A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Palm tree smokehouse ahead in 100% of their meetings
Palm tree smokehouse has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Coming in Hot BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2019-07-12
Best ToY finish
#1955
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.41
last 5 Master vs avg 613.41 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.98 · weakest Brisket (140.98)
Road miles
1
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
613.41 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The weak link
−23.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 23.01 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.
- Brisket avg 140.98
- Pork avg 163.98
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG BAD WOLVES in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at New Jersey State Barbecue Championship (2019-07-12).
- last seen 2017-07-07
- back 2019-07-12
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked New Jersey State Barbecue Championship every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 35th
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
151 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Coming in Hot BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with Coming in Hot BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG BAD WOLVES | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BONES & BIBS SWINE TEAM | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Philly Smoke | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Tom Tom Bob A Que | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| B'S QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CARVER'S Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBS WITHIN | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Palm tree smokehouse | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BBQ GURU | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKOPOLIS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 149.1656 | 157.04 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 144.5600 | 151.41 | top 66% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 172.5828 | 147.9312 | 163.98 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 131.9772 | 140.98 | top 78% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 5 | 35 | 0 | top 63% | 2019-07-12 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2019-07-12
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.98 · weakest Brisket (140.98)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
613.41
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
148
121–200 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2017-07-07 → 2019-07-12
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #3912 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- First call New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5828 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Peak power rating (1500) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score627.8284 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- 2019
- Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2019-07-12 |
| -4.7 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2016-07-08 |
| -3.7 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2017-07-07 |
| -0.5 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2014-07-11 |
| -0.2 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2015-07-10 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 47 / 64 (617.1088) | 26 (164.6172) | 46 (153.7144) | 37 (160.5600) | 62 (138.2172) |
| 2017-07-07 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 44 / 67 (606.2632) | 49 (151.4516) | 40 (150.2856) | 3 (168.5716) | 59 (135.9544) |
| 2016-07-08 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 44 / 65 (607.8852) | 50 (149.1656) | 40 (151.9656) | 52 (147.9312) | 23 (158.8228) |
| 2015-07-10 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 35 / 65 (627.8284) | 27 (161.1200) | 35 (156.5372) | 4 (170.2628) | 51 (139.9084) |
| 2014-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 35 / 65 (607.9656) | 24 (158.8456) | 53 (144.5600) | 2 (172.5828) | 59 (131.9772) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |