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Independence Barbecue NJ

Rating

1496
peak 1496 · rated over 2 contests

Contests

2
in the data

First seen

2022-06-17
latest 2025-07-12

Best ToY finish

#1148
Master 2025

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 2 contests

Avg finish

top 55%
overall standings

Best overall

645.0516 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

50%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.4056

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 167.41 · weakest Pork (151.98)

Road miles

96
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi

Purse competed for

$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

645.05 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

313.12 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

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By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 2 0 0 0 165.0972 147.3944 156.25 top 61%
Pork Ribs 2 1 0 0 165.7260 160.5716 163.15 top 44%
Pork 1 0 0 0 151.9772 151.9772 151.98 top 81%
Brisket 1 0 0 0 167.4056 167.4056 167.41 top 25%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NJ10top 51%
PA10top 59%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 59%
Large (40+)10top 51%

The story so far

Milestones

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 51% 89.6% 89.6%
20221000 100% top 59% 87% 87%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-07-12 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 32 / 63 (645.0516) 31 (165.0972) 39 (160.5716) 51 (151.9772) 16 (167.4056)
2022-06-17 York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA 20 / 34 (313.1204) 25 (147.3944) 9 (165.7260)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #1221 (60 pts) #1293 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts) #1029 (105 pts)
2022 ↗ Backyard #359 (50 pts) #243 (135 pts)

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