Record Book CT
The whole sport in one place — records, dynasties, and where the fire burns hottest, from 23 scored contests. Data grows nightly.
Showing the CT record book — the stats, scores, championships, fields, category difficulty and season trend below are all limited to contests held in CT. Longest streaks, Team of the Year and the cross-region contest map stay global.
Contests scored
23
of 25 tracked
Teams
194
2509 result rows
Reps
11
Perfect 180s
13 🔥
all-time, all categories
The sport over time in CT (contests per season, and the average winning score at full 4-meat contests)
Hot in 2026 🔥
| Team | GCs this season |
|---|---|
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 1 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 1 |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 1 |
Closest championships ever
Highest overall contest scores
Highest category scores
Chicken
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Pigs on the Block Connecticut Barbecue Challenge · 2025-07-12 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 2 | Brookside BBQ Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) · 2026-04-10 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 3 | PADDY MCQ'S Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2026-04-11 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 4 | ELJEFE SMOKE Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2026-04-11 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 5 | ELJEFE SMOKE Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES · 2026-06-13 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 6 | House of Que Connecticut Barbecue Challenge · 2024-07-12 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 7 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) · 2024-07-12 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 8 | BOGGS HOG BBQ Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) · 2025-04-11 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 9 | CHARTER SMOKE Hartford Rib Off · 2019-06-14 |
180.0000 🔥 |
| 10 | Meat Monarchy Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2026-04-11 |
179.4400 |
Pork Ribs
Pork
Brisket
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2025-04-12 |
178.8572 |
| 2 | BIG RAZ BBQ Hartford Rib Off · 2019-06-14 |
178.8572 |
| 3 | Grandpa Val's BBQ Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2026-04-11 |
177.7028 |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES · 2026-06-13 |
177.7028 |
| 5 | ELJEFE SMOKE Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) · 2024-04-12 |
177.7028 |
| 6 | BOGGS HOG BBQ Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2025-04-12 |
177.7028 |
| 7 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2025-04-12 |
177.7028 |
| 8 | LG bbq Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) · 2024-04-13 |
177.1428 |
| 9 | Waypoint BBQ Connecticut Barbecue Challenge · 2024-07-12 |
177.1428 |
| 10 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES · 2023-04-15 |
176.5828 |
Perfect 180s (most recent)
Team of the Year champions (national program — all regions)
| Year | Series | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Backyard | Rollin Smoke BBQ 🏆 | 1331 |
| 2026 | Master | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 🏆 | 2366 |
| 2025 | Backyard | Electro-Que-ted 🏆 | 1414 |
| 2025 | Master | GETTIN' BASTED 🏆 | 2826 |
| 2024 | Backyard | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ 🏆 | 1404 |
| 2024 | Master | CHUNKY BBQ 🏆 | 2734 |
| 2023 | Master | JANKY LEG BBQ 🏆 | 2773 |
| 2022 | Master | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit 🏆 | 2761 |
| 2021 | Master | GETTIN' BASTED 🏆 | 2804 |
| 2020 | Master | GETTIN' BASTED 🏆 | 2670 |
| 2019 | Master | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 🏆 | 2774 |
| 2018 | Master | GETTIN' BASTED 🏆 | 2840 |
| 2017 | Master | CLARK CREW BBQ 🏆 | 2850 |
| 2016 | Master | PORKY BUTTS BBQ 🏆 | 2846 |
| 2015 | Master | CLARK CREW BBQ 🏆 | 2843 |
| 2014 | Master | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 🏆 | 2936 |
| 2013 | Master | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 🏆 | 2940 |
| 2013 | Master | TRUEBUD BBQ 🏆 | 2940 |
Most grand championships
Most reserve championships
| Team | RCs |
|---|---|
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 3 |
| BIG RAZ BBQ | 2 |
| FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | 2 |
| CHARTER SMOKE | 1 |
| Up-2 BBQ | 1 |
| Q Shanty | 1 |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 1 |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 1 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 1 |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 1 |
Most category wins
Longest top-10 streaks (global)
| Team | Streak |
|---|---|
| Westside BBQ | 33 active |
| PARKSTAD SMOKERS | 30 active |
| Too Sauced BBQ | 29 |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 27 |
| The BBQ Ranch | 26 active |
| Sensuous BBQ | 25 |
| D’Qued Barbeque | 23 |
| SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | 23 |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 22 active |
| Backcorner BBQ | 22 |
| Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | 21 |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 21 |
| The Antwerp Smokers | 20 active |
| BBQ+ | 20 |
| Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | 20 |
Most consecutive GCs (global)
| Team | In a row |
|---|---|
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 6 🏆 |
| Sweaty Hogs | 4 🏆 |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 4 🏆 |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 4 🏆 |
| FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | 4 🏆 |
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 4 🏆 |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 4 🏆 |
| Under the Radar | 4 🏆 |
| FIRE & SHINE BBQ | 3 🏆 |
| BLUE CHIP BBQ | 3 🏆 |
| Curly Bird BBQ | 3 🏆 |
| DAWGS BBQ | 3 🏆 |
| Dog Bite Barbecue | 3 🏆 |
| Fire Pig | 3 🏆 |
| FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | 3 🏆 |
Most active reps
| Rep | Events |
|---|---|
| KIM WRIGHT | 16 |
| BILL WRIGHT | 16 |
| JEFF CHAMBERS | 3 |
| JAKE NICHOLS | 3 |
| ABIGAIL NICHOLS | 3 |
| REGINA BODNAR | 2 |
| STEVE BEDWELL | 1 |
| LESLIE LOVELY | 1 |
| JONATHAN AMIDEI | 1 |
| DON LOVELY | 1 |
| CONNIE AMIDEI | 1 |
Biggest contests
Category difficulty (which meat is toughest to score in CT)
| Category | Entries | Avg score | Avg winning score | Perfect 180s | 180s per 1,000 entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisket toughest room | 437 | 164.06 | 177.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Pork Ribs | 528 | 165.10 | 177.12 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Pork | 440 | 165.49 | 177.68 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Chicken | 535 | 166.88 | 178.80 | 9 | 16.8 |
Sorted by average score — the category at the top scores lowest across the whole field, which usually means the judges are hardest to please there.