Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

2019-09-07 – 2019-09-08 · Braintree, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground · State championship

Reps: DON LOVELY, LESLIE LOVELY · Prize money: $5,225.00

Grand Champion: Big Raz BBQ (691.3712) · 31 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ

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BIG RAZ BBQ

691.3712 · Master Series — Overall

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MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ

683.4060 · Master Series — Overall

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PADDY MCQ'S

679.9888 · Master Series — Overall

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.

603.85 median 653.59 691.37 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 175.42
Pork Ribs 178.88
Pork 178.30
Brisket 173.17

143.35 178.88

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

691.3712

Winning margin

7.9652

GC over RC

Field average

652.99

603.85691.37

median 653.59 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

2.3432 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.3488

603.85691.37

10th place overall

Field spread

87.5196

winner to last place

Prize money

$5,225.00

on the line

Most consistent

BIG RAZ BBQ

avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 3.4628 pts — BIG RAZ BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 66%

beats 34% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

64%

21 of 33 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1585

avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA

rated 1873 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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 new contest record

691.3712 highest overall ever cooked here

691.3712 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 675.9772 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ set in 2018.

old record 675.9772
set 2018 by MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ

A dynasty in the making

3× wins at this contest

3 of 15 tracked editions

Smokin' Hoggz has won this contest 3 times across its 15 tracked editions.

2022
2022
2023

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 8–9: HUMPHREY'S BBQ and FIRE DOWN BELOW tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: A MAZIE Q edged WALLY BBQ by 0.0228. Brisket places 7–8: INSANE SWINE BBQ edged PADDY MCQ'S by 0.0228.

Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
Brisket 3–4 · 0.0228
Brisket 7–8 · 0.0228
Chicken 6–7 · 0.0344

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG RAZ BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

Chicken 11th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 8th
Brisket 2nd

A contest record in pork

178.2972 best pork ever cooked here

A MAZIE Q turned in 178.2972 in pork — past the 171.9772 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 171.9772
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ (won 2018).

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ · 2018

This contest's own records (3 in the KCBS record book)

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

🥇 👑 Most wins at one contest 4 titles at a single contest · SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA · won 2022–2024 · 14 Sep 2024 · shared with 5 others
#5 🏛️ Longest-running contest 15 editions on file · 2018 → 2025 · about 20 teams a year · 20 Sep 2025
#10 🛡️ Most consecutive wins at one contest 3 editions won back to back · Smokin' Hoggz · 2022–2023, straight · 8 Sep 2023

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2018-09-08	Randolph, VT	Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd	33	675.9772	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	SMOKIN ACES
2019-09-07 ← this one	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	31	691.3712	Big Raz BBQ	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
2021-10-02	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	16	691.9656	Fire At the End of the Day	A MAZIE Q
2022-09-16	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	18	698.8000	Smokin' Hoggz	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
2022-09-17	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	26	705.6800	Smokin' Hoggz	TOP GUN BARBECUE
2023-09-08	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	26	693.6800	Smokin' Hoggz	Dirt Bag Barbeque
2023-09-10	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	11	177.7028	Up In Your Grill	—
2023-09-10	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	11	174.2972	Up-2 BBQ	—
2024-09-13	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	25	698.2284	Chunky BBQ	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY
2024-09-13	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	11	177.7144	Eljefe Smoke	—
2024-09-13	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	11	173.1084	Humphrey's BBQ	—
2024-09-14	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	25	702.8228	Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA	ELJEFE SMOKE
2025-09-19	Braintree, VT	—	—	—	—	—
2025-09-20	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	25	710.2856	Sticks & Stones BBQ	ELJEFE SMOKE
2025-09-20	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	12	176.5600	Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA	—
2025-09-20	Braintree, VT	Abel Mountain Campground	14	177.1544	ElJefe Smoke	—
2026-09-19	Braintree, VT	—	—	—	—	—
2026-09-19	Braintree, VT	—	—	—	—	—
2026-09-19	Braintree, VT	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	175.4172	172.5484	170.8228
Pork Ribs	178.8800	171.4400	166.8688
Pork	178.2972	170.8688	167.9884
Brisket	173.1660	170.8228	167.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 691.3712 · median 653.5888

#	Team	Score
1	BIG RAZ BBQ	691.3712
2	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	683.4060
3	PADDY MCQ'S	679.9888
4	PIRATESBBQ	678.2056
5	FIRE DOWN BELOW	677.6116
6	A MAZIE Q	675.3944
7	UP-2 BBQ	674.8000
8	INSANE SWINE BBQ	670.1600
9	WHAT THE PORK?	668.5256
10	Rogue Hog BBQ	667.3488
11	WALLY BBQ	661.6344
12	FAT TIGER BBQ	661.1316
13	THE PIG'S PAJAMAS	658.7544
14	Pig Data BBQ	656.0572
15	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	654.7428
16	HUMPHREY'S BBQ	653.5888
17	NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	652.5488
18	SMOKE THIS L.I.	652.5376
19	Beantown Smokers	647.3140
20	The Passionate Grille	647.3028
21	SQUEELS ON WHEELS	641.7032
22	SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT	637.5772
23	Smokin' Good Times ME	635.9204
24	BARBEDUDES	635.3488
25	Team GottaQ	633.5884
26	SWAMP DONKEY KREATIONS	631.2344
27	Old Man Jeff	629.0172
28	Smokin' Bulldogs	627.8172
29	TEAM MEAT BBQ	627.3600
30	CIDER BOYS BBQ	626.6972
31	Big BarQ BBQ	603.8516

Chicken

31 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.4284

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE DOWN BELOW	175.4172
2	The Passionate Grille	174.8916
3	Pig Data BBQ	174.3200
4	A MAZIE Q	174.2628
5	UP-2 BBQ	172.5484
6	Rogue Hog BBQ	172.0116
7	HUMPHREY'S BBQ	171.9772
8	PADDY MCQ'S	171.4516
9	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	171.4172
10	PIRATESBBQ	170.8228
11	BIG RAZ BBQ	170.8228
12	THE PIG'S PAJAMAS	170.8228
13	WALLY BBQ	169.6684
14	Smokin' Good Times ME	169.1428
15	WHAT THE PORK?	167.4516
16	Beantown Smokers	167.4284
17	Smokin' Bulldogs	166.2744
18	NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	166.2512
19	FAT TIGER BBQ	164.5828
20	Team GottaQ	164.0228
21	INSANE SWINE BBQ	162.8000
22	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	162.2856
23	SWAMP DONKEY KREATIONS	160.5256
24	SMOKE THIS L.I.	159.3944
25	BARBEDUDES	158.2972
26	SQUEELS ON WHEELS	157.7144
27	Old Man Jeff	153.1200
28	TEAM MEAT BBQ	151.4056
29	Big BarQ BBQ	151.3944
30	CIDER BOYS BBQ	150.8344
31	SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT	150.2288

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 161.0972

#	Team	Score
1	BIG RAZ BBQ	178.8800
2	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	175.4172
3	UP-2 BBQ	173.7144
4	PIRATESBBQ	172.5716
5	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	171.4400
6	WHAT THE PORK?	169.7028
7	SQUEELS ON WHEELS	168.5944
8	HUMPHREY'S BBQ	167.9772
9	FIRE DOWN BELOW	167.9772
10	Smokin' Good Times ME	166.8688
11	INSANE SWINE BBQ	166.2400
12	FAT TIGER BBQ	163.9656
13	The Passionate Grille	163.9656
14	SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT	163.4400
15	BARBEDUDES	162.8344
16	PADDY MCQ'S	161.0972
17	THE PIG'S PAJAMAS	160.5600
18	TEAM MEAT BBQ	159.9772
19	Smokin' Bulldogs	159.9772
20	NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	158.8228
21	WALLY BBQ	158.2744
22	Pig Data BBQ	158.2628
23	SWAMP DONKEY KREATIONS	158.2400
24	CIDER BOYS BBQ	157.1316
25	SMOKE THIS L.I.	156.5604
26	Rogue Hog BBQ	152.5144
27	Old Man Jeff	151.9544
28	A MAZIE Q	151.3944
29	Beantown Smokers	151.3600
30	Team GottaQ	150.2400
31	Big BarQ BBQ	144.5144

Pork

31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.2744

#	Team	Score
1	A MAZIE Q	178.2972
2	PADDY MCQ'S	177.1772
3	Rogue Hog BBQ	176.5600
4	PIRATESBBQ	174.8572
5	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	170.8688
6	INSANE SWINE BBQ	170.8344
7	Old Man Jeff	169.7372
8	BIG RAZ BBQ	169.7028
9	SMOKE THIS L.I.	169.1200
10	Beantown Smokers	167.9884
11	UP-2 BBQ	167.4400
12	FAT TIGER BBQ	165.7144
13	WHAT THE PORK?	163.4056
14	FIRE DOWN BELOW	163.3944
15	Team GottaQ	162.8112
16	WALLY BBQ	162.2744
17	BARBEDUDES	161.7028
18	SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT	160.5372
19	Big BarQ BBQ	159.4056
20	THE PIG'S PAJAMAS	159.3944
21	SWAMP DONKEY KREATIONS	158.8000
22	Smokin' Good Times ME	156.5600
23	TEAM MEAT BBQ	156.0000
24	Smokin' Bulldogs	155.3484
25	CIDER BOYS BBQ	154.7884
26	NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	154.3088
27	Pig Data BBQ	153.1544
28	HUMPHREY'S BBQ	151.9772
29	The Passionate Grille	150.7884
30	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	149.6344
31	SQUEELS ON WHEELS	149.1200

Brisket

31 entries · top 173.1660 · median 166.2628

#	Team	Score
1	NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	173.1660
2	BIG RAZ BBQ	171.9656
3	A MAZIE Q	171.4400
4	WALLY BBQ	171.4172
5	FIRE DOWN BELOW	170.8228
6	Pig Data BBQ	170.3200
7	INSANE SWINE BBQ	170.2856
8	PADDY MCQ'S	170.2628
9	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	169.6800
10	THE PIG'S PAJAMAS	167.9772
11	WHAT THE PORK?	167.9656
12	SMOKE THIS L.I.	167.4628
13	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	167.4056
14	FAT TIGER BBQ	166.8688
15	SQUEELS ON WHEELS	166.2744
16	Rogue Hog BBQ	166.2628
17	CIDER BOYS BBQ	163.9428
18	SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT	163.3712
19	HUMPHREY'S BBQ	161.6572
20	UP-2 BBQ	161.0972
21	Beantown Smokers	160.5372
22	TEAM MEAT BBQ	159.9772
23	PIRATESBBQ	159.9540
24	The Passionate Grille	157.6572
25	Team GottaQ	156.5144
26	Old Man Jeff	154.2056
27	SWAMP DONKEY KREATIONS	153.6688
28	BARBEDUDES	152.5144
29	Big BarQ BBQ	148.5372
30	Smokin' Bulldogs	146.2172
31	Smokin' Good Times ME	143.3488

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 — Something On A Stick

8 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.8628

#	Team	Score
1	NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	176.5600
2	FAT TIGER BBQ	174.2972
3	WALLY BBQ	172.0000
4	CIDER BOYS BBQ	171.4628
5	WHAT THE PORK?	166.2628
6	Smokin' Bulldogs	163.3940
7	Big BarQ BBQ	158.2168
8	SQUEELS ON WHEELS	148.5372

Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

Back to defend

This contest's own records (3 in the KCBS record book)

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 →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Something On A Stick