Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
2023-09-10 · Braintree, VT · 📍 Abel Mountain Campground
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT
Grand Champion: Up In Your Grill (177.7028) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 STICKS & STONES BBQ
Entries
11
1 judged meat
Top score
177.7028
Winning margin
3.4400
1st over 2nd
Field average
167.92
median 171.97
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
5.7256 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
154.8344
10th place overall
Field spread
23.4856
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 68%
beats 32% of 2791 Chicken wins in the data
Came back for more
42%
11 of 26 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Smokin' Hoggz has won this contest 3 times across its 15 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Up In Your Grill took the Grand Championship home to ME.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 4–5: Let It Smoke Barbecue and Team Sunrise BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Team Sunrise BBQ edged ELJEFE SMOKE by 0.0116. Chicken places 3–4: WHAT THE PORK? edged Let It Smoke Barbecue by 0.0572.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-08 | 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 | Braintree, VT | Abel Mountain Campground | 26 | 693.6800 | Smokin' Hoggz | Dirt Bag Barbeque |
| 2023-09-10 ← this one | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 154.8344 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Chicken
11 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 2 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 3 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 4 | Let It Smoke Barbecue | |
| 5 | Team Sunrise BBQ | |
| 6 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 7 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 8 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 9 | Angry Cock BBQ | |
| 10 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | BK's Smokehouse |