Aug 8–9, 2026 · Canton, MA · 📍 100 Royall Street · State championship
Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $6,000
Smokin' Hoggz BBQ - MA won Grand Champion at the Trillium BBQ Throwdown on August 8, 2026 in Canton, MA at 100 Royall Street, scoring 700.5488 in a field of 25 teams. Iowa�s Smokey D�s BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.7772. Category winners: Chicken — Smokin' Hoggz BBQ - MA (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Smokin' Hoggz BBQ - MA (179.4400); Pork — Morning Wood BBQ (178.2972); Brisket — ELJEFE SMOKE (179.4400). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Fire at The End of The Day.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
700.5488 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 697.6340 Fire at The End of The Day set in 2025.
Wider than 87% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7716 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 4–5: Fire At The End of the Day and Sticks & Stones BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Canyon Riders BBQ and Mullen It Over BBQ tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: Morning Wood BBQ and Two Peas in a Pod tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Smokin' Hoggz BBQ - MA won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Smokin' Hoggz BBQ - MA took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 15th.
ELJEFE SMOKE turned in 179.4400 in brisket — past the 175.4056 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fire at The End of The Day (won 2025).
14 of 20 teams from 2025-08-09 came back
14 of the 20 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2025 | Canton, MA | 100 Royall Street | 20 | 697.6340 | Fire at The End of The Day | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Aug 8, 2026 ← this one | Canton, MA | 100 Royall Street | 25 | 700.5488 | Smokin' Hoggz BBQ - MA | Iowa�s Smokey D�s BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 170.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 175.4056 | 172.5828 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 169.1084 |
25 entries · top 700.5488 · median 676.4684
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1200
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9884