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KCBS in Rhode Island RI

13 tracked contests over 9.8 years, 181 teams on the scoresheets — the 65th busiest of 94 regions on file.

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At a glance

Contests

13
9 scored

This season

0
contests in 2026

Teams competed

181
distinct teams on record

Typical field

34
teams · biggest 50

Avg winning score

685.07
Master · of 720 · best 694.83

Avg category score

161.18
across 1,211 meat entries

Perfect 180s

0
0 per 1,000 entries

Grand champions

9
titles handed out here

State championships

2 🏅
on the calendar

Towns

6
7 venues · 13 recurring contests

Seasons on record

9
2013 – 2023

Published purses

$13,225
across 2 contests that listed one

Cancelled

2
not counted as contests held

How Rhode Island stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)

The bar is Rhode Island's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.

Regions like this one

Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.

Season by season

Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.

SeasonContestsTeamsAvg fieldBiggest Avg winBest180sState titles
2023 2 58 50 50 694.83 694.83 — 1 events →
2022 1 — — — — — — — events →
2019 1 36 36 36 691.39 691.39 — 1 events →
2018 1 37 37 37 676.58 676.58 — — events →
2017 1 24 24 24 681.07 681.07 — — events →
2016 1 34 34 34 679.95 679.95 — — events →
2015 1 37 37 37 689.81 689.81 — — events →
2014 2 37 21 33 687.45 689.76 — — events →
2013 1 46 46 46 677.13 677.13 — — events →

Contests per season (up to 2026)

When they cook (month of year)

Field depth over time (average teams per contest, and teams competing that season)

What it took to win (average Master winning score, and 180s scored)

How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)

A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored. Rhode Island marks pork hardest — 3.56 points below the rest of the sport.

MeatAvg herevs sportEntries180s180s /1k
Chicken 162.85 -2.31 302 0 0
Pork Ribs 161.06 -2.56 304 0 0
Pork 160.74 -3.56 304 0 0
Brisket 160.07 -2.15 301 0 0

Top teams who cook here (by power rating)

Power rankTeamRating
#26SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA1868
#33APORKALYPSE NOW1860
#36INSANE SWINE BBQ1857
#74PADDY MCQ'S1823
#97BIG RAZ BBQ1810
#103FIRE DOWN BELOW1806
#104FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY1805
#106Piggin' Whiskey1804
#108OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE1801
#127SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS1788
#156MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ1776
#169LO' -N- SLO' BBQ1770
#172ELJEFE SMOKE1769
#199Top Gun Barbecue1757
#217BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ1752

The regulars (most contests cooked in Rhode Island)

TeamContestsGCsLast
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA8—May 6, 2023
FIRE DOWN BELOW8—May 6, 2023
INSANE SWINE BBQ72May 6, 2023
BEVERAGE BROTHERS71Sep 28, 2019
Smokin Aces71Sep 28, 2019
FOUR SMOKING GUYS7—May 6, 2023
Rogue Hog BBQ61Sep 28, 2019
ACK-QUE6—Sep 28, 2019
PADDY MCQ'S5—May 6, 2023
THE DEVINE SWINE5—Jul 22, 2016
FLATLANDER BARBECUE5—Sep 28, 2019
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ42Jul 22, 2016

Highest scores in Rhode Island (Master · /720)

ScoreTeamWhere
694.8344INSANE SWINE BBQ HOGS 4 HEROES May 6, 2023
692.5368SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA HOGS 4 HEROES May 6, 2023
691.3944Rogue Hog BBQ Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Sep 28, 2019
690.1940FIRE DOWN BELOW Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Sep 28, 2019
689.8060STUBBORN BULL BBQ Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Jul 17, 2015
689.7600Smokin Aces Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Jul 18, 2014
689.0740BIG RAZ BBQ Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Sep 28, 2019
687.9884ACK-QUE Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Sep 28, 2019
685.1316BEVERAGE BROTHERS BBQ Masters in the Woods Sep 6, 2014
684.5144INSANE SWINE BBQ Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Sep 28, 2019

Most GCs in Rhode Island

TeamGCs
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ2
INSANE SWINE BBQ2
STUBBORN BULL BBQ1
Rogue Hog BBQ1
Smokin Aces1
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team1
BEVERAGE BROTHERS1

Where it happens (towns in Rhode Island)

TownContestsSeasonsAvg fieldLast
Kingston4438Jul 22, 2016
Lincoln31—Apr 10, 2022
Jamestown2150May 6, 2023
West Kingston2231Oct 20, 2018
Hope Valley1136Sep 28, 2019
Foster118Sep 6, 2014

Reps who work Rhode Island

RepContestsLast
Bill Jones1May 6, 2023
Louise Weidner1May 6, 2023
Robert McKee1May 6, 2023
Scott Grinstead1Apr 10, 2022
Steve Grinstead1Apr 10, 2022
Jeff Chambers1Sep 25, 2021
Don Lovely1Sep 28, 2019
Leslie Lovely1Sep 28, 2019

State championships 🏅

ContestTeamsGrand champion
HOGS 4 HEROES May 6, 2023 50 Insane Swine BBQ
Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Sep 28, 2019 36 Rhode Hog BBQ

Where else these teams cook

Of the 173 teams with a recorded finish in Rhode Island, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.

RegionShared teamsShare of the field hereContests they cooked there
Connecticut CT 104 60% 35 compare →
Massachusetts MA 101 58% 36 compare →
New York NY 92 53% 72 compare →
New Hampshire NH 82 47% 17 compare →
Maine ME 79 46% 21 compare →
New Jersey NJ 68 39% 61 compare →
Vermont VT 66 38% 21 compare →
Pennsylvania PA 50 29% 104 compare →

On the map (every mapped contest in Rhode Island — tap a pin)

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