A dynasty in the making
4×
wins at this contest
4 of 18 tracked editions
Grandpa Val's BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 18 tracked editions.
- 2025
- 2025
- 2026
- 2026
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) 2023
Apr 21, 2023 · Blairstown, NJ · 📍 Triple Brook Camping Resort
Reps: Jeff Chambers, Louise Weidner · Prize money: $500
Full results from the New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) 2023, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on April 21, 2023 in Blairstown, NJ at Triple Brook Camping Resort. Live Q or Die took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ (177.7144). This is the 4th of 18 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Wolf's Revenge; the next was held in 2023.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Chicken totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
154.26
median 169.39
177.71 🏆
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
12
1 judged meat
Top score
177.7144
Winning margin
4.5600
1st over 2nd in Chicken
Field average
168.22
154.26177.71
Chicken · median 169.39 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
6.8916 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
164
154.26177.71
10th place in Chicken
Field spread
23.4512
winner to last place
Prize money
$500
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 54%
beats 46% of 5580 Chicken wins in the data
Came back for more
2%
1 of 43 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines (3 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
decided the closest call
Chicken places 5–6: SmoKEN Meatz and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
The contest returns
4 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 4 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-04-27.
- previous edition 2019-04-27
This contest's own records (2 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)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2018 | Blairstown, NJ | 58 Honey Run Rd, Triple Brook Camping Resort | 40 | 681.6456 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | GOOD SMOKE BBQ |
| Apr 27, 2019 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 43 | 691.9544 | Fire Down Below | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 36 | 701.1316 | Wolf's Revenge | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| Apr 21, 2023 ← this one | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 12 | 177.7144 | Good Googly Goo BBQ | — |
| Apr 22, 2023 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 30 | 698.2172 | Top Gun Barbecue | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| Apr 22, 2023 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 9 | 178.8572 | Blue & Gray BBQ | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 29 | 702.8228 | Boggs Hog BBQ | CHUNKY BBQ |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 11 | 178.2972 | Piggin' Whiskey | — |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 27 | 701.7144 | Boggs Hog BBQ | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 8 | 178.8800 | SmoKen Meats | — |
| May 2, 2025 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 33 | 701.6684 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| May 2, 2025 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 21 | 177.7144 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | — |
| May 3, 2025 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 34 | 705.1084 | Boggs Hog BBQ | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ |
| May 3, 2025 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 14 | 177.1544 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | — |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 26 | 691.9776 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | House of Que |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 10 | 178.8572 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | — |
| Apr 18, 2026 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 26 | 707.3944 | ElJefe Smoke | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| Apr 18, 2026 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 170.8228 | 164 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Chicken
12 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.3942