A new contest record
691.9656
highest overall ever cooked here
691.9656 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 691.3712 Big Raz BBQ set in 2019.
- old record 691.3712
- set 2019 by Big Raz BBQ
Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 2021
Oct 2–3, 2021 · Braintree, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground · State championship
Reps: Bill Wright, Kim Wright · Prize money: $3,000
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY won Grand Champion at the Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES on October 2, 2021 in Braintree, VT at Abel Mountain Campground, scoring 691.9656 in a field of 16 teams. A MAZIE Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.6228. Category winners: Chicken — FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY (176.5944); Pork Ribs — FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY (177.1428); Pork — A MAZIE Q (178.8572); Brisket — FOUR SMOKING GUYS (177.7028). This is the 3rd of 18 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Big Raz BBQ; the next was held in 2022.
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.
611.91
median 655.32
691.97 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176.59
- Pork Ribs 177.14
- Pork 178.86
- Brisket 177.70
147.34
178.86
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
16
4 judged meats
Top score
691.9656
Winning margin
2.3428
GC over RC
Field average
658.56
611.91691.97
median 655.32 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4744 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
646.7084
611.91691.97
10th place overall
Field spread
80.0572
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,000
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 65%
beats 35% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
26%
8 of 31 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,558
avg power rating going in · stronger than 45% of contests
Storylines (8 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 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
A knife fight at the top
3.4972
points across the top five
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4972 points.
- 1st FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY
- 2nd A MAZIE Q
- 3rd PADDY MCQ'S
- 4th FOUR SMOKING GUYS
- 5th Rogue Hog BBQ
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 2–3: FOUR SMOKING GUYS and PADDY MCQ'S tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: PADDY MCQ'S and A MAZIE Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Jailbreak BBQ and A MAZIE Q tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
- Pork 9–10 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 11th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 11th
- Brisket 2nd
A contest record in brisket
177.7028
best brisket ever cooked here
FOUR SMOKING GUYS turned in 177.7028 in brisket — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
- old best 176.0000
- across 2 past editions
The contest returns
2.1 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 2.1 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-09-07.
- previous edition 2019-09-07
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)
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2018 | 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 ← this one | 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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 173.1200 | 163.3944 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 167.4172 | 165.6800 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 168 | 163.9772 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.4172 | 161.6572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 691.9656 · median 655.3200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 3 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 4 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 5 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 6 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 7 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 8 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 9 | Nightrain BBQ Company | |
| 10 | Smokin' Barrels BBQ - VT | |
| 11 | SQUEELS ON WHEELS | |
| 12 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 13 | smokin good times ME | |
| 14 | Big BarQ BBQ | |
| 15 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | Big Bad BBQ |
Chicken
16 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 3 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 4 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 5 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 6 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 7 | Nightrain BBQ Company | |
| 8 | smokin good times ME | |
| 9 | Smokin' Barrels BBQ - VT | |
| 10 | SQUEELS ON WHEELS | |
| 11 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 12 | Big BarQ BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | Big Bad BBQ | |
| 15 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 16 | SUWHEE Q |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 2 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 3 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | smokin good times ME | |
| 6 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 7 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 8 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokin' Barrels BBQ - VT | |
| 10 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 11 | Nightrain BBQ Company | |
| 12 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 13 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | Big BarQ BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Bad BBQ | |
| 16 | SQUEELS ON WHEELS |
Pork
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 2 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 3 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 4 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 5 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokin' Barrels BBQ - VT | |
| 8 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 9 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 10 | Nightrain BBQ Company | |
| 11 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 12 | Big BarQ BBQ | |
| 13 | SQUEELS ON WHEELS | |
| 14 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | smokin good times ME | |
| 16 | Big Bad BBQ |
Brisket
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 2 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 3 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | SQUEELS ON WHEELS | |
| 6 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | Jailbreak BBQ | |
| 8 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 9 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 10 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 11 | Nightrain BBQ Company | |
| 12 | Big BarQ BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Bad BBQ | |
| 14 | Smokin' Barrels BBQ - VT | |
| 15 | smokin good times ME | |
| 16 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM |