQ 157.0972
58 Bearded Boys BBQ 155.9200
59 House of Que 155.9200
60 Q42 151.3716
61 Let It Smoke Barbecue 150.1828
62 Fat Dog Barbecue 148.0000
63 Smokin' Pasta BBQ 144.4800
64 Babylon Grillbillies 139.9656

Backyard Series

Overall

5 entries · top 703.9656 · median 685.6572

#TeamScore
1 Rough Cut Q 703.9656
2 Yardogs BBQ 690.8000
3 Matt's Backyard BBQ 685.6572
4 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 678.8000
5 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 676.0344

Chicken

5 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.7028

#TeamScore
5 Rough Cut Q 177.7028
8 Yardogs BBQ 176.5600
17 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 173.7028
53 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 164.5600
56 Matt's Backyard BBQ 163.4172

Pork Ribs

5 entries · top 176.5716 · median 169.7028

#TeamScore
6 Yardogs BBQ 176.5716
10 Rough Cut Q 175.4400
28 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 169.7028
29 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 169.7028
32 Matt's Backyard BBQ 169.6800

Pork

5 entries · top 176.5600 · median 172.0344

#TeamScore
4 Rough Cut Q 176.5600
8 Matt's Backyard BBQ 174.8456
19 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 172.0344
20 Yardogs BBQ 172.0000
22 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 171.9772

Brisket

5 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.7372

#TeamScore
4 Matt's Backyard BBQ 177.7144
12 Rough Cut Q 174.2628
24 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 169.7372
37 Yardogs BBQ 165.6684
44 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 163.4172

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 — Sausage

12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2742

#TeamScore
1 Bearded Boys BBQ 178.8572
2 SMOKECRAFT - MD 177.7028
3 DIG'N N PIG'N 176.5600
4 Bear's Den BBQ 174.2628
5 Grandpa Val's BBQ 173.1200
6 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 167.4400
7 CIDER BOYS BBQ 165.1084
8 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 164.5256
9 Q Shanty 162.2400
10 Fat Dog Barbecue 161.6684
11 Catskill Hot Dogs 159.0056
12 Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ 157.0856

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