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
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) 2025
May 31, 2025 · Hancock, NH · 📍 Seven Maples Campground
Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $750
Full results from the Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) 2025, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on May 31, 2025 in Hancock, NH at Seven Maples Campground. ELJEFE SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (180.0000). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Meat Monarchy.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Chicken totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
162.26
median 171.11
180 🏆
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2025 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Entries
12
1 judged meat
Top score
180
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
171.50
162.26180
Chicken · median 171.11 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
8.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
167.3828
162.26180
10th place in Chicken
Field spread
17.7372
winner to last place
Prize money
$750
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 23%
beats 77% of 5574 Chicken wins in the data
Came back for more
36%
8 of 22 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines (3 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 3 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and ELJEFE SMOKE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Team Sunrise BBQ edged Red and Black BBQ Shack by 0.0116. Chicken places 8–9: Professor Smoke edged Grandpa Val's BBQ by 0.0460.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0116
- Chicken 8–9 · 0.0460
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA · Chicken
- ELJEFE SMOKE · Chicken
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
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 | 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 ← this one | 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 | 180 | 171.4172 | 167.3828 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Chicken
12 entries · top 180 · median 171.1142 · 🔥 perfect 180