New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

2022-07-09 – 2022-07-10 · North Wildwood, NJ · 📍 201 New Jersey Ave · State championship

Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, LOUISE WEIDNER, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $8,800.00

Grand Champion: Chunky BBQ (703.3828) · 61 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

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CHUNKY BBQ

703.3828 · Master Series — Overall

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UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

695.4060 · Master Series — Overall

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Nice Racks

693.6572 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

703.3828

Winning margin

7.9768

GC over RC

Field average

640.02

median 646.11

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

CHUNKY BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.6800

10th place overall

Field spread

213.7368

winner to last place

Prize money

$8,800.00

on the line

Most consistent

CHUNKY BBQ

avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.4172 pts — TOP GUN BARBECUE

How hot was the win?

Top 33%

beats 67% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

25%

of the 61 teams with a home region came from outside NJ

Came back for more

55%

35 of 64 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.43 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1511

avg power rating going in · stronger than 15% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit

rated 1732 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Chunky BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 12 tracked editions.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 8–9: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and BUBBA'S BARBECUE tied on 172.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 172.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: B'S QUE edged GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ by 0.0112.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LOCAL SMOKE BBQ (won 2013, 2017), UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (won 2015, 2018).

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-07-12		North Wildwood, NJ	65	655.3940	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	RIBS WITHIN
2014-07-11		North Wildwood, NJ 08260	65	670.3088	GONEHOGGIN.COM	SHADY CREW
2015-07-10		North Wildwood, NJ 08260	65	667.9200	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	SLOWER LOWER BBQ
2016-07-08		North Wildwood , NJ	65	683.3372	FINN'S FINEST BBQ	WILBUR'S REVENGE
2017-07-07		201 New Jersey Ave	67	674.1480	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	FINN'S FINEST BBQ
2018-07-14		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 ← this one	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	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	174.2856	172.5600
Pork Ribs	174.8572	172.0000	170.2744
Pork	178.8572	174.2744	171.4972
Brisket	178.8572	173.7372	169.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

61 entries · top 703.3828 · median 646.1140

#	Team	Score
1	CHUNKY BBQ	703.3828
2	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	695.4060
3	Nice Racks	693.6572
4	BOGGS HOG BBQ	692.0116
5	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	691.4060
6	Sasquatch BBQ	690.8112
7	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	687.4176
8	TOP GUN BARBECUE	686.2632
9	DANTE'S INFERNO	678.8688
10	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	677.6800
11	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	674.2060
12	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	670.7544
13	Crescent Moon	669.6572
14	COOKS N HOOKS	669.6572
15	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	669.5884
16	BBQ Bob's Have' n a Bbq	669.5652
17	SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	669.0972
18	TOM TOM BOB A QUE	667.8628
19	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	667.4748
20	WEEKEND SMOKERS	665.1200
21	RGDBBQ	664.4108
22	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	663.3260
23	B'S QUE	659.9892
24	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	659.9316
25	Second Helping BBQ -PA	652.4456
26	Smokin Time	652.4228
27	POPPA Q-BBQ	650.1256
28	Carver's Que	649.6000
29	PalmTree Smokehouse	647.3028
30	Ain't That Rich	646.1372
31	Mitch's BBQ	646.1140
32	Fat Rocky bbq	644.9828
33	Philly Smoke	639.8748
34	SWINE AND CHEESE	639.8056
35	Yard Sale BBQ	637.1088
36	Moe Cason BBQ	637.0168
37	HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	634.2056
38	Bar B Q Dat	634.1828
39	Offshore BBQ	631.8052
40	MMM PORK PORK PORK	630.1256
41	What BBQ Team	630.0912
42	Up in smokers	629.0632
43	Smoked Encounters	626.6972
44	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	626.2172
45	Whats Smokin	621.4516
46	Smoke or Be Smoked	618.0912
47	Bayshore BBQ	617.5652
48	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	611.3144
49	Honey Bear BBQ	607.9660
50	Sweet Breezy BBQ	606.7204
51	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	606.6744
52	Team BoyBQ	605.5884
53	Smokin Lips BBQ	605.5544
54	POP POP'S RIBS	599.2684
55	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	584.4688
56	Haute Smoke	579.8628
57	Sons of Hamarchy	578.6628
58	Big Bad Wolves	577.0172
59	BEER BONES & BUTTS	559.0512
60	Beacon Barbecue	549.6460
61	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	489.6460

Chicken

61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5828 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	CHUNKY BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Nice Racks	177.7144
3	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	175.4172
4	BOGGS HOG BBQ	174.8456
5	POPPA Q-BBQ	174.2856
6	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	174.2628
7	Sasquatch BBQ	173.7028
8	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	172.5716
9	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	172.5716
10	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	172.5600
11	Crescent Moon	172.0000
12	TOM TOM BOB A QUE	171.9772
13	Smokin Time	171.9656
14	WEEKEND SMOKERS	171.4516
15	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	170.8228
16	COOKS N HOOKS	170.2856
17	TOP GUN BARBECUE	170.2744
18	What BBQ Team	169.7028
19	RGDBBQ	169.6684
20	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	169.1200
21	HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	168.5372
22	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	168.5372
23	BBQ Bob's Have' n a Bbq	168.5256
24	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	167.9772
25	SWINE AND CHEESE	167.9656
26	Honey Bear BBQ	166.3200
27	Fat Rocky bbq	166.2400
28	DANTE'S INFERNO	165.6916
29	Second Helping BBQ -PA	165.6912
30	B'S QUE	165.1316
31	Yard Sale BBQ	164.5828
32	SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	164.5600
33	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	164.5372
34	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	164.5372
35	Up in smokers	164.0000
36	Bayshore BBQ	163.9312
37	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	163.4056
38	Mitch's BBQ	163.3828
39	Philly Smoke	161.7144
40	Sweet Breezy BBQ	161.1660
41	Bar B Q Dat	161.1084
42	Moe Cason BBQ	160.5140
43	Whats Smokin	159.9544
44	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	159.4172
45	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	159.4172
46	Carver's Que	157.6456
47	BEER BONES & BUTTS	157.1200
48	Ain't That Rich	157.0972
49	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	155.4172
50	Smokin Lips BBQ	154.2628
51	MMM PORK PORK PORK	154.2400
52	POP POP'S RIBS	153.7028
53	Haute Smoke	152.5600
54	PalmTree Smokehouse	152.5372
55	Big Bad Wolves	152.5372
56	Smoke or Be Smoked	150.7884
57	Sons of Hamarchy	150.2400
58	Team BoyBQ	147.3940
59	Offshore BBQ	146.2284
60	Beacon Barbecue	143.9772
61	Smoked Encounters	141.6572

Pork Ribs

61 entries · top 174.8572 · median 162.8112

#	Team	Score
1	BBQ Bob's Have' n a Bbq	174.8572
2	DANTE'S INFERNO	174.2972
3	CHUNKY BBQ	174.2744
4	BOGGS HOG BBQ	173.1660
5	B'S QUE	172.0000
6	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	171.9888
7	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	171.9772
8	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	170.8572
9	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	170.3088
10	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	170.2744
11	SWINE AND CHEESE	170.2628
12	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	169.7260
13	TOM TOM BOB A QUE	169.6800
14	WEEKEND SMOKERS	169.1200
15	Nice Racks	169.1200
16	TOP GUN BARBECUE	168.5716
17	Sasquatch BBQ	168.5600
18	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	168.0116
19	Mitch's BBQ	167.9656
20	SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	167.4400
21	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	167.4288
22	Crescent Moon	167.4172
23	Ain't That Rich	166.2744
24	Offshore BBQ	166.2628
25	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	166.2516
26	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	166.2284
27	Smokin Time	165.1544
28	Moe Cason BBQ	164.5600
29	Philly Smoke	164.5372
30	RGDBBQ	162.8456
31	MMM PORK PORK PORK	162.8112
32	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	162.2628
33	Smoked Encounters	162.2400
34	What BBQ Team	160.5600
35	Carver's Que	160.5372
36	Bar B Q Dat	160.5372
37	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	160.5372
38	PalmTree Smokehouse	159.9772
39	COOKS N HOOKS	158.2516
40	HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	156.5372
41	Second Helping BBQ -PA	156.5028
42	Up in smokers	155.9660
43	Bayshore BBQ	154.8228
44	Honey Bear BBQ	153.6916
45	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	153.1200
46	Yard Sale BBQ	152.5488
47	Fat Rocky bbq	152.5256
48	POPPA Q-BBQ	151.3484
49	Team BoyBQ	150.2172
50	Whats Smokin	150.2056
51	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	149.0744
52	Smokin Lips BBQ	147.3832
53	Big Bad Wolves	146.8344
54	Beacon Barbecue	145.7144
55	POP POP'S RIBS	145.0972
56	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	144.5716
57	Smoke or Be Smoked	142.7772
58	Haute Smoke	141.0856
59	Sweet Breezy BBQ	139.9200
60	Sons of Hamarchy	138.2172
61	BEER BONES & BUTTS	112.8800

Pork

61 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2400

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	178.8572
2	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	177.1544
3	CHUNKY BBQ	176.0000
4	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	175.4400
5	Nice Racks	174.2744
6	Sasquatch BBQ	174.2628
7	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	173.7028
8	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	172.0116
9	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	172.0116
10	DANTE'S INFERNO	171.4972
11	SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	171.4056
12	BOGGS HOG BBQ	170.2628
13	HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	169.6912
14	Second Helping BBQ -PA	169.1200
15	Smokin Time	169.1200
16	TOP GUN BARBECUE	168.5600
17	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	168.5600
18	Ain't That Rich	167.9656
19	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	167.3828
20	RGDBBQ	167.3828
21	B'S QUE	166.3088
22	Philly Smoke	165.6916
23	TOM TOM BOB A QUE	165.6800
24	COOKS N HOOKS	165.6800
25	PalmTree Smokehouse	165.6684
26	Offshore BBQ	165.0856
27	Carver's Que	164.5828
28	WEEKEND SMOKERS	162.2628
29	Smoke or Be Smoked	162.2628
30	Whats Smokin	162.2516
31	Crescent Moon	162.2400
32	Fat Rocky bbq	161.6572
33	Smoked Encounters	161.0972
34	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	160.5372
35	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	160.5372
36	POPPA Q-BBQ	160.5144
37	Team BoyBQ	160.0000
38	BBQ Bob's Have' n a Bbq	158.8112
39	Bar B Q Dat	158.2744
40	POP POP'S RIBS	157.6684
41	Mitch's BBQ	157.6456
42	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	156.0000
43	MMM PORK PORK PORK	155.9316
44	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	154.8000
45	What BBQ Team	154.7656
46	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	153.7028
47	Moe Cason BBQ	153.6800
48	Yard Sale BBQ	152.5600
49	SWINE AND CHEESE	151.9544
50	Sons of Hamarchy	151.9428
51	BEER BONES & BUTTS	149.6684
52	Smokin Lips BBQ	149.6456
53	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	149.0856
54	Haute Smoke	145.7028
55	Bayshore BBQ	145.1312
56	Sweet Breezy BBQ	143.9428
57	Honey Bear BBQ	141.7144
58	Up in smokers	141.6800
59	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	140.5600
60	Big Bad Wolves	138.8228
61	Beacon Barbecue	127.9544

Brisket

60 entries · top 178.8572 · median 160.8286

#	Team	Score
1	TOP GUN BARBECUE	178.8572
2	COOKS N HOOKS	175.4400
3	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	174.8572
4	Sasquatch BBQ	174.2856
5	BOGGS HOG BBQ	173.7372
6	CHUNKY BBQ	173.1084
7	Nice Racks	172.5484
8	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	171.9656
9	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	170.8572
10	PalmTree Smokehouse	169.1200
11	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	168.5944
12	Crescent Moon	168.0000
13	Yard Sale BBQ	167.4172
14	Up in smokers	167.4172
15	DANTE'S INFERNO	167.3828
16	BBQ Bob's Have' n a Bbq	167.3712
17	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	166.8456
18	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	166.8456
19	Carver's Que	166.8344
20	SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	165.6916
21	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	165.1200
22	Fat Rocky bbq	164.5600
23	RGDBBQ	164.5140
24	POPPA Q-BBQ	163.9772
25	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	163.3828
26	WEEKEND SMOKERS	162.2856
27	Smoke or Be Smoked	162.2628
28	Smoked Encounters	161.7028
29	Sweet Breezy BBQ	161.6916
30	Second Helping BBQ -PA	161.1316
31	TOM TOM BOB A QUE	160.5256
32	Moe Cason BBQ	158.2628
33	MMM PORK PORK PORK	157.1428
34	Mitch's BBQ	157.1200
35	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	156.6172
36	B'S QUE	156.5488
37	Ain't That Rich	154.8000
38	Bar B Q Dat	154.2628
39	Smokin Lips BBQ	154.2628
40	Offshore BBQ	154.2284
41	Bayshore BBQ	153.6800
42	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	152.5260
43	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	149.6916
44	SWINE AND CHEESE	149.6228
45	Whats Smokin	149.0400
46	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	148.4800
47	Team BoyBQ	147.9772
48	Philly Smoke	147.9316
49	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	146.2744
50	Honey Bear BBQ	146.2400
51	Smokin Time	146.1828
52	What BBQ Team	145.0628
53	POP POP'S RIBS	142.8000
54	Haute Smoke	140.5144
55	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	139.9200
56	HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	139.4400
57	BEER BONES & BUTTS	139.3828
58	Big Bad Wolves	138.8228
59	Sons of Hamarchy	138.2628
60	Beacon Barbecue	132.0000

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

35 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5256

#	Team	Score
1	Sweet Breezy BBQ	177.7028
2	Yard Sale BBQ	176.6400
3	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	175.4172
4	COOKS N HOOKS	170.8344
5	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	169.7028
6	Ain't That Rich	169.6800
7	SWINE AND CHEESE	168.0116
8	Fat Rocky bbq	168.0000
9	Sons of Hamarchy	167.4972
10	BBQ Bob's Have' n a Bbq	167.4400
11	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	167.4172
12	Smokin Time	166.2512
13	B'S QUE	166.2400
14	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	165.7144
15	What BBQ Team	165.7144
16	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	164.5600
17	BOGGS HOG BBQ	164.5484
18	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	164.5256
19	HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	162.3084
20	PalmTree Smokehouse	162.2628
21	Smoked Encounters	161.6572
22	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	161.1428
23	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	159.9884
24	Team BoyBQ	159.9312
25	Haute Smoke	159.3828
26	Bar B Q Dat	157.7144
27	Philly Smoke	157.7028
28	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	157.6800
29	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	157.6572
30	Big Bad Wolves	156.5828
31	Bayshore BBQ	153.1428
32	Second Helping BBQ -PA	153.1428
33	MMM PORK PORK PORK	147.4400
34	Honey Bear BBQ	147.4284
35	PHAT BASTERDZ BBQ	44.0800

Ancillary — Dessert

34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.0172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	B'S QUE	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	Whats Smokin	178.8572
4	DANTE'S INFERNO	178.8572
5	Smokin Time	178.2972
6	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	177.7600
7	Smoke or Be Smoked	177.1428
8	Smoked Encounters	176.5944
9	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	174.2972
10	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	174.2628
11	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	173.7028
12	What BBQ Team	173.7028
13	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	173.7028
14	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	173.1200
15	Team BoyBQ	173.1200
16	RGDBBQ	172.5944
17	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	170.2744
18	Second Helping BBQ -PA	169.7600
19	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	169.6800
20	Fat Rocky bbq	168.5484
21	Up in smokers	168.5256
22	Bayshore BBQ	168.0228
23	Sweet Breezy BBQ	166.8228
24	Big Bad Wolves	166.2628
25	Yard Sale BBQ	165.0856
26	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	163.9772
27	Carver's Que	162.8228
28	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	162.8228
29	SWINE AND CHEESE	161.1200
30	Philly Smoke	159.3944
31	BOGGS HOG BBQ	157.7144
32	Sons of Hamarchy	152.5372
33	Bar B Q Dat	149.7028
34	Haute Smoke	143.9428

Kids-Q — Kids-Q 11+

2 entries · top 165.7144 · median 164.5772

#	Team	Score
1	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	165.7144
2	BEER BONES & BUTTS	163.4400

Kids-Q — Kids-Q 5-10

7 entries · top 170.2744 · median 165.6684

#	Team	Score
1	Bar B Q Dat	170.2744
2	Smoke or Be Smoked	169.1200
3	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	165.6800
4	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	165.6684
5	Honey Bear BBQ	162.8456
6	Philly Smoke	159.3828
7	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	147.4056

Ancillary — Sauce

44 entries · top 176.0344 · median 163.4114

#	Team	Score
1	Nice Racks	176.0344
2	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	173.7372
3	HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	173.7144
4	Smokin Time	172.0000
5	WEEKEND SMOKERS	170.8800
6	POPPA Q-BBQ	170.2856
7	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	169.1544
8	Smoked Encounters	168.5484
9	Fat Rocky bbq	168.0000
10	Carver's Que	167.9656
11	Nice Rack BBQ Philly	167.4056
12	Second Helping BBQ -PA	166.8456
13	BBQ Bob's Have' n a Bbq	166.8456
14	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	166.3088
15	TOM TOM BOB A QUE	166.2628
16	Philly Smoke	165.7256
17	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	165.7144
18	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	165.7028
19	Ain't That Rich	165.7028
20	Moe Cason BBQ	164.5484
21	BOGGS HOG BBQ	163.9428
22	MMM PORK PORK PORK	163.4172
23	Rub Me Tender BBQ Team	163.4056
24	The Stu-Pit BBQ Crew	162.8456
25	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	161.1312
26	Smokin Lips BBQ	161.1084
27	What BBQ Team	159.9312
28	Sweet Breezy BBQ	158.8228
29	Yard Sale BBQ	158.8112
30	Sir Porks-A-Lot BBQ	157.7372
31	Whats Smokin	155.9772
32	Haute Smoke	155.9312
33	The Wilent Brothers BBQ	155.3596
34	SWINE AND CHEESE	154.2740
35	Big Bad Wolves	153.6456
36	Honey Bear BBQ	153.0856
37	Sons of Hamarchy	152.5484
38	Bar B Q Dat	151.9656
39	LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	151.9312
40	POP POP'S RIBS	150.1940
41	Bayshore BBQ	150.1940
42	BEER BONES & BUTTS	149.0512
43	Smoke or Be Smoked	149.0512
44	PalmTree Smokehouse	147.4172

New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

📸 Photo finishes

🛡️ Back to defend

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Burgers

Ancillary — Dessert

Kids-Q — Kids-Q 11+

Kids-Q — Kids-Q 5-10

Ancillary — Sauce