2023-09-08 – 2023-09-09 · Braintree, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground · State championship
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $4,000.00
Grand Champion: Smokin' Hoggz (693.6800) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Dirt Bag Barbeque
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 2025 — 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 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
Smokin' Hoggz won here last time out too — 3 straight editions of this contest.
3 of 15 tracked editions
Smokin' Hoggz has won this contest 3 times across its 15 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: Dirt Bag Barbeque and STICKS & STONES BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: CIDER BOYS BBQ and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: Angry Cock BBQ and Let It Smoke Barbecue tied on 171.9772 — 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 brisket at 12th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fire At the End of the Day (won 2021).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-08 | Randolph, VT | Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd | 33 | 675.9772 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | SMOKIN ACES |
| 2019-09-07 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 31 | 691.3712 | Big Raz BBQ | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| 2021-10-02 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 16 | 691.9656 | Fire At the End of the Day | A MAZIE Q |
| 2022-09-16 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 18 | 698.8000 | Smokin' Hoggz | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2022-09-17 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 705.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2023-09-08 ← this one | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 693.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | Dirt Bag Barbeque |
| 2023-09-10 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7028 | Up In Your Grill | — |
| 2023-09-10 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 174.2972 | Up-2 BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 698.2284 | Chunky BBQ | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 177.7144 | Eljefe Smoke | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 11 | 173.1084 | Humphrey's BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-14 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 702.8228 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| 2025-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 25 | 710.2856 | Sticks & Stones BBQ | ELJEFE SMOKE |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 12 | 176.5600 | Smokin Hoggz BBQ - MA | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 14 | 177.1544 | ElJefe Smoke | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Braintree, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 172.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 171.9772 | 168.5944 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 171.9772 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 167.4056 |
26 entries · top 693.6800 · median 671.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 3 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 4 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 5 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 6 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 7 | Live Q or Die | |
| 8 | ACK-QUE | |
| 9 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 10 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 11 | iQue | |
| 12 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 14 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 15 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 16 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 17 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 18 | smokin good times ME | |
| 19 | SCHWEBS BBQ | |
| 20 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 21 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 22 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 23 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 24 | Titans of BBQ | |
| 25 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 26 | BK's Smokehouse |
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 3 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 4 | Live Q or Die | |
| 5 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 6 | smokin good times ME | |
| 7 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 8 | Titans of BBQ | |
| 9 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 10 | ACK-QUE | |
| 11 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 12 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 14 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 15 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 16 | iQue | |
| 17 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 18 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 19 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 20 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 21 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 22 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 23 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 24 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 25 | SCHWEBS BBQ | |
| 26 | BK's Smokehouse |
26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | ACK-QUE | |
| 3 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 4 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 5 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 7 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 8 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 9 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 10 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 11 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 12 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 13 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 14 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 15 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 16 | smokin good times ME | |
| 17 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 18 | iQue | |
| 19 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 20 | SCHWEBS BBQ | |
| 21 | Live Q or Die | |
| 22 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 23 | Titans of BBQ | |
| 24 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 25 | BK's Smokehouse | |
| 26 | Mullen It Over BBQ |
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 2 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 3 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 4 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 5 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 6 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 7 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 8 | iQue | |
| 9 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 10 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 11 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 12 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 13 | Live Q or Die | |
| 14 | SCHWEBS BBQ | |
| 15 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 16 | ACK-QUE | |
| 17 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 18 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 19 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 20 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 21 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 22 | Titans of BBQ | |
| 23 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 24 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 25 | smokin good times ME | |
| 26 | BK's Smokehouse |
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 2 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 3 | Live Q or Die | |
| 4 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 5 | iQue | |
| 6 | SCHWEBS BBQ | |
| 7 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 8 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 9 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 10 | smokin good times ME | |
| 11 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 13 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 15 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 16 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 17 | ACK-QUE | |
| 18 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 19 | Rub Sweat and Beers | |
| 20 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 21 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 22 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 23 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 24 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 25 | Titans of BBQ | |
| 26 | BK's Smokehouse |