LOCAL SMOKE BBQ

LOCAL SMOKE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 53 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship (2017). They are ranked #2016 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings and hold 1 all-time KCBS record.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

1 🥇

most visits to one contest

Power ranking

#2,016

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1538

peak 1614 · rated over 49 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Jul 11, 2026 · 13.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#488

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

18 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 53 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

674.1480 / 720

Master · New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.11 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.55 (+10.56)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

Consistency

±14.89

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 164.79 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.47)

Road miles

8,469

across 53 mapped stops · furthest 1,133 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Purse competed for

$130K

listed at 20 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 20 state-championship entries

Master avg

649.55 / 720

51 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (16 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at New Jersey State Barbecue Championship (Jul 7, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 19-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Smoke-A-Holics.

Giant slayer

67 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 67-team field at New Jersey State Barbecue Championship.

Jul 7, 2017

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

New Jersey State Barbecue Championship is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 12 visits.

12 visits
best finish 1st
average top 30%

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 33 of 53 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 53 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

674.1480 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.1480 at New Jersey State Barbecue Championship — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 7, 2017

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Cosmic Q has finished one call ahead of LOCAL SMOKE BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

30–9 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 77% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 30 of their 39 shared contests.

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The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.32 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 39%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.47
Brisket avg 164.79
10 calls in 52 entries

The drought

32 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at New Jersey State Barbecue Championship on Jul 7, 2017 — 32 contests and 9.3 years ago.

last GC Jul 7, 2017
9.3 years ago

A strong matchup

17–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Tom Tom Bob A Que in 17 of their 20 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

24 of 39 shared brisket entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 62% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 24 of 39 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

RIBS WITHIN has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A July team

Top 30% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 30% across 13 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

13 July contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

8,469 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,469 miles across 53 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,133 miles to Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition.

53 mapped stops
furthest 1,133 mi

The metronome

±2.07% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.2% of a perfect score
53 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Jersey State Barbecue Championship every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

12 visits in all
best finish 1st

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · 2013 → 2026 · won it 2× · Jul 11, 2026 · shared with at least 9 others

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#1065 (60 pts)	#1128 (65 pts)	#692 (260 pts)	#1111 (60 pts)	#1102 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#680 (208 pts)	#731 (223 pts)	#817 (198 pts)	#512 (373 pts)	#614 (268 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1157 (65 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1145 (80 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#488 (393 pts)	#454 (488 pts)	#660 (318 pts)	#424 (498 pts)	#420 (478 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#697 (246 pts)	#668 (286 pts)	#551 (432 pts)	#601 (331 pts)	#663 (286 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#698 (207 pts)	#684 (242 pts)	#505 (397 pts)	#713 (212 pts)	#524 (357 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#493 (205 pts)	#531 (200 pts)	#701 (120 pts)	#360 (330 pts)	#372 (320 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#874 (322 pts)	#726 (467 pts)	#937 (322 pts)	#798 (402 pts)	#931 (322 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1500 (125 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1261 (210 pts)	#1846 (95 pts)	#1852 (90 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1981 (100 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1285 (235 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1490 (170 pts)	#1497 (190 pts)	#1653 (150 pts)	#1480 (195 pts)	#1199 (255 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#737 (420 pts)	#986 (320 pts)	#1201 (245 pts)	#923 (345 pts)	#559 (570 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LOCAL SMOKE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

81 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

GRILLDROIDS

#2,027 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1541

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LOCAL SMOKE BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LOCAL SMOKE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 14, 2025
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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HOBBIE BAR-B-Q

#2,011 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 65
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1571

They've been 1571 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 65 contests
last seen Sep 17, 2021

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Camp House BBQ

#2,025 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1552

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before LOCAL SMOKE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 33 contests

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Big Fork BBQ

#2,013 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1543

Fewer contests behind them than LOCAL SMOKE BBQ has cooked, 24 to 53, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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WOOD N PIG SMOKERS

#2,020 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1545

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 20 contests
last seen May 17, 2019

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DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ

#2,024 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1544

Level with LOCAL SMOKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2017

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	39	9	30	23%	⚔ compare
POPPA Q-BBQ	26	10	16	38%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
BEERBEQUE	24	6	18	25%	⚔ compare
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	23	11	12	48%	⚔ compare
DIG'N N PIG'N	23	9	14	39%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	22	9	13	41%	⚔ compare
PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	22	7	15	32%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	22	5	17	23%	⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	21	13	8	62%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
Tom Tom Bob A Que	20	17	3	85%	⚔ compare
Hot Rod's BBQ	20	17	3	85%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	20	12	8	60%	⚔ compare
SHADY CREW	20	11	9	55%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	51	4	0	1	175.4056	142.2856	162.27	top 53%
Pork Ribs	52	10	2	4	176.5716	142.2056	159.47	top 56%
Pork	51	10	1	6	177.7144	151.3484	163.06	top 45%
Brisket	51	20	2	7	177.1428	152.5260	164.79	top 36%

“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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	16	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	35	2	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NJ	43	2	top 43%
TN	2	0	top 78%
DE	2	0	top 46%
FL	1	0	top 94%
AL	1	0	top 76%
PA	1	0	top 25%
MD	1	0	top 65%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	12	1	2	top 30%	Jul 11, 2026
Que by the Sea	6	6	0	top 34%	Sep 22, 2018
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	4	17	0	top 75%	Oct 25, 2025
Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	3	11	0	top 47%	Oct 22, 2022
Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	3	18	0	top 61%	Oct 21, 2022
Red, White and Que	3	5	0	top 40%	Sep 26, 2015
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	16	0	top 67%	Apr 22, 2023
DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2	14	0	top 28%	Oct 3, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 6 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 3.8 across 14 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 44 of 53 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 24 8 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 52 entries · 2 wins · 10 calls

First title Jul 12, 2013 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Opponents faced 1,019 finished ahead 1,522 times, behind 1,335

Longest layoff 1 yrs Oct 12, 2019 → Oct 16, 2020

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Jul 11 Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20252 milestones

Jul 12 50th tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Oct 25 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

20211 milestone

Jul 9 Peak power rating (1614) New Jersey State BBQ Championship

20173 milestones

Jul 7 Biggest field won (67 teams) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 7 Career-best overall score674.1480 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Oct 27 25th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20141 milestone

Sep 20 10th tracked contest Que by the Sea

20137 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
Jul 12 First call New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 12 First category win (Pork Ribs) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 12 First overall top-10 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 12 First overall podium New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 12 First Grand Championship New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3940 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 12, 2013
+12.9	Que by the Sea	Sep 21, 2013
+12.7	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 7, 2017
+12.2	Red, White and Que	Sep 6, 2014
+11.4	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship	Oct 8, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.8	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 22, 2021
-13.1	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	Oct 24, 2025
-12.4	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	Apr 21, 2023
-10.2	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	Oct 25, 2025
-8.9	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	Oct 20, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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)
2026	1	0	0	0	100%	top 50%	92.5%	92.5%
2025	3	0	0	0	67%	top 68%	92.8%	91.4%
2024	1	0	0	0	0%	top 39%	91.8%	91.8%
2023	5	0	0	0	40%	top 59%	93.5%	91.5%
2022	4	0	0	0	75%	top 56%	92.1%	91.4%
2021	3	0	0	1	100%	top 62%	91.6%	90.1%
2020	3	0	0	0	67%	top 43%	92.7%	92.3%
2019	4	0	0	0	25%	top 46%	92.1%	90.6%
2018	3	0	0	0	67%	top 50%	92.8%	90.7%
2017	6	1	1	0	67%	top 47%	93.6%	91.4%
2016	4	0	2	0	100%	top 26%	93.3%	90.6%
2015	5	0	0	1	60%	top 41%	91.5%	88.8%
2014	5	0	1	1	60%	top 36%	89.8%	87.7%
2013	6	1	2	2	50%	top 38%	91%	88.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 11, 2026	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	31 / 62 (666.2060)	24 (168.5716)	2 (176.5716)	45 (158.2516)	35 (162.8112)
Oct 25, 2025	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	26 / 32 (666.7316)	21 (168.5256)	30 (158.8116)	2 (177.7144)	25 (161.6800)
Oct 24, 2025	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	29 / 31 (638.1376)	28 (160.5144)	26 (161.6916)	31 (151.9772)	21 (163.9544)
Jul 12, 2025	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	18 / 63 (668.4916)	19 (170.8344)	20 (166.8228)	34 (161.1544)	10 (169.6800)
Jul 13, 2024	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	24 / 62 (660.9716)	29 (166.2516)	29 (163.9544)	21 (167.3828)	29 (163.3828)
Oct 21, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	17 / 29 (663.8512)	12 (173.7028)	26 (156.5144)	18 (164.5256)	13 (169.1084)
Oct 20, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	23 / 34 (655.3144)	14 (169.7028)	24 (161.1316)	32 (154.7772)	8 (169.7028)
Jul 14, 2023	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	23 / 64 (660.4344)	24 (167.9772)	29 (165.0972)	31 (163.3828)	22 (163.9772)
Apr 22, 2023	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	16 / 30 (673.0288)	16 (169.6916)	20 (165.1200)	3 (176.5600)	21 (161.6572)
Apr 21, 2023	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	29 / 36 (639.7600)	19 (168.5372)	28 (155.9316)	31 (157.6456)	28 (157.6456)
Oct 22, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	19 / 27 (646.6740)	16 (166.2400)	20 (162.8228)	23 (158.8228)	22 (158.7884)
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	18 / 29 (663.3144)	26 (159.3944)	24 (158.8000)	5 (173.7144)	7 (171.4056)
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que - Master of Ribs - Friday Night Jackson, NJ	—	—	7 (161.6800)	—	—
Jul 9, 2022	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	22 / 61 (663.3260)	10 (172.5600)	8 (170.8572)	19 (167.3828)	42 (152.5260)
Oct 23, 2021	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	22 / 31 (659.2684)	11 (172.5600)	1 (174.2628)	30 (155.3600)	24 (157.0856)
Oct 22, 2021	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	24 / 31 (643.2912)	25 (160.4912)	28 (149.6456)	17 (166.2972)	9 (166.8572)
Jul 9, 2021	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	22 / 59 (643.8176)	32 (157.1088)	30 (158.8116)	35 (158.2288)	8 (169.6684)
Nov 13, 2020	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 17, 2020	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	13 / 40 (667.3144)	12 (171.4056)	26 (159.3944)	23 (163.3944)	2 (173.1200)
Oct 16, 2020	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	20 / 37 (661.6116)	22 (167.4056)	26 (162.8116)	2 (177.7144)	30 (153.6800)
Oct 12, 2019	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	11 / 30 (663.3260)	2 (175.4056)	16 (160.5716)	15 (166.8228)	22 (160.5260)
Oct 11, 2019	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	21 / 32 (643.2684)	18 (165.7028)	28 (148.5144)	13 (165.6800)	15 (163.3712)
Jul 12, 2019	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	27 / 64 (644.9140)	36 (159.9428)	16 (163.3828)	38 (158.2056)	20 (163.3828)
Mar 8, 2019	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	25 / 66 (657.0400)	31 (162.8344)	36 (159.9772)	13 (169.1084)	26 (165.1200)
Sep 22, 2018	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	12 / 43 (652.4460)	30 (158.2516)	4 (170.8688)	18 (163.3828)	19 (159.9428)
Jul 14, 2018	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	19 / 64 (639.8400)	45 (150.2056)	53 (146.2172)	2 (172.5600)	5 (170.8572)
Mar 2, 2018	Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY) unrated Orlando, FL	46 / 49 (667.8744)	48 (157.6572)	47 (164.5372)	23 (176)	36 (169.6800)
Nov 8, 2017	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	71 / 93 (658.6976)	90 (154.7888)	44 (167.9772)	23 (170.8344)	58 (165.0972)
Oct 27, 2017	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	79 / 95 (658.7428)	75 (164.5372)	61 (167.3828)	82 (160.5372)	59 (166.2856)
Sep 22, 2017	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	15 / 43 (658.7316)	13 (167.3944)	32 (156.5028)	8 (166.8456)	10 (167.9888)
Sep 15, 2017	Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	27 / 42 (640.9944)	38 (147.9316)	10 (167.9772)	14 (166.8228)	25 (158.2628)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	17 / 69 (656.4340)	13 (166.8340)	37 (160.5600)	53 (155.9200)	3 (173.1200)
Jul 7, 2017	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	1 / 67 (674.1480)	25 (163.3712)	2 (171.9656)	2 (169.7028)	10 (169.1084)
Oct 8, 2016	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	7 / 48 (671.9776)	12 (169.1544)	7 (170.8688)	26 (161.0972)	5 (170.8572)
Sep 24, 2016	Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ	15 / 41 (649.0632)	34 (151.9316)	10 (165.1316)	12 (165.1200)	12 (166.8800)
Sep 17, 2016	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	17 / 44 (644.9368)	28 (157.0744)	18 (161.6800)	9 (163.3712)	12 (162.8112)
Jul 8, 2016	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	10 / 65 (642.2056)	4 (171.4172)	42 (151.3828)	17 (161.1544)	24 (158.2512)
Oct 9, 2015	Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 Atlantic City, NJ	11 / 46 (658.8116)	21 (163.4172)	14 (161.1316)	21 (162.8228)	3 (171.4400)
Sep 26, 2015	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	16 / 35 (638.7772)	27 (153.1200)	15 (158.2516)	21 (154.8228)	2 (172.5828)
Sep 19, 2015	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	17 / 41 (631.2344)	26 (157.0628)	36 (148.5372)	12 (162.8228)	11 (162.8116)
Jul 10, 2015	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	28 / 65 (632.9484)	43 (156.5028)	61 (142.2056)	35 (157.0972)	1 (177.1428)
Apr 10, 2015	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	50 / 99 (634.0224)	36 (163.3828)	75 (152.4684)	42 (161.0856)	56 (157.0856)
Oct 3, 2014	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	26 / 65 (633.4740)	19 (162.8000)	26 (159.9428)	53 (151.3484)	21 (159.3828)
Sep 20, 2014	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	24 / 48 (623.7256)	44 (146.1828)	34 (149.0744)	20 (161.0856)	6 (167.3828)
Sep 6, 2014	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	5 / 31 (646.7540)	11 (164)	21 (150.7884)	1 (170.2856)	9 (161.6800)
Jul 11, 2014	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	21 / 65 (624.4112)	45 (150.8456)	42 (149.6228)	16 (159.3828)	7 (164.5600)
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	45 / 109 (627.3028)	17 (165.7028)	88 (143.9316)	41 (158.2856)	32 (159.3828)
Oct 25, 2013	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	70 / 97 (643.8400)	89 (150.7772)	89 (151.3828)	21 (169.1200)	11 (172.5600)
Oct 5, 2013	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	14 / 85 (639.3716)	14 (166.8344)	48 (151.9772)	40 (154.8572)	9 (165.7028)
Sep 21, 2013	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	6 / 49 (635.8512)	28 (153.0856)	28 (147.3600)	7 (160.5256)	1 (174.8800)
Sep 7, 2013	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	15 / 26 (628.4112)	12 (159.9656)	16 (158.2284)	17 (157.1544)	13 (153.0628)
Jul 12, 2013	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	1 / 65 (655.3940)	10 (163.9656)	1 (167.9884)	23 (155.4400)	2 (168)
Apr 19, 2013	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	69 / 106 (606.2852)	100 (142.2856)	52 (153.1428)	72 (152.5712)	32 (158.2856)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (16 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)