New Pigs on the Block NJ
Rating
1538
peak 1551
Contests
29
in the data
First seen
2023-05-06
latest 2026-06-13
Best ToY finish
#183
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
3
15 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 29 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
680.94 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 678.01 (+2.93)
Walk rate
79%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.81
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.71 · weakest Brisket (166.28)
Road miles
2314
mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Titans of BBQ has finished one call ahead of New Pigs on the Block 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Let It Smoke Barbecue has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has come out ahead in 21 of their 21 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.6796 points of the Grand Championship at Massachusetts in May (Day 2) (2025-05-17).
Teams like this (closest power rating, NJ first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.3828 | 171.71 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 27 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 177.7144 | 164.5372 | 170.59 | top 41% |
| Pork | 23 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 179.4400 | 156.5256 | 169.43 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 147.3828 | 166.28 | top 53% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | 8 | 0 | top 51% |
| MA | 5 | 0 | top 29% |
| NY | 4 | 0 | top 64% |
| CT | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
| ME | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| NH | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| Medium (20–39) | 16 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NJ (8 of 29 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (27 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 678.01
- 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 | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 691.3944 | 680.29 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 706.8804 | 680.21 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 681.6460 | 676.79 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 649.6112 | 649.61 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-13 | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Bristol, CT | 14 / 26 (674.1716) | 16 (168.5372) | 14 (168.5372) | 4 (174.8572) | 21 (162.2400) |
| 2026-06-13 | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT | — | 8 (172.0000) | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-13 | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 13 (168.0116) | — | — |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 7 / 31 (691.3944) | 8 (174.2628) | 21 (164.5600) | 2 (177.7144) | 4 (174.8572) |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 9 (172.0000) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 8 (170.8456) | — | — |
| 2026-05-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) New Paltz, NY | 36 / 59 (675.3484) | 16 (173.7028) | 47 (166.2628) | 26 (171.4172) | 42 (163.9656) |
| 2026-05-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) New Paltz, NY | 31 / 43 (682.1484) | 2 (177.7144) | 14 (173.1200) | 36 (167.3828) | 38 (163.9312) |
| 2026-04-18 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Blairstown, NJ | 11 / 26 (681.6228) | 22 (163.3828) | 3 (177.1544) | 20 (166.8228) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2026-04-17 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Blairstown, NJ | 9 / 26 (677.0400) | 12 (168.5256) | 10 (169.1316) | 3 (173.1544) | 12 (166.2284) |
| 2025-10-25 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Jackson, NJ | 23 / 32 (672.4112) | 9 (173.7028) | 23 (167.3828) | 27 (166.2400) | 24 (165.0856) |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Jackson, NJ | 22 / 31 (664.4112) | 16 (170.8228) | 9 (171.4172) | 29 (160.5256) | 23 (161.6456) |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids Hiram, ME | 20 / 40 (669.0628) | 25 (167.9656) | 4 (174.8572) | 35 (156.5256) | 13 (169.7144) |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 4 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2025-08-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) Port Jervis, NY | 36 / 47 (674.1600) | 32 (171.4056) | 16 (174.2744) | 44 (162.2516) | 36 (166.2284) |
| 2025-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge Somers, CT | 5 / 30 (692.5372) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (175.4056) | 28 (160.5716) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2025-06-21 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff Schenectady, NY | 8 / 18 (689.7032) | 3 (177.7144) | 14 (168.5488) | 3 (177.1772) | 10 (166.2628) |
| 2025-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 2 / 29 (706.8804) | 2 (178.2972) | 2 (177.7144) | 6 (176.5944) | 6 (174.2744) |
| 2025-05-16 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) Wrentham, MA | 10 / 27 (678.8340) | 4 (174.2972) | 6 (174.8456) | 20 (161.7256) | 11 (167.9656) |
| 2025-05-03 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Blairstown, NJ | 15 / 34 (681.6460) | 14 (171.4056) | 13 (170.2860) | 2 (177.1544) | 23 (162.8000) |
| 2025-05-02 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Blairstown, NJ | 19 / 33 (672.4804) | 18 (169.1316) | 24 (164.5372) | 12 (171.4056) | 19 (167.4060) |
| 2024-08-17 | Kora Kares for Kids Hiram, ME | 15 / 39 (673.0512) | 25 (167.4056) | 20 (167.4172) | 14 (169.7028) | 12 (168.5256) |
| 2024-08-17 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 17 (168.5716) | — | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Operation Up in Smoke Epping, NH | 9 / 19 (680.5712) | 18 (162.2628) | 4 (172.0000) | 6 (174.8800) | 5 (171.4284) |
| 2024-05-18 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 13 / 31 (680.5372) | 4 (178.2972) | 24 (165.1200) | 13 (170.8456) | 21 (166.2744) |
| 2024-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) Wrentham, MA | 11 / 30 (672.4800) | 3 (174.8572) | 4 (174.2628) | 26 (157.0972) | 10 (166.2628) |
| 2024-04-20 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Blairstown, NJ | 9 / 27 (681.6460) | 7 (174.2628) | 13 (169.1316) | 1 (179.4400) | 24 (158.8116) |
| 2024-04-19 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Blairstown, NJ | 16 / 29 (672.4684) | 12 (171.4056) | 10 (171.4284) | 17 (167.3944) | 20 (162.2400) |
| 2023-05-06 | HOGS 4 HEROES Jamestown, RI | 28 / 50 (649.6112) | 38 (159.3828) | 20 (166.8456) | 2 (176.0000) | 43 (147.3828) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #186 (584 pts) | #126 (806 pts) | #139 (842 pts) | #108 (819 pts) | #165 (629 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #183 (1179 pts) | #106 (1524 pts) | #110 (1601 pts) | #191 (1134 pts) | #184 (1154 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #310 (716 pts) | #273 (851 pts) | #278 (886 pts) | #273 (816 pts) | #356 (636 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1339 (85 pts) | #653 (260 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |