2023-04-22 – 2023-04-23 · Blairstown, NJ · 📍 Triple Brook Camping Resort · State championship
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, LOUISE WEIDNER · Prize money: $4,000.00
Grand Champion: Top Gun Barbecue (698.2172) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 83% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1200 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
TOP GUN BARBECUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 of 18 tracked editions
Grandpa Val's BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 18 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4172 points.
Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and UP-2 BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: UP-2 BBQ and Grandpa Val's BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: Grandpa Val's BBQ and DIG'N N PIG'N tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
BLUE & GRAY BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2018).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-28 | Blairstown, NJ | 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 | 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 ← this one | 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 | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 172.5716 | 171.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 172.5828 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 173.7028 | 168.5600 | 150.7772 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 170.8228 | 162.8228 | 147.9428 |
30 entries · top 698.2172 · median 673.3202
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 176.5716 · median 167.9772
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5600
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6684
10 entries · top 342.7884 · median 330.8000
10 entries · top 173.7028 · median 167.1372
10 entries · top 170.8228 · median 162.5256