They will not let it go
3 in a row
editions of this contest
Chunky BBQ won here last time out too — 3 straight editions of this contest.
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
2024-07-13 – 2024-07-14 · North Wildwood, NJ · 📍 201 New Jersey Ave · State championship
Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, JEFF CHAMBERS, LOUISE WEIDNER · Prize money: $9,200.00
Grand Champion: Chunky BBQ (695.3944) · 62 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
425.54
median 650.46
695.39 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180.00 🔥
- Pork Ribs 174.86
- Pork 174.30
- Brisket 177.18
126.81
180.00
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
62
4 judged meats · 5 ancillary
Top score
695.3944
Winning margin
2.3088
GC over RC
Field average
643.01
425.54695.39
median 650.46 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
1.7372 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
678.7652
425.54695.39
10th place overall
Field spread
269.8516
winner to last place
Prize money
$9,200.00
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 52%
beats 48% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
75%
48 of 64 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.51 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1528
avg power rating going in · stronger than 20% of contests
Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A day of perfect scores
3
perfect 180s
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- CHUNKY BBQ · Chicken
- GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ · Chicken
- GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ · Chicken
A dynasty in the making
3×
wins at this contest
3 of 12 tracked editions
Chunky BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 12 tracked editions.
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: CHUNKY BBQ and GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ and GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: PIG CANDY BARBEQUE CO. and BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork 8–9 · tie
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
CHUNKY BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 15th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 15th
- Brisket 4th
Back to defend
3
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LOCAL SMOKE BBQ (won 2013, 2017), UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (won 2015, 2018), Chunky BBQ (won 2022, 2023).
- LOCAL SMOKE BBQ · 2013, 2017
- UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT · 2015, 2018
- Chunky BBQ · 2022, 2023
One of the big ones
62
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 93% of the 5,410 contests in the data
62 teams made this a bigger field than 93% of every contest tracked.
They keep coming back
75%
of last edition’s field returned
48 of 64 teams from 2023-07-14 came back
48 of the 64 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
This contest's own records (7 in the KCBS record book)
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-12 | North Wildwood, NJ | North Wildwood, NJ | 65 | 655.3940 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | RIBS WITHIN |
| 2014-07-11 | North Wildwood, NJ | North Wildwood, NJ 08260 | 65 | 670.3088 | GONEHOGGIN.COM | SHADY CREW |
| 2015-07-10 | North Wildwood, NJ | North Wildwood, NJ 08260 | 65 | 667.9200 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | SLOWER LOWER BBQ |
| 2016-07-08 | North Wildwood, NJ | North Wildwood , NJ | 65 | 683.3372 | FINN'S FINEST BBQ | WILBUR'S REVENGE |
| 2017-07-07 | North Wildwood, NJ | 201 New Jersey Ave | 67 | 674.1480 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | FINN'S FINEST BBQ |
| 2018-07-14 | North Wildwood, NJ | North Wildwood, NJ 08260 | 64 | 690.2516 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |
| 2019-07-12 | North Wildwood, NJ | 201 New Jersey Ave | 64 | 689.6340 | Uncle Pigs Barbecue Pit | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2022-07-09 | North Wildwood, NJ | 201 New Jersey Ave | 61 | 703.3828 | Chunky BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2023-07-14 | North Wildwood, NJ | 201 New Jersey Ave | 64 | 703.9772 | Chunky BBQ | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| 2024-07-13 ← this one | North Wildwood, NJ | 201 New Jersey Ave | 62 | 695.3944 | Chunky BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2025-07-12 | North Wildwood, NJ | 201 New Jersey Ave | 63 | 694.2400 | Pig Candy Barbeque Co. | Big Butts BBQ |
| 2026-07-11 | North Wildwood, NJ | 201 New Jersey Ave | 62 | 704.5256 | B's Que | Bogg's Hog BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 173.1544 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 173.1200 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 174.2972 | 172.5484 | 170.2744 |
| Brisket | 177.1772 | 172.5716 | 169.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
62 entries · top 695.3944 · median 650.4574
Chicken
60 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1086 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
62 entries · top 174.8572 · median 163.3828
Pork
62 entries · top 174.2972 · median 162.2514
Brisket
62 entries · top 177.1772 · median 161.1200
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Burgers
40 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.3942
Ancillary — Dessert
38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Kids-Q — Lamb
4 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.6970
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philly Smoke | |
| 2 | Bar B Q Dat | |
| 3 | The Grill Guys | |
| 4 | Fatboyzz BBQ & Catering |
Kids-Q — Pizza
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5658 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | Philly Smoke | |
| 3 | Pork Island BBQ | |
| 4 | Pork Island BBQ Team B | |
| 5 | What's Smokin | |
| 6 | SWINE AND CHEESE | |
| 7 | Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Rub Me Tender BBQ Team |
Ancillary — Sauce
43 entries · top 177.7372 · median 164.5368