A MAZIE Q NJ

Power ranking

#408

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1614

peak 1618

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

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

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

680.73 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 670.47 (+10.25)

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

±13.05

std dev of 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

⚔ 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 30 of their 37 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of CIDER BOYS BBQ in 17 of their 19 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 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.

Teams like this (closest power rating, NJ first)

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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%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (13 contests)
Cooks mostly in NJ (10 of 40 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (40 entries)
All-time average overall score: 670.47
1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2025	2	0	683.3488	677.32
2023	1	0	673.6800	673.68
2022	11	2	690.2288	674.78
2021	8	2	689.6228	681.17
2020	5	1	665.6000	651.83
2019	13	6	682.7888	667.25

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)

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)