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Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 2018

Sep 8–9, 2018 · Randolph, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd

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MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
675.9772 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN ACES
674.8116 · Master Series — Overall
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INSANE SWINE BBQ
674.1940 · Master Series — Overall

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ won Grand Champion at the Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES on September 8, 2018 in Randolph, VT at Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd, scoring 675.9772 in a field of 33 teams. SMOKIN ACES took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.8116. Category winners: Chicken — MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN ACES (176.5944); Pork — PADDY MCQ'S (171.9772); Brisket — INSANE SWINE BBQ (176.0000). This is the 1st of 18 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2019.

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.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 176.59
  • Pork 171.98
  • Brisket 176
138.78 177.70

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

2018-09-08 — 675.9772 (MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ) 2019-09-07 — 691.3712 (Big Raz BBQ) 2021-10-02 — 691.9656 (Fire At the End of the Day) 2022-09-16 — 698.8000 (Smokin' Hoggz) 2022-09-17 — 705.6800 (Smokin' Hoggz) 2023-09-08 — 693.6800 (Smokin' Hoggz) 2023-09-10 — 177.7028 (Up In Your Grill) 2023-09-10 — 174.2972 (Up-2 BBQ) 2024-09-13 — 698.2284 (Chunky BBQ) 2024-09-13 — 177.7144 (Eljefe Smoke) 2024-09-13 — 173.1084 (Humphrey's BBQ) 2024-09-14 — 702.8228 (Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA) 2025-09-20 — 710.2856 (Sticks & Stones BBQ) 2025-09-20 — 176.5600 (Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA) 2025-09-20 — 177.1544 (ElJefe Smoke) 2026-09-19 — 704.5372 (Meat Monarchy) 2026-09-19 — 180.0000 (Meat Monarchy) 2026-09-19 — 178.8572 (Brookside BBQ) 675.98 2018 2026

Entries

33
4 judged meats · 6 ancillary

Top score

675.9772

Winning margin

1.1656
GC over RC

Field average

624.33
286.25675.98
median 646.72 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
5.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

657.0172
286.25675.98
10th place overall

Field spread

389.7260
winner to last place

Most consistent

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
avg finish 7.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 3.9772 pts — INSANE SWINE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 93%
beats 7% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,563
avg power rating going in · stronger than 48% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
rated 1888 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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 razor-thin finish

1.1656 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 79% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.

  • MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
  • SMOKIN ACES

An upset on the books

22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1669
  • top seed 1888

A dynasty in the making

3× wins at this contest

3 of 18 tracked editions

Smokin' Hoggz has won this contest 3 times across its 18 tracked editions.

  • 2022
  • 2022
  • 2023

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 6–7: BOYMEETSGRILL and INSANE SWINE BBQ tied on 165.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: Rogue Hog BBQ edged FAT TIGER BBQ by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 7–8: WALLY BBQ edged BIG RAZ BBQ by 0.0112.

  • Pork 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 8–9 · 0.0112
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · 0.0112
  • Brisket 7–8 · 0.0112

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 17th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 17th
  • Brisket 5th

This contest's own records (4 in the KCBS record book)

Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Sep 8, 2018 ← this one Randolph, VT Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd 33 675.9772 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ SMOKIN ACES
Sep 7, 2019 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 31 691.3712 Big Raz BBQ MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
Oct 2, 2021 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 16 691.9656 Fire At the End of the Day A MAZIE Q
Sep 16, 2022 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 18 698.8000 Smokin' Hoggz UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
Sep 17, 2022 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 26 705.6800 Smokin' Hoggz TOP GUN BARBECUE
Sep 8, 2023 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 26 693.6800 Smokin' Hoggz Dirt Bag Barbeque
Sep 10, 2023 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 11 177.7028 Up In Your Grill —
Sep 10, 2023 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 11 174.2972 Up-2 BBQ —
Sep 13, 2024 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 25 698.2284 Chunky BBQ FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY
Sep 13, 2024 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 11 177.7144 Eljefe Smoke —
Sep 13, 2024 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 11 173.1084 Humphrey's BBQ —
Sep 14, 2024 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 25 702.8228 Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA ELJEFE SMOKE
Sep 19, 2025 Braintree, VT — — — — —
Sep 20, 2025 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 25 710.2856 Sticks & Stones BBQ ELJEFE SMOKE
Sep 20, 2025 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 12 176.5600 Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA —
Sep 20, 2025 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 14 177.1544 ElJefe Smoke —
Sep 19, 2026 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 16 704.5372 Meat Monarchy El Jefe Smoke
Sep 19, 2026 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 12 180 Meat Monarchy —
Sep 19, 2026 Braintree, VT Abel Mountain Campground 14 178.8572 Brookside BBQ —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028171.4172168.5256
Pork Ribs176.5944170.2860167.9772
Pork171.9772166.8344163.9544
Brisket176169.7256165.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 675.9772 · median 646.7204

#TeamScore
1 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 675.9772
2 SMOKIN ACES 674.8116
3 INSANE SWINE BBQ 674.1940
4 Rogue Hog BBQ 670.1824
5 BIG RAZ BBQ 669.6344
6 FIRE DOWN BELOW 669.6232
7 PADDY MCQ'S 668.4804
8 SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT 666.6972
9 PIRATESBBQ 661.0512
10 Cousin's Catering and BBQ 657.0172
11 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 656.9716
12 NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM 655.9888
13 A MAZIE Q 655.2456
14 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 652.4796
15 CIDER BOYS BBQ 649.0404
16 WALLY BBQ 647.3028
17 FAT TIGER BBQ 646.7204
18 FLATLANDER BARBECUE 642.7200
19 UP-2 BBQ 639.2344
20 PHAT RACKS BBQ 638.8004
21 BOYMEETSGRILL 636.9372
22 The Passionate Grille 636.4340
23 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 635.9320
24 SMOKE THIS L.I. 632.4576
25 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 632.4348
26 TEAM MEAT BBQ 623.8744
27 HOKIE POKIE Q 618.7084
28 BIG BARQ BBQ 616.9944
29 BARBEDUDES 612.9032
30 SPARKY'S BBQ 602.1600
31 A SIMPLE PIG 590.0796
32 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 305.6572
33 Berner Perner 286.2512

Chicken

31 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5372

#TeamScore
1 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 177.7028
2 FAT TIGER BBQ 176.5600
3 WALLY BBQ 174.2628
4 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 173.1544
5 PADDY MCQ'S 171.4172
6 PIRATESBBQ 169.7028
7 A MAZIE Q 169.6800
8 SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT 169.1316
9 Cousin's Catering and BBQ 168.5600
10 Rogue Hog BBQ 168.5256
11 CIDER BOYS BBQ 167.3828
12 BARBEDUDES 166.2972
13 NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM 166.2628
14 PHAT RACKS BBQ 165.1544
15 FIRE DOWN BELOW 165.0972
16 BIG RAZ BBQ 164.5372
17 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 164.0116
18 SMOKIN ACES 162.2744
19 The Passionate Grille 161.1312
20 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 161.1084
21 INSANE SWINE BBQ 157.6684
22 HOKIE POKIE Q 156.5600
23 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 155.3944
24 TEAM MEAT BBQ 154.8684
25 SMOKE THIS L.I. 154.8344
26 BOYMEETSGRILL 154.7772
27 FLATLANDER BARBECUE 154.2628
28 UP-2 BBQ 153.6344
29 BIG BARQ BBQ 152.5028
30 A SIMPLE PIG 149.6340
31 SPARKY'S BBQ 148.5716

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 176.5944 · median 164.0116

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN ACES 176.5944
2 INSANE SWINE BBQ 174.8456
3 FIRE DOWN BELOW 172.0116
4 PIRATESBBQ 171.4172
5 PADDY MCQ'S 170.2860
6 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 169.7144
7 WALLY BBQ 168.5828
8 BIG RAZ BBQ 168.5716
9 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 168.5372
10 Cousin's Catering and BBQ 167.9772
11 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 166.8688
12 CIDER BOYS BBQ 166.2860
13 FLATLANDER BARBECUE 166.2744
14 Rogue Hog BBQ 166.2628
15 A MAZIE Q 165.6916
16 BOYMEETSGRILL 165.1200
17 FAT TIGER BBQ 164.0116
18 SMOKE THIS L.I. 163.9660
19 PHAT RACKS BBQ 162.3088
20 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 162.2512
21 SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT 161.6456
22 HOKIE POKIE Q 161.0856
23 NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM 158.2860
24 TEAM MEAT BBQ 155.9200
25 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 155.3944
26 UP-2 BBQ 155.3600
27 The Passionate Grille 152.5028
28 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 152.4916
29 SPARKY'S BBQ 151.9084
30 BARBEDUDES 150.7772
31 BIG BARQ BBQ 145.6916
32 A SIMPLE PIG 143.9428
33 Berner Perner 139.9884

Pork

32 entries · top 171.9772 · median 159.0972

#TeamScore
1 PADDY MCQ'S 171.9772
2 Cousin's Catering and BBQ 170.2972
3 SMOKIN ACES 170.2628
4 BIG RAZ BBQ 168.5372
5 NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM 166.8344
6 BOYMEETSGRILL 165.6800
7 INSANE SWINE BBQ 165.6800
8 Rogue Hog BBQ 164.5484
9 FAT TIGER BBQ 164.5372
10 SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT 163.9544
11 The Passionate Grille 163.4056
12 FIRE DOWN BELOW 162.8344
13 UP-2 BBQ 162.2628
14 PIRATESBBQ 161.6912
15 BIG BARQ BBQ 161.1200
16 FLATLANDER BARBECUE 159.3600
17 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 158.8344
18 A SIMPLE PIG 157.7256
19 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 157.0972
20 SMOKE THIS L.I. 157.0972
21 PHAT RACKS BBQ 157.0856
22 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 156.5372
23 CIDER BOYS BBQ 156.0116
24 TEAM MEAT BBQ 155.9544
25 A MAZIE Q 153.0628
26 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 151.9428
27 SPARKY'S BBQ 151.4400
28 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 151.3372
29 HOKIE POKIE Q 150.8116
30 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 150.2628
31 BARBEDUDES 148.4916
32 WALLY BBQ 144.5144

Brisket

32 entries · top 176 · median 159.3772

#TeamScore
1 INSANE SWINE BBQ 176
2 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 172.0228
3 SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT 171.9656
4 Rogue Hog BBQ 170.8456
5 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 169.7256
6 FIRE DOWN BELOW 169.6800
7 BIG RAZ BBQ 167.9884
8 UP-2 BBQ 167.9772
9 A MAZIE Q 166.8112
10 SMOKIN ACES 165.6800
11 NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM 164.6056
12 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 163.9888
13 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 163.9428
14 FLATLANDER BARBECUE 162.8228
15 WALLY BBQ 159.9428
16 The Passionate Grille 159.3944
17 CIDER BOYS BBQ 159.3600
18 PIRATESBBQ 158.2400
19 BIG BARQ BBQ 157.6800
20 TEAM MEAT BBQ 157.1316
21 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 157.1316
22 SMOKE THIS L.I. 156.5600
23 PADDY MCQ'S 154.8000
24 PHAT RACKS BBQ 154.2516
25 BOYMEETSGRILL 151.3600
26 HOKIE POKIE Q 150.2512
27 SPARKY'S BBQ 150.2400
28 Cousin's Catering and BBQ 150.1828
29 BARBEDUDES 147.3372
30 Berner Perner 146.2628
31 FAT TIGER BBQ 141.6116
32 A SIMPLE PIG 138.7772

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.

Master Series — Bacon

8 entries · top 173.7028 · median 167.6914

#TeamScore
1 UP-2 BBQ 173.7028
2 HOKIE POKIE Q 171.4628
3 BARBECUTIONERS 170.2628
4 PHAT RACKS BBQ 168.5600
5 A SIMPLE PIG 166.8228
6 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 163.4056
7 SPARKY'S BBQ 159.4516
8 CIDER BOYS BBQ 157.0856

Master Series — Bbq Side Dish

8 entries · top 174.2628 · median 167.9714

#TeamScore
1 BARBECUTIONERS 174.2628
2 HOKIE POKIE Q 172
3 CIDER BOYS BBQ 170.8572
4 PHAT RACKS BBQ 167.9772
5 A SIMPLE PIG 167.9656
6 SPARKY'S BBQ 166.9028
7 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 165.1084
8 UP-2 BBQ 159.9656

Master Series — Best Hangover Cure

8 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1200

#TeamScore
1 CIDER BOYS BBQ 177.7028
2 WALLY BBQ 177.1544
3 PHAT RACKS BBQ 174.8800
4 UP-2 BBQ 172.5600
5 A SIMPLE PIG 165.6800
6 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 165.0856
7 HOKIE POKIE Q 162.2284
8 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 144.5712

Master Series — Nebs Grilling

8 entries · top 686.1828 · median 673.6228

#TeamScore
1 BARBECUTIONERS 686.1828
2 UP-2 BBQ 682.2284
3 HOKIE POKIE Q 677.7140
4 PHAT RACKS BBQ 677.6228
5 CIDER BOYS BBQ 669.6228
6 A SIMPLE PIG 666.7656
7 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 655.3024
8 SPARKY'S BBQ 643.4628

Master Series — Red Chili

8 entries · top 178.8800 · median 171.7142

#TeamScore
1 UP-2 BBQ 178.8800
2 CIDER BOYS BBQ 176.5600
3 PHAT RACKS BBQ 174.8456
4 A SIMPLE PIG 173.1656
5 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 170.2628
6 BARBECUTIONERS 167.3828
7 HOKIE POKIE Q 165.6684
8 SPARKY'S BBQ 165.1428

Master Series — Wings

8 entries · top 174.2744 · median 165.6800

#TeamScore
1 BARBECUTIONERS 174.2744
2 UP-2 BBQ 169.6800
3 HOKIE POKIE Q 168.5828
4 PHAT RACKS BBQ 166.2400
5 CIDER BOYS BBQ 165.1200
6 A SIMPLE PIG 158.8116
7 SMOKE SHOW BBQ 156.5256
8 SPARKY'S BBQ 151.9656

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