New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

2026-07-11 – 2026-07-12 · North Wildwood, NJ · 📍 201 New Jersey Ave · State championship

Reps: ABIGAIL NICHOLS, PHIL AARONSON, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $9,200.00

Grand Champion: B's Que (704.5256) · 62 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bogg's Hog BBQ

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B's Que

704.5256 · Master Series — Overall

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Bogg's Hog BBQ

697.7140 · Master Series — Overall

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Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ

697.6572 · Master Series — Overall

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.

149.68 median 665.36 704.53 🏆

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 177.15
Pork 179.44
Brisket 177.14

135.36 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

704.5256

Winning margin

6.8116

GC over RC

Field average

644.28

149.68704.53

median 665.36 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

B's Que (Chicken), Truckers Choice BBQ (Chicken), Chunky BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.2168

149.68704.53

10th place overall

Field spread

554.8456

winner to last place

Prize money

$9,200.00

on the line

Most consistent

B's Que

avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 0.5828 pts — Cooks N Hooks

How hot was the win?

Top 16%

beats 84% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

71%

45 of 63 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Weak

ρ = -0.23 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1527

avg power rating going in · stronger than 20% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOGGS HOG BBQ

rated 1847 pre-contest

Storylines (11 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 new contest record

704.5256 highest overall ever cooked here

704.5256 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 703.9772 Chunky BBQ set in 2023.

old record 703.9772
set 2023 by Chunky BBQ

An upset on the books

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

B'S QUE came in rated below the field's top team, BOGGS HOG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1697
top seed 1847

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.

B's Que · Chicken
Truckers Choice BBQ · Chicken
Chunky 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 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: B's Que and Truckers Choice BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Truckers Choice BBQ and Chunky BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit and Pig Candy Barbeque Co. tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 2–3 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

B's Que won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

B's Que took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 15th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 15th
Pork 1st
Brisket 8th

A contest record in pork

179.4400 best pork ever cooked here

B's Que turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 11 earlier editions.

old best 178.8572
across 11 past editions

Back to defend

4 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, 2024), Pig Candy Barbeque Co. (won 2025).

LOCAL SMOKE BBQ · 2013, 2017
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT · 2015, 2018
Chunky BBQ · 2022, 2023, 2024
Pig Candy Barbeque Co. · 2025

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

71% of last edition’s field returned

45 of 63 teams from 2025-07-12 came back

45 of the 63 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.

🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit · 2013 → 2026 · won it 3× · 11 Jul 2026 · shared with at least 9 others
🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · LOCAL SMOKE BBQ · 2013 → 2026 · won it 2× · 11 Jul 2026 · shared with at least 9 others
🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · B'S QUE · 2013 → 2026 · won it 1× · 11 Jul 2026 · shared with at least 9 others
🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · BIG BAD WOLVES · 2013 → 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 · shared with at least 9 others
🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ · 2013 → 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 · shared with at least 9 others
🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · Palm tree smokehouse · 2013 → 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 · shared with at least 9 others
#9 🛡️ Most consecutive wins at one contest 3 editions won back to back · CHUNKY BBQ · 2022–2024, straight · 13 Jul 2024

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)

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	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 ← this one	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	176.5600	173.1200
Pork Ribs	177.1544	175.4172	173.7144
Pork	179.4400	175.4172	174.2628
Brisket	177.1428	173.7028	172.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

62 entries · top 704.5256 · median 665.3604

#	Team	Score
1	B's Que	704.5256
2	Bogg's Hog BBQ	697.7140
3	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	697.6572
4	Good Googly Goo BBQ	695.3600
5	Philly Blind Pig BBQ	693.6804
6	Second Helping BBQ-PA	691.9312
7	Cooks N Hooks	690.2744
8	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	689.0856
9	Chunky BBQ	688.4568
10	Truckers Choice BBQ	686.2168
11	Ain't That Rich	685.6340
12	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	685.5996
13	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	685.5880
14	Red and Black BBQ Shack	685.0284
15	Backwooder BBQ	682.7312
16	Up in Smokers	681.6000
17	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	681.0512
18	Nice Racks	677.6112
19	RumplePigSkin BBQ	676.4684
20	Sons Of Hamarchy	676.4456
21	Weekend Smokers	675.9088
22	Cosmic Q	675.3600
23	Yard Sale BBQ	675.3144
24	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	675.2912
25	Palm Tree Smokehouse	672.9940
26	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	671.3372
27	Oldman's Backyard B B Que	670.1716
28	Poppa-Q-BBQ	670.1484
29	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	669.0288
30	Fat Rocky BBQ	667.8628
31	Local Smoke BBQ	666.2060
32	LilHambones	664.5148
33	Lucy Lu Barbecue	663.3256
34	Philly Smoke	661.0060
35	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	657.0288
36	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	654.7660
37	GQ Barbecue and Catering	653.0400
38	Swine and Cheese	651.8740
39	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	651.8516
40	Bubber's BBQ	651.3144
41	Cow Coffin BBQ	647.3260
42	The Grill Guys	644.9716
43	Smokin Time	633.5544
44	Big Butt's BBQ	633.4972
45	Mitch's Barbecue	632.3540
46	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	631.8288
47	Pop Pop's Ribs	631.2576
48	Jim's Piney Q	628.4572
49	Porkaholics	627.3488
50	Smoked BologneBrothers	627.2456
51	BOY-KIN-Q	625.5432
52	Wannabe BBQ Team	616.4456
53	SmokeAholics	616.3544
54	Bar B Q Dat	614.6628
55	Sweet Breezy BBQ	611.3260
56	MB BarbeQue	605.1428
57	Philly Wooder BBQ	602.6628
58	South Jersey BBQ Boyz	597.5200
59	Big Bad Wolves	568.3200
60	Carvers Que	502.7540
61	Doughboys bbq	446.2060
62	Cookin' With Coach	149.6800

Chicken

61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	B's Que	180.0000 🔥
2	Truckers Choice BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	Chunky BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	Bogg's Hog BBQ	178.2972
5	Good Googly Goo BBQ	176.5600
6	Philly Blind Pig BBQ	176.0116
7	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	174.2628
8	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	173.7028
9	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	173.1200
10	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	173.1200
11	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	173.1084
12	Big Butt's BBQ	172.5484
13	Nice Racks	172.0000
14	Up in Smokers	171.9656
15	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	170.8572
16	Cooks N Hooks	170.8456
17	Second Helping BBQ-PA	170.8228
18	RumplePigSkin BBQ	170.8228
19	Backwooder BBQ	170.8112
20	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	169.6800
21	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	169.6800
22	Fat Rocky BBQ	169.6800
23	Poppa-Q-BBQ	169.1200
24	Local Smoke BBQ	168.5716
25	Lucy Lu Barbecue	168.5600
26	Red and Black BBQ Shack	168.5256
27	Palm Tree Smokehouse	167.9772
28	Ain't That Rich	167.4056
29	Carvers Que	167.3828
30	Jim's Piney Q	167.3828
31	Oldman's Backyard B B Que	166.2400
32	GQ Barbecue and Catering	165.1084
33	Cosmic Q	165.0972
34	Weekend Smokers	165.0972
35	Smokin Time	164.5600
36	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	163.9888
37	Smoked BologneBrothers	163.9656
38	Bubber's BBQ	163.9428
39	Swine and Cheese	163.4172
40	Sons Of Hamarchy	163.3944
41	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	162.2744
42	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	162.2284
43	LilHambones	161.1432
44	BOY-KIN-Q	161.1316
45	Cow Coffin BBQ	161.1316
46	Philly Smoke	160.5260
47	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	159.9544
48	Mitch's Barbecue	159.3712
49	The Grill Guys	158.2056
50	Philly Wooder BBQ	157.7144
51	Yard Sale BBQ	157.6688
52	Bar B Q Dat	155.4056
53	SmokeAholics	153.6572
54	Pop Pop's Ribs	152.5028
55	Doughboys bbq	151.9772
56	Sweet Breezy BBQ	151.3944
57	South Jersey BBQ Boyz	151.3828
58	Porkaholics	150.2056
59	MB BarbeQue	146.8228
60	Wannabe BBQ Team	143.3828
61	Big Bad Wolves	135.3600

Pork Ribs

62 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.0972

#	Team	Score
1	Cooks N Hooks	177.1544
2	Local Smoke BBQ	176.5716
3	Good Googly Goo BBQ	176.0000
4	Oldman's Backyard B B Que	175.4172
5	Red and Black BBQ Shack	175.4172
6	Ain't That Rich	175.4056
7	Palm Tree Smokehouse	175.4056
8	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	174.8572
9	Bogg's Hog BBQ	174.8456
10	Weekend Smokers	173.7144
11	Yard Sale BBQ	173.1200
12	Second Helping BBQ-PA	172.5600
13	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	172.5484
14	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	172.0000
15	B's Que	171.9656
16	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	171.9656
17	Up in Smokers	171.4172
18	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	170.8456
19	Big Butt's BBQ	170.2744
20	Carvers Que	169.7028
21	RumplePigSkin BBQ	169.7028
22	Philly Blind Pig BBQ	169.6800
23	Nice Racks	168.5600
24	Philly Smoke	168.5372
25	Chunky BBQ	168.5256
26	Truckers Choice BBQ	167.4056
27	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	167.3944
28	Backwooder BBQ	167.3828
29	Cow Coffin BBQ	166.8228
30	LilHambones	165.6916
31	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	165.0972
32	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	165.0972
33	Sons Of Hamarchy	165.0856
34	Lucy Lu Barbecue	164.5600
35	GQ Barbecue and Catering	164.5372
36	Poppa-Q-BBQ	164.5256
37	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	163.9772
38	Swine and Cheese	163.9656
39	BOY-KIN-Q	163.9428
40	Porkaholics	163.4172
41	Cosmic Q	163.4056
42	Jim's Piney Q	162.8228
43	Fat Rocky BBQ	162.2400
44	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	161.6916
45	Smokin Time	160.5372
46	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	159.9772
47	Pop Pop's Ribs	159.9544
48	The Grill Guys	158.2172
49	Mitch's Barbecue	156.5256
50	Wannabe BBQ Team	155.9656
51	Bubber's BBQ	155.9428
52	Bar B Q Dat	154.2400
53	MB BarbeQue	153.7256
54	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	153.7028
55	South Jersey BBQ Boyz	153.6800
56	SmokeAholics	153.1084
57	Sweet Breezy BBQ	153.0972
58	Smoked BologneBrothers	151.3600
59	Cookin' With Coach	149.6800
60	Doughboys bbq	148.5600
61	Philly Wooder BBQ	147.9428
62	Big Bad Wolves	143.9428

Pork

59 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8228

#	Team	Score
1	B's Que	179.4400
2	Good Googly Goo BBQ	178.8572
3	Ain't That Rich	178.2972
4	Philly Blind Pig BBQ	177.1544
5	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	175.4172
6	Second Helping BBQ-PA	175.4056
7	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	174.8572
8	Backwooder BBQ	174.2744
9	Sons Of Hamarchy	174.2628
10	Nice Racks	174.2628
11	Red and Black BBQ Shack	173.1200
12	Yard Sale BBQ	172.5600
13	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	172.5484
14	Up in Smokers	171.9772
15	Bogg's Hog BBQ	171.4284
16	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	170.8228
17	Bubber's BBQ	170.2744
18	Weekend Smokers	170.2628
19	Chunky BBQ	170.2512
20	Cosmic Q	169.7144
21	LilHambones	169.6800
22	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	169.6684
23	Philly Smoke	169.1428
24	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	169.1084
25	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	168.5484
26	Swine and Cheese	168.5484
27	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	167.9772
28	GQ Barbecue and Catering	167.4400
29	Fat Rocky BBQ	167.3828
30	RumplePigSkin BBQ	166.8228
31	Cooks N Hooks	165.6916
32	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	165.6800
33	Lucy Lu Barbecue	165.6684
34	Truckers Choice BBQ	164.5484
35	The Grill Guys	164.5372
36	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	164.5256
37	Wannabe BBQ Team	163.4400
38	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	162.8000
39	SmokeAholics	161.6572
40	Poppa-Q-BBQ	161.0856
41	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	159.3600
42	Oldman's Backyard B B Que	158.8228
43	Palm Tree Smokehouse	158.7884
44	Sweet Breezy BBQ	158.2744
45	Local Smoke BBQ	158.2516
46	Pop Pop's Ribs	158.2516
47	Mitch's Barbecue	158.2172
48	Cow Coffin BBQ	157.6800
49	Bar B Q Dat	156.5372
50	Smoked BologneBrothers	156.5028
51	Smokin Time	154.2172
52	BOY-KIN-Q	153.0972
53	Porkaholics	152.5944
54	MB BarbeQue	151.9428
55	Philly Wooder BBQ	150.8000
56	Jim's Piney Q	150.2972
57	South Jersey BBQ Boyz	149.6800
58	Big Butt's BBQ	144.4800
59	Big Bad Wolves	139.9772

Brisket

61 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.5256

#	Team	Score
1	Cosmic Q	177.1428
2	Cooks N Hooks	176.5828
3	Poppa-Q-BBQ	175.4172
4	Truckers Choice BBQ	174.2628
5	Sons Of Hamarchy	173.7028
6	Bogg's Hog BBQ	173.1428
7	Second Helping BBQ-PA	173.1428
8	B's Que	173.1200
9	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	173.1200
10	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	172.5600
11	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	172.5600
12	Yard Sale BBQ	171.9656
13	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	171.4172
14	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	170.8456
15	Philly Blind Pig BBQ	170.8344
16	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	170.8344
17	Palm Tree Smokehouse	170.8228
18	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	170.8112
19	Backwooder BBQ	170.2628
20	Oldman's Backyard B B Que	169.6916
21	Chunky BBQ	169.6800
22	RumplePigSkin BBQ	169.1200
23	Fat Rocky BBQ	168.5600
24	LilHambones	168.0000
25	Red and Black BBQ Shack	167.9656
26	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	167.3828
27	Weekend Smokers	166.8344
28	Up in Smokers	166.2400
29	Carvers Que	165.6684
30	Lucy Lu Barbecue	164.5372
31	Ain't That Rich	164.5256
32	The Grill Guys	164.0116
33	Good Googly Goo BBQ	163.9428
34	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	162.8344
35	Local Smoke BBQ	162.8112
36	Philly Smoke	162.8000
37	Nice Racks	162.7884
38	Cow Coffin BBQ	161.6916
39	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	161.6572
40	Bubber's BBQ	161.1544
41	Porkaholics	161.1316
42	Pop Pop's Ribs	160.5488
43	Mitch's Barbecue	158.2400
44	GQ Barbecue and Catering	155.9544
45	Swine and Cheese	155.9428
46	Smoked BologneBrothers	155.4172
47	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	155.3716
48	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	154.2744
49	Smokin Time	154.2400
50	Wannabe BBQ Team	153.6572
51	MB BarbeQue	152.6516
52	Big Bad Wolves	149.0400
53	Sweet Breezy BBQ	148.5600
54	Bar B Q Dat	148.4800
55	Jim's Piney Q	147.9544
56	SmokeAholics	147.9316
57	BOY-KIN-Q	147.3716
58	Philly Wooder BBQ	146.2056
59	Big Butt's BBQ	146.1944
60	Doughboys bbq	145.6688
61	South Jersey BBQ Boyz	142.7772

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 — Best Burger

45 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.0856 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	B's Que	180.0000 🔥
2	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	178.8572
3	The Grill Guys	178.8572
4	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	177.7028
5	Sons Of Hamarchy	173.7144
6	Backwooder BBQ	173.1316
7	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	173.1200
8	Wannabe BBQ Team	173.1200
9	Up in Smokers	170.8228
10	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	170.2972
11	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	170.2628
12	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	169.1772
13	Red and Black BBQ Shack	169.1544
14	SmokeAholics	168.5372
15	Palm Tree Smokehouse	168.0344
16	Philly Blind Pig BBQ	166.8572
17	Fat Rocky BBQ	166.8344
18	South Jersey BBQ Boyz	166.8228
19	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	166.2516
20	Nice Racks	166.2400
21	Mitch's Barbecue	165.7144
22	Cookin' With Coach	165.1772
23	RumplePigSkin BBQ	165.0856
24	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	164.5256
25	Yard Sale BBQ	163.9772
26	Ain't That Rich	163.9656
27	BOY-KIN-Q	163.4400
28	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	163.3828
29	Second Helping BBQ-PA	162.8572
30	Doughboys bbq	162.8228
31	Sweet Breezy BBQ	162.8228
32	Philly Wooder BBQ	162.2856
33	Local Smoke BBQ	162.2400
34	Smokin Time	162.2400
35	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	161.7028
36	LilHambones	161.6800
37	Poppa-Q-BBQ	161.6572
38	Swine and Cheese	159.9656
39	Big Bad Wolves	159.4400
40	Cow Coffin BBQ	158.8344
41	Porkaholics	157.0972
42	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	152.6056
43	Philly Smoke	152.5256
44	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	151.4172
45	Bar B Q Dat	148.5372

Ancillary — Dessert

40 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	180.0000 🔥
2	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	Carvers Que	180.0000 🔥
4	Up in Smokers	180.0000 🔥
5	Sons Of Hamarchy	180.0000 🔥
6	Sweet Breezy BBQ	178.2972
7	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	178.2972
8	Wannabe BBQ Team	177.7028
9	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	177.7028
10	RumplePigSkin BBQ	177.7028
11	Poppa-Q-BBQ	177.1428
12	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	176.5600
13	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	176.5600
14	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	176.5600
15	Red and Black BBQ Shack	176.5600
16	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	175.4400
17	B's Que	175.4056
18	SmokeAholics	174.8800
19	Local Smoke BBQ	174.8572
20	Bar B Q Dat	173.7372
21	Bubber's BBQ	173.1200
22	Fat Rocky BBQ	172.0228
23	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	171.9772
24	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	169.1428
25	Lucy Lu Barbecue	169.1428
26	Philly Blind Pig BBQ	169.1428
27	Swine and Cheese	169.1084
28	The Grill Guys	166.8572
29	Philly Smoke	166.2284
30	Second Helping BBQ-PA	165.1772
31	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	164.5712
32	Nice Racks	163.9544
33	Smokin Time	163.9312
34	Pop Pop's Ribs	163.4628
35	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	160.5256
36	Ain't That Rich	159.4400
37	Big Bad Wolves	158.8344
38	Cow Coffin BBQ	155.9428
39	Backwooder BBQ	150.2972
40	LilHambones	149.6800

Kids-Q — Kids-Q Hot Dogs

11 entries · top 174.2628 · median 169.6684

#	Team	Score
1	Philly Smoke	174.2628
2	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	174.2628
3	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	172.5828
4	Bar B Q Dat	171.9772
5	Truckers Choice BBQ	170.8228
6	SmokeAholics	169.6684
7	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	169.1200
8	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	166.8228
9	The Grill Guys	165.1316
10	LilHambones	164.5716
11	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	162.2856

Kids-Q — Kids-Q Shrimp

8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	180.0000 🔥
2	Local Smoke BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	Bar B Q Dat	177.1544
4	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	176.5944
5	Philly Smoke	176.5600
6	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	175.4056
7	LilHambones	170.2628
8	Lucy Lu Barbecue	168.5372

Ancillary — Sauce

46 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.8342

#	Team	Score
1	Fat Rocky BBQ	177.7028
2	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	176.5944
3	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	174.8456
4	Lucy Lu Barbecue	174.2972
5	Nice Racks	174.2628
6	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	174.2628
7	Poppa-Q-BBQ	173.7144
8	Truckers Choice BBQ	173.7028
9	Pig Candy Barbeque Co.	173.1428
10	Philly Wooder BBQ	173.1084
11	Jim's Piney Q	172.5484
12	Swine and Cheese	171.9656
13	Smokin Time	171.4172
14	Pop Pop's Ribs	171.4056
15	Mates Nice Rack BBQ	170.8456
16	SmokeAholics	170.8228
17	Yard Sale BBQ	170.8112
18	Glazed and Infused New Jersey BBQ	170.8112
19	Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team	170.8112
20	Ain't That Rich	169.6912
21	Cow Coffin BBQ	169.6800
22	Weekend Smokers	169.1200
23	Smokin With Pops BBQ Team	169.1084
24	LilHambones	168.5600
25	Up in Smokers	168.5600
26	RumplePigSkin BBQ	167.3828
27	Local Smoke BBQ	167.3712
28	Chunky BBQ	166.8800
29	Backwooder BBQ	166.2284
30	Second Helping BBQ-PA	165.1084
31	South Jersey BBQ Boyz	164.5372
32	Sons Of Hamarchy	164.5256
33	The Grill Guys	164.5140
34	Packanack Lake BBQ Club	163.9656
35	B's Que	163.9312
36	Big Bad Wolves	163.3944
37	Carvers Que	162.8456
38	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	162.8344
39	Sauce Em &Toss Em Bbq	162.2856
40	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	161.6456
41	Wannabe BBQ Team	161.1084
42	Bar B Q Dat	158.2512
43	Red and Black BBQ Shack	157.6684
44	Porkaholics	157.6684
45	Sweet Breezy BBQ	154.2512
46	Doughboys bbq	153.0512

New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

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This contest over the years full contest page →

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Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Best Burger

Ancillary — Dessert

Kids-Q — Kids-Q Hot Dogs

Kids-Q — Kids-Q Shrimp

Ancillary — Sauce