New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

2023-04-21 – 2023-04-22 · Blairstown, NJ · 📍 Triple Brook Camping Resort · State championship

Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, LOUISE WEIDNER · Prize money: $5,000.00

Grand Champion: Wolf's Revenge (701.1316) · 36 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY

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WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

701.1316 · Master Series — Overall

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FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY

698.7884 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA

688.4684 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

6 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

701.1316

Winning margin

2.3432

GC over RC

Field average

649.32

median 662.76

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.1940

10th place overall

Field spread

390.9484

winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 4.0000 pts — Beefy Bros BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 42%

beats 58% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

39%

of the 51 teams with a home region came from outside NJ

Came back for more

14%

6 of 43 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1542

avg power rating going in · stronger than 47% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit

rated 1794 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Grandpa Val's BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 18 tracked editions.

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: TOP GUN BARBECUE and DIG'N N PIG'N tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 7–8: SmoKEN Meatz and PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB tied on 172.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 3–4: FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2018).

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2018-04-28		58 Honey Run Rd, Triple Brook Camping Resort	40	681.6456	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	GOOD SMOKE BBQ
2019-04-27	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	43	691.9544	Fire Down Below	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
2023-04-21 ← this one	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	36	701.1316	Wolf's Revenge	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY
2023-04-21	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	12	177.7144	Good Googly Goo BBQ	—
2023-04-22	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	30	698.2172	Top Gun Barbecue	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
2023-04-22	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	9	178.8572	Blue & Gray BBQ	—
2024-04-19	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	29	702.8228	Boggs Hog BBQ	CHUNKY BBQ
2024-04-19	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	11	178.2972	Piggin' Whiskey	—
2024-04-20	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	27	701.7144	Boggs Hog BBQ	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ
2024-04-20	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	8	178.8800	SmoKen Meats	—
2025-05-02	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	33	701.6684	Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ
2025-05-02	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	21	177.7144	Grandpa Val's BBQ	—
2025-05-03	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	34	705.1084	Boggs Hog BBQ	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
2025-05-03	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	14	177.1544	Grandpa Val's BBQ	—
2026-04-17	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	26	691.9776	Grandpa Val's BBQ	House of Que
2026-04-17	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	10	178.8572	Grandpa Val's BBQ	—
2026-04-18	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	26	707.3944	ElJefe Smoke	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ
2026-04-18	Blairstown, NJ	Triple Brook Camping Resort	8	177.7144	Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Master Series — Chicken	178.2972	173.1200	170.8228
Master Series — Pork Ribs	175.4288	169.6800	167.4744
Master Series — Pork	178.2972	173.1316	170.8344
Master Series — Brisket	176.5600	173.7028	169.7032
Backyard Series — Chicken	174.2744	167.3828	159.9544
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs	171.4172	166.2628	154.2516

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

36 entries · top 701.1316 · median 662.7602

#	Team	Score
1	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	701.1316
2	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	698.7884
3	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	688.4684
4	PADDY MCQ'S	683.3260
5	CHUNKY BBQ	679.2912
6	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	678.7660
7	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	675.9088
8	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	675.3144
9	TOP GUN BARBECUE	674.2172
10	Grandpa Val's BBQ	674.1940
11	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	672.5260
12	Dirt Bag Barbeque	672.4340
13	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	671.3488
14	DIG'N N PIG'N	670.7312
15	4 BOXERS Q	669.0624
16	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	666.1832
17	Live Q or Die	663.8744
18	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	663.3832
19	UP-2 BBQ	662.1372
20	MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ	661.0172
21	POPPA Q-BBQ	660.9484
22	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	660.4344
23	COOKS N HOOKS	659.9204
24	DonSquatch Bbq	656.4572
25	SmoKEN Meatz	656.4116
26	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	655.2684
27	Second Helping BBQ -PA	653.6116
28	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	644.9600
29	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	639.7600
30	CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ	635.8056
31	Bayshore BBQ	634.5940
32	FAT TIGER BBQ	627.8744
33	Disco Brisket BBQ	619.2236
34	Rick's Flight Crew BBQ	587.2000
35	Smokin J's BBQ	570.7544
36	Nine Echo	310.1832

Chicken

36 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5486

#	Team	Score
1	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	178.2972
2	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	176.5716
3	POPPA Q-BBQ	175.4172
4	PADDY MCQ'S	173.1316
5	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	173.1200
6	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	173.1084
7	TOP GUN BARBECUE	172.5600
8	DIG'N N PIG'N	172.5600
9	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	172.5484
10	Live Q or Die	170.8228
11	SmoKEN Meatz	170.8228
12	Grandpa Val's BBQ	170.8112
13	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	170.2628
14	Dirt Bag Barbeque	170.2512
15	UP-2 BBQ	169.6800
16	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	169.1428
17	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	168.5600
18	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	168.5600
19	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	168.5372
20	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	168.5372
21	CHUNKY BBQ	167.3828
22	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	165.0972
23	MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ	163.9772
24	Second Helping BBQ -PA	163.4172
25	Disco Brisket BBQ	162.8116
26	4 BOXERS Q	161.7256
27	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	161.1084
28	DonSquatch Bbq	159.9660
29	COOKS N HOOKS	158.8228
30	CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ	158.8228
31	Bayshore BBQ	157.0512
32	Nine Echo	152.4916
33	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	148.4684
34	FAT TIGER BBQ	147.9200
35	Rick's Flight Crew BBQ	146.2172
36	Smokin J's BBQ	141.0972

Pork Ribs

36 entries · top 175.4288 · median 163.3886

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	175.4288
2	MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ	174.2972
3	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	173.7144
4	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	172.0000
5	PADDY MCQ'S	169.6800
6	Dirt Bag Barbeque	169.1316
7	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	169.1200
8	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	168.5832
9	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	167.9772
10	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	167.4744
11	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	167.4288
12	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	167.3944
13	DonSquatch Bbq	167.3828
14	CHUNKY BBQ	166.8228
15	TOP GUN BARBECUE	165.1316
16	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	164.5484
17	Grandpa Val's BBQ	163.4400
18	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	163.3944
19	Second Helping BBQ -PA	163.3828
20	SmoKEN Meatz	162.8344
21	COOKS N HOOKS	162.8344
22	4 BOXERS Q	161.6456
23	Live Q or Die	161.1088
24	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	160.5028
25	POPPA Q-BBQ	159.9428
26	DIG'N N PIG'N	158.2400
27	Nine Echo	157.6916
28	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	155.9316
29	CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ	155.9200
30	FAT TIGER BBQ	154.8228
31	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	154.8116
32	Bayshore BBQ	154.7656
33	Disco Brisket BBQ	152.4916
34	UP-2 BBQ	151.3600
35	Rick's Flight Crew BBQ	147.9200
36	Smokin J's BBQ	142.3200

Pork

35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8456

#	Team	Score
1	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	178.2972
2	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	177.7028
3	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	176.5600
4	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	174.2744
5	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	173.1316
6	Dirt Bag Barbeque	173.1200
7	SmoKEN Meatz	172.5716
8	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	172.5716
9	4 BOXERS Q	171.9884
10	PADDY MCQ'S	170.8344
11	UP-2 BBQ	170.2744
12	COOKS N HOOKS	169.7144
13	Second Helping BBQ -PA	169.6916
14	Live Q or Die	169.1428
15	CHUNKY BBQ	168.5256
16	DIG'N N PIG'N	168.5256
17	TOP GUN BARBECUE	167.9772
18	DonSquatch Bbq	166.8456
19	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	166.8228
20	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	166.2744
21	Bayshore BBQ	166.2400
22	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	165.6800
23	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	165.1200
24	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	165.0972
25	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	165.0972
26	FAT TIGER BBQ	164.5944
27	Grandpa Val's BBQ	163.9428
28	POPPA Q-BBQ	163.9428
29	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	163.3944
30	MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ	161.6456
31	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	157.6456
32	CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ	154.2284
33	Disco Brisket BBQ	152.5604
34	Smokin J's BBQ	146.8000
35	Rick's Flight Crew BBQ	146.2400

Brisket

35 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	CHUNKY BBQ	176.5600
2	Grandpa Val's BBQ	176.0000
3	FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	174.2628
4	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	174.2628
5	4 BOXERS Q	173.7028
6	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	171.4172
7	DIG'N N PIG'N	171.4056
8	UP-2 BBQ	170.8228
9	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	170.2628
10	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	169.7032
11	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	169.6916
12	PADDY MCQ'S	169.6800
13	COOKS N HOOKS	168.5488
14	TOP GUN BARBECUE	168.5484
15	CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ	166.8344
16	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	166.2516
17	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	165.6800
18	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	165.1200
19	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	165.0972
20	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	164.5140
21	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	163.9312
22	Live Q or Die	162.8000
23	DonSquatch Bbq	162.2628
24	POPPA Q-BBQ	161.6456
25	MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ	161.0972
26	FAT TIGER BBQ	160.5372
27	Dirt Bag Barbeque	159.9312
28	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	157.6456
29	Second Helping BBQ -PA	157.1200
30	Bayshore BBQ	156.5372
31	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	156.5028
32	Disco Brisket BBQ	151.3600
33	SmoKEN Meatz	150.1828
34	Rick's Flight Crew BBQ	146.8228
35	Smokin J's BBQ	140.5372

Backyard Series

Overall

15 entries · top 343.9772 · median 321.6460

#	Team	Score
1	Beefy Bros BBQ	343.9772
2	STICKS & STONES BBQ	337.6572
3	Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ	335.9428
4	Weber's Backyard BBQ	333.0856
5	Brewski's BBQ Competition Team	328.5144
6	Lucky Q BBQ	328.4916
7	Leaning Jowler BBQ	327.3716
8	We Like Pig Butts BBQ	321.6460
9	Zoni-Q	319.3372
10	Oldman's Backyard B B QUE	317.0284
11	Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ	314.8000
12	Big Butts BBQ	310.1600
13	Smokin' Goat %231	298.8116
14	Twigs and Berries BBQ	296.5144
15	Greenlight BBQ	134.8344

Chicken

14 entries · top 174.2744 · median 165.4058

#	Team	Score
1	Beefy Bros BBQ	174.2744
2	Lucky Q BBQ	170.2744
3	Brewski's BBQ Competition Team	169.6800
4	STICKS & STONES BBQ	167.3944
5	Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ	167.3828
6	Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ	166.8572
7	Leaning Jowler BBQ	166.2744
8	Oldman's Backyard B B QUE	164.5372
9	Weber's Backyard BBQ	161.6684
10	We Like Pig Butts BBQ	159.9544
11	Big Butts BBQ	158.2172
12	Zoni-Q	153.0744
13	Smokin' Goat %231	144.5600
14	Twigs and Berries BBQ	144.5372

Pork Ribs

15 entries · top 171.4172 · median 158.8344

#	Team	Score
1	Weber's Backyard BBQ	171.4172
2	STICKS & STONES BBQ	170.2628
3	Beefy Bros BBQ	169.7028
4	Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ	168.5600
5	Zoni-Q	166.2628
6	We Like Pig Butts BBQ	161.6916
7	Leaning Jowler BBQ	161.0972
8	Brewski's BBQ Competition Team	158.8344
9	Lucky Q BBQ	158.2172
10	Smokin' Goat %231	154.2516
11	Oldman's Backyard B B QUE	152.4912
12	Twigs and Berries BBQ	151.9772
13	Big Butts BBQ	151.9428
14	Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ	147.9428
15	Greenlight BBQ	134.8344

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 — Dessert

6 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.4230

#	Team	Score
1	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	177.7028
2	Bayshore BBQ	177.1428
3	CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ	174.8572
4	Grandpa Val's BBQ	171.9888
5	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	166.2628
6	Beefy Bros BBQ	165.7256

New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

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?

Traveled in

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

📸 Photo finishes

🛡️ Back to defend

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

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

Backyard Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Dessert