9th granite state bbq championship (Masters, people’s choice)
— national qualifier —
June 1-2, 2024
Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Merrimack NH
KCBS Masters BBQ Contest, June 2 (SUN) -- ENTRY FEE (27 Team Min, includes all 4 main categories):
$330 for Grass Field Sites <24’
$300 for Paved Lot Sites >24’
$275 for Paved Lot Sites >24’, 1200’ from turn-in (twice as far as other sites)
Pulled Pork People’s Choice Contest, June 1 (SAT) -- NO ENTRY FEE, supports chronically & terminally ill kids in NH, teams provided with (4) pork butts, sampling cups for 400 samples, (2) Bacon & Beer Festival tickets, $2,100 Prize Purse to Top 5
2023 Winners:
GRAND CHAMPION: Glazed & Infused NJ BBQ [709 SCORE]
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION: Brookside BBQ
3rd Place Overall: Paddy McQ
PEOPLE’S CHOICE CHAMPION: Live Q or Die [Top-Scoring NH Team]
2022 Winners:
GRAND CHAMPION: The Pig's Pajamas
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION: Four Smoking Guys
PEOPLE’S CHOICE CHAMPION: Bone Daddy's BBQ
2024 COMPETITORS — THIS EVENT SOLD OUT IN 2023!!
This contest is not a typical campground series contest and supports a non-profit fundraising festival. Please read all details and restrictions before applying.
SUNDAY MASTERS TEAMS (** Saturday People’s Choice) — 36 ($6,000 Prize Purse) as of 5.9.24
**Angry Cock BBQ Team
**BBQ Bandits
Big Bobby’s Q
Blue Nose Pitmasters
Brookside BBQ
**Canyon Riders BBQ
**Cider Boys BBQ
**CORBBQ
Cyclone BBQ
**El Jefe Smoke
**Fatkids BBQ
Fire At the End of the Day
Four Smoking Guys
**Hokie Pokie Q
**Hot Mess BBQ
**Jailbreak BBQ
**Let It Smoke BBQ
LG BBQ
**Live Q or Die
Morning Wood BBQ
Paddy McQ's
**Philly Blind Pig
**Pike’s Pits BBQ
Pistol Packin' Piggies
Pork Butt Paradise
**Professor Smoke
Q42
Ritchie Bros BBQ
Smokin' Boys & Hot Grills
Smokin' Good Times ME
Smokin' Hoggz
Sticks & Stones BBQ
Sunrise BBQ
**SuWhee Q
**Up 2 BBQ
**Up In Your Grill