A MAZIE Q NJ

Power ranking

#420

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1614

peak 1618 · rated over 38 contests

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-04

latest 2025-09-20

Best ToY finish

#136

Master 2021

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

23 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 40 contests

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2288 / 720

Master · Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

680.73 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 670.15 (+10.58)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Granite State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±13.07

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.62)

Road miles

5491

mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 720 mi

Schedule strength

44%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Purse competed for

$285K

listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 36 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.15 / 720

38 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

INSANE SWINE BBQ has finished one call ahead of A MAZIE Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Rogue Hog BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 27 of their 35 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of CIDER BOYS BBQ in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 2.3428 points of the Grand Championship at Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2021-10-02).

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 27% across 4 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) (2025-05-31).

Teams like this (closest power rating, NJ first)

DIG'N N PIG'N #369 · 1626 · NJ The Pig's Pajamas #339 · 1635 · NJ STICKS & STONES BBQ #327 · 1637 · NJ Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ #534 · 1589 · NJ Pit Master Matt #556 · 1586 · NJ DANTE'S INFERNO #591 · 1579 · NJ

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	35	8	27	23%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	33	11	22	33%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	28	7	21	25%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	28	5	23	18%	⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS	22	11	11	50%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	20	8	12	40%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	19	9	10	47%	⚔ compare
Up-2 BBQ	18	11	7	61%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	16	15	1	94%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
BIG RAZ BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	13	3	9	23%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	40	25	5	7	180.0000 🔥	161.6456	171.77	top 32%
Pork Ribs	39	15	2	4	178.8572	137.0056	164.62	top 50%
Pork	38	17	2	7	178.8572	155.9428	168.33	top 40%
Brisket	38	18	2	5	176.5600	149.6228	165.31	top 45%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NJ	9	top 48%
VT	8	top 25%
ME	6	top 33%
NH	4	top 32%
MA	4	top 31%
VA	2	top 66%
CT	2	top 35%
TN	1	top 57%
RI	1	top 31%
NY	1	top 51%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 40%
Medium (20–39)	24	top 34%
Large (40+)	10	top 43%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	6	2	top 28%	2025-09-20
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	3	8	top 46%	2022-04-23
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	3	8	top 25%	2022-04-22
The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	2	4	top 16%	2022-07-23
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2	25	top 66%	2022-03-26
Granite State BBQ Championship	2	6	top 25%	2021-06-12
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	7	top 37%	2019-05-18

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (13 contests)
Cooks mostly in NJ (10 of 40 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (40 entries)
Average Master overall score: 670.15 / 720
1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥

Milestones

🚩 2019-05-04 — First tracked contest · Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
📣 2019-05-04 — First call · Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
🔥 2019-06-08 — First perfect 180 (Chicken) · Granite State BBQ Championship
🎖️ 2021-09-25 — 25th tracked contest · Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown
⭐ 2022-09-17 — Career-best overall score (690.2288) · Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
📈 2025-05-31 — Peak power rating (1618) · Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14	Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition	2019-08-24
+11.1	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2021-10-02
+10.4	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	2022-09-16
+10.3	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown	2021-09-25
+10.1	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2021-04-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2022-03-26
-11.7	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2020-10-16
-9	"Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2020-07-30
-7.2	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2019-08-16
-5.6	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)	2022-03-25

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	1	0	100%	top 47%	94.9%	94.1%
2023	1	1	0	100%	top 35%	93.6%	93.6%
2022	11	5	2	82%	top 37%	95.9%	93.7%
2021	8	7	2	88%	top 22%	95.8%	94.6%
2020	5	0	1	60%	top 65%	92.4%	90.5%
2019	13	7	6	85%	top 34%	94.5%	92.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-09-20	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT	14 / 25 (671.2912)	7 (174.2628)	20 (163.9544)	18 (164.5600)	11 (168.5140)
2025-05-31	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Hancock, NH	10 / 26 (683.3488)	10 (171.9772)	10 (171.9772)	20 (163.9772)	4 (175.4172)
2023-09-08	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	9 / 26 (673.6800)	9 (172.5484)	10 (168.5944)	21 (161.7144)	8 (170.8228)
2022-09-17	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT	7 / 26 (690.2288)	8 (172.5600)	9 (169.1316)	8 (171.9772)	4 (176.5600)
2022-09-16	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Braintree, VT	3 / 18 (685.0856)	6 (170.8572)	9 (167.4056)	3 (172.5600)	4 (174.2628)
2022-08-27	Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	11 / 31 (662.7884)	2 (176.6172)	11 (166.2628)	16 (163.9428)	20 (155.9656)
2022-07-23	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	5 / 25 (671.9544)	1 (178.2972)	6 (167.4172)	11 (164.5372)	12 (161.7028)
2022-06-25	Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Skowhegan, ME	8 / 25 (677.7372)	12 (167.4056)	5 (172.0344)	3 (174.9144)	15 (163.3828)
2022-06-04	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH	14 / 37 (666.1484)	23 (161.6456)	30 (157.6572)	9 (170.2856)	1 (176.5600)
2022-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	20 / 41 (671.8972)	18 (172.5828)	23 (165.0972)	3 (175.4172)	33 (158.8000)
2022-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	9 / 48 (681.0628)	12 (171.9772)	15 (169.1084)	9 (173.1428)	19 (166.8344)
2022-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	42 / 50 (661.0404)	29 (169.6916)	45 (158.8344)	39 (166.2400)	35 (166.2744)
2022-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	25 / 53 (679.8740)	33 (169.6684)	31 (168.5372)	40 (166.8228)	8 (174.8456)
2022-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	21 (162.8000)	—	—	—
2021-10-02	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	2 / 16 (689.6228)	4 (176.5600)	7 (166.8228)	1 (178.8572)	8 (167.3828)
2021-09-25	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown 🏅 Southwick, MA	4 / 26 (677.1088)	4 (169.6912)	3 (170.2744)	11 (167.4288)	6 (169.7144)
2021-08-20	Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	5 / 26 (682.2512)	5 (171.4400)	24 (156.5140)	2 (178.2972)	2 (176.0000)
2021-06-19	Central Maine BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Skowhegan, ME	7 / 15 (685.7256)	11 (168.5828)	1 (178.8572)	7 (170.2628)	9 (168.0228)
2021-06-12	Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH	6 / 32 (676.4684)	9 (171.9656)	16 (165.6916)	8 (167.9656)	6 (170.8456)
2021-04-24	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	8 / 40 (679.3604)	4 (175.4516)	12 (168.5372)	15 (166.8344)	8 (168.5372)
2021-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	8 / 40 (677.6344)	14 (170.2628)	8 (170.2744)	15 (167.4172)	8 (169.6800)
2021-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ	—	—	11 (166.8572)	—	—
2020-10-17	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	21 / 40 (655.2912)	14 (170.8456)	21 (162.8228)	29 (159.9772)	23 (161.6456)
2020-10-16	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	32 / 37 (623.0968)	27 (166.2284)	36 (137.0056)	23 (165.0972)	28 (154.7656)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: DAY 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	19 / 28 (661.0512)	1 (176.5828)	24 (155.3712)	15 (165.7144)	19 (163.3828)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	13 / 35 (665.6000)	7 (173.1084)	14 (166.8228)	4 (172.0116)	31 (153.6572)
2020-07-30	"Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	15 / 18 (654.1256)	8 (171.4056)	8 (166.8228)	11 (164.5256)	16 (151.3716)
2019-10-25	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN	55 / 97 (671.8972)	27 (173.1200)	18 (176.5828)	58 (166.2400)	89 (155.9544)
2019-10-04	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Greenfield, MA	9 / 26 (670.1712)	7 (170.8228)	15 (164.5600)	4 (172.5600)	17 (162.2284)
2019-09-28	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Hope Valley, RI	11 / 36 (669.0396)	6 (173.1084)	23 (161.6684)	3 (174.8572)	26 (159.4056)
2019-09-07	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	6 / 31 (675.3944)	4 (174.2628)	28 (151.3944)	1 (178.2972)	3 (171.4400)
2019-08-24	Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	3 / 36 (680.5944)	1 (178.8800)	1 (175.4400)	7 (171.4516)	27 (154.8228)
2019-08-16	Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY	27 / 53 (643.2568)	26 (164.5372)	35 (157.6340)	24 (163.4056)	27 (157.6800)
2019-08-10	Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark 🏅 Saco, ME	15 / 28 (653.0852)	4 (176.5944)	26 (151.9884)	13 (165.1084)	15 (159.3940)
2019-07-27	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	4 / 33 (682.7888)	1 (173.7144)	3 (172.5600)	4 (170.8456)	29 (149.6228)
2019-06-08	Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH	9 / 29 (677.0172)	1 (180.0000)	26 (155.9200)	15 (165.0972)	1 (176.0000)
2019-06-01	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	22 / 61 (661.6684)	30 (164.5484)	43 (155.3944)	13 (170.8800)	9 (170.8456)
2019-05-18	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	7 / 28 (667.3712)	8 (171.4628)	6 (169.1428)	22 (155.9428)	3 (170.8228)
2019-05-17	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	13 / 27 (659.8628)	9 (169.6800)	8 (166.2400)	15 (161.1200)	15 (162.8228)
2019-05-04	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT	10 / 29 (662.1600)	13 (167.3828)	15 (162.8228)	10 (166.2744)	9 (165.6800)

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
2025 ↗	Master	#645 (231 pts)	#640 (281 pts)	#814 (201 pts)	#825 (161 pts)	#557 (321 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#889 (136 pts)	#968 (136 pts)	#1097 (126 pts)	#1244 (71 pts)	#921 (146 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#145 (1285 pts)	#117 (1371 pts)	#208 (1090 pts)	#102 (1455 pts)	#134 (1340 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#136 (1245 pts)	#156 (1145 pts)	#153 (1188 pts)	#153 (1155 pts)	#140 (1160 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#258 (436 pts)	#153 (756 pts)	#282 (451 pts)	#225 (556 pts)	#339 (361 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#166 (1476 pts)	#55 (1961 pts)	#203 (1284 pts)	#112 (1658 pts)	#154 (1438 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#185 (1468 pts)	#124 (1653 pts)	#192 (1359 pts)	#164 (1470 pts)	#223 (1318 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#178 (1594 pts)	#254 (1243 pts)	#247 (1289 pts)	#60 (2000 pts)	#184 (1494 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#335 (1087 pts)	#574 (707 pts)	#296 (1192 pts)	#309 (1157 pts)	#228 (1397 pts)