Perfect scores on the board
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) (2025-10-25).
A call in 33 of 47 contests
A top-10 category call in 70% of their 47 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2516 at Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
DIG'N N PIG'N has finished one call ahead of PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 85% of their meetings
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 28 of their 33 shared contests.
Ahead in 79% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of COOKS N HOOKS in 11 of their 14 shared contests.
BOGGS HOG BBQ ahead 78% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BOGGS HOG BBQ has out-cooked them in 21 of 27 shared chicken entries.
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 3 times.
Something about August: average finish in the top 26% across 6 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,338 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 202 miles to Smoke In the Woods CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES.
They've cooked Hudson Valley Ribfest every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
54 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SLOWER LOWER BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1619 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 73 contests to 47.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 33 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 33 | 5 | 28 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| Top Gun Barbecue | 30 | 7 | 22 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| POPPA Q-BBQ | 29 | 15 | 14 | 52% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | 27 | 17 | 10 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 26 | 5 | 21 | 19% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 26 | 3 | 23 | 12% | ⚔ compare |
| LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | 22 | 15 | 7 | 68% | ⚔ compare |
| GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ | 21 | 3 | 18 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 21 | 1 | 20 | 5% | ⚔ compare |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% | ⚔ compare |
| PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | 18 | 7 | 11 | 39% | ⚔ compare |
| DIG'N N PIG'N | 18 | 6 | 12 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Chicken Chokers | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28% | ⚔ compare |
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | 17 | 1 | 16 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 47 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 174.8572 | 141.0628 | 164.08 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 46 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 135.3484 | 161.53 | top 50% |
| Pork | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 139.3600 | 161.76 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 46 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 135.3256 | 162.47 | 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | 33 | 0 | top 47% |
| NY | 10 | 0 | top 43% |
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| CT | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 18 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 27 | 0 | top 38% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 9 | 11 | 0 | top 37% | 2026-07-11 |
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 6 | 9 | 0 | top 50% | 2025-05-03 |
| Hudson Valley Ribfest | 6 | 3 | 0 | top 26% | 2019-08-16 |
| Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 36% | 2022-10-22 |
| New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 3 | 15 | 0 | top 65% | 2022-04-23 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 49% | 2025-10-25 |
| Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 32% | 2022-05-13 |
| New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 53% | 2021-04-23 |
| Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 66% | 2020-10-16 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | *Que by the Sea | 2018-09-22 |
| +14.3 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | 2019-08-16 |
| +12.5 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2020-10-17 |
| +10.4 | New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2018-04-28 |
| +9.4 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2019-10-12 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) | 2026-05-02 |
| -9.5 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2023-10-20 |
| -9.1 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2025-05-03 |
| -7.3 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: DAY 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2020-07-31 |
| -6.6 | "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2020-07-30 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 93.8% | 92.1% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 43% | 95.9% | 93.4% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 94.9% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 49% | 93.7% | 92.1% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 41% | 93.8% | 93% |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | top 40% | 93.1% | 92.2% |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | top 68% | 93.9% | 90.6% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80% | top 37% | 92.5% | 90.2% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 36% | 91.7% | 90.6% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 89.2% | 87% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 54% | 89.1% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 47% | 87.8% | 85.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 23% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 24 / 62 (675.2912) | 42 (162.2284) | 27 (167.3944) | 7 (174.8572) | 18 (170.8112) |
| 2026-05-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY | 51 / 59 (651.2224) | 57 (162.8112) | 62 (154.8000) | 38 (168.5256) | 39 (165.0856) |
| 2025-10-25 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 9 / 32 (690.2516) | 17 (168.5600) | 29 (162.8344) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | — | 5 (149.0284) | — | — | — |
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 16 / 63 (669.5888) | 6 (174.8572) | 19 (167.3944) | 4 (173.1200) | 36 (154.2172) |
| 2025-05-03 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 26 / 34 (657.0624) | 32 (147.9884) | 16 (168.5484) | 26 (162.2284) | 2 (178.2972) |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 15 / 28 (665.6228) | 8 (172.5600) | 4 (173.1428) | 19 (161.6800) | 23 (158.2400) |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 19 / 62 (664.5144) | 16 (170.2856) | 37 (162.2400) | 39 (159.4172) | 5 (172.5716) |
| 2024-04-19 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 9 / 29 (683.3940) | 6 (173.7028) | 6 (172.5828) | 5 (173.7028) | 19 (163.4056) |
| 2023-10-20 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 24 / 34 (654.7656) | 32 (151.4056) | 4 (175.4172) | 20 (166.2628) | 19 (161.6800) |
| 2023-07-14 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 25 / 64 (658.1488) | 14 (171.9656) | 22 (167.4056) | 35 (162.2516) | 39 (156.5260) |
| 2023-04-22 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 13 / 30 (674.7660) | 21 (164.5372) | 13 (169.1200) | 13 (169.1316) | 8 (171.9772) |
| 2023-04-21 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 16 / 36 (666.1832) | 5 (173.1200) | 31 (154.8116) | 8 (172.5716) | 17 (165.6800) |
| 2022-10-22 | Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 16 / 27 (657.5544) | 20 (160.5144) | 18 (163.9656) | 13 (166.8344) | 14 (166.2400) |
| 2022-07-09 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 11 / 61 (674.2060) | 15 (170.8228) | 25 (166.2516) | 8 (172.0116) | 21 (165.1200) |
| 2022-05-13 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 19 / 39 (670.1828) | 20 (169.7028) | 17 (166.2400) | 7 (174.2744) | 28 (159.9656) |
| 2022-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 15 / 41 (675.3712) | 25 (169.6800) | 6 (172.5828) | 23 (165.1428) | 16 (167.9656) |
| 2021-10-23 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 15 / 31 (669.6232) | 21 (166.8344) | 9 (169.1200) | 21 (165.1088) | 13 (168.5600) |
| 2021-07-09 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 16 / 59 (657.0744) | 16 (167.4172) | 25 (159.3944) | 22 (161.7028) | 9 (168.5600) |
| 2021-05-14 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 7 / 46 (670.2284) | 7 (170.2628) | 14 (166.8228) | 7 (169.1428) | 15 (164.0000) |
| 2021-04-24 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 29 / 40 (653.0856) | 20 (168.5484) | 35 (155.4516) | 28 (163.3828) | 16 (165.7028) |
| 2021-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 15 / 40 (668.5028) | 9 (171.4172) | 12 (168.0000) | 12 (167.9884) | 25 (161.0972) |
| 2020-10-17 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 8 / 40 (675.9428) | 23 (168.0000) | 2 (173.7028) | 21 (163.9428) | 9 (170.2972) |
| 2020-10-16 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 28 / 37 (636.4916) | 33 (157.0856) | 8 (170.3088) | 36 (139.3600) | 3 (169.7372) |
| 2020-07-31 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: DAY 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 24 / 28 (644.4000) | 10 (171.4172) | 27 (147.9200) | 23 (162.2628) | 20 (162.8000) |
| 2020-07-31 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 24 / 35 (653.0056) | 17 (169.1200) | 13 (166.8344) | 31 (158.8228) | 28 (158.2284) |
| 2020-07-30 | "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 16 / 18 (650.6972) | 11 (169.1200) | 16 (153.0972) | 12 (163.3828) | 9 (165.0972) |
| 2019-10-12 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 9 / 30 (665.6452) | 5 (172.6056) | 9 (165.7028) | 24 (159.3712) | 10 (167.9656) |
| 2019-10-11 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 18 / 32 (644.4228) | 26 (157.6800) | 16 (163.4172) | 21 (161.0856) | 17 (162.2400) |
| 2019-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY | 3 / 53 (674.7544) | 9 (170.2628) | 11 (167.9772) | 18 (164.5484) | 15 (164.5600) |
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 13 / 64 (660.4228) | 5 (173.1200) | 25 (160.5028) | 15 (168.0000) | 29 (158.8000) |
| 2019-04-27 | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 32 / 43 (628.4112) | 31 (159.3828) | 39 (149.6684) | 37 (149.6572) | 9 (169.7028) |
| 2018-09-22 | *Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ | 4 / 43 (660.4796) | 26 (161.0740) | 8 (164.5828) | 22 (161.1200) | 2 (173.7028) |
| 2018-08-17 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 22 / 58 (656.4344) | 43 (157.6572) | 9 (168.5600) | 39 (157.6572) | 3 (172.5600) |
| 2018-07-14 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 27 / 64 (634.6968) | 10 (167.9656) | 30 (158.2628) | 45 (153.6456) | 29 (154.8228) |
| 2018-06-23 | Smoke In the Woods CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Galway, NY | 14 / 23 (655.3940) | 9 (168.0228) | 10 (166.2856) | 15 (162.8572) | 18 (158.2284) |
| 2018-04-28 | New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 12 / 40 (654.8112) | 1 (172.5828) | 22 (161.6800) | 17 (162.2856) | 27 (158.2628) |
| 2017-08-18 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 15 / 59 (642.1944) | 53 (148.5140) | 35 (157.1200) | 42 (153.6684) | 31 (158.2284) |
| 2017-07-07 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 35 / 67 (620.9944) | 17 (165.6800) | 27 (154.2172) | 24 (160.5600) | 55 (140.5372) |
| 2017-06-03 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 53 / 73 (615.7936) | 19 (168.5484) | 48 (157.1196) | 70 (140.4572) | 59 (149.6684) |
| 2016-09-24 | Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ | 23 / 41 (633.5312) | 14 (165.1200) | 21 (156.4912) | 17 (162.8000) | 28 (149.1200) |
| 2016-08-19 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 11 / 52 (641.6796) | 52 (141.1084) | 51 (137.6688) | 46 (142.2744) | 26 (159.4172) |
| 2016-07-08 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 43 / 65 (609.5540) | 36 (154.8456) | 62 (135.3484) | 41 (152.5372) | 5 (166.8228) |
| 2016-04-08 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 26 / 35 (604.3664) | 28 (153.6572) | 29 (145.6804) | 17 (161.1088) | 31 (143.9200) |
| 2015-08-14 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 24 / 57 (631.9428) | 21 (161.7372) | 38 (153.1428) | 39 (151.3600) | 4 (165.7028) |
| 2015-04-10 | New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 17 / 33 (596.9024) | 27 (141.0628) | 13 (157.7028) | 23 (146.1712) | 12 (151.9656) |
| 2014-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 14 / 60 (621.5884) | 36 (158.2972) | 38 (153.6800) | 34 (153.6572) | 52 (135.3256) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #747 (125 pts) | #815 (120 pts) | #877 (120 pts) | #600 (225 pts) | #705 (155 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #551 (306 pts) | #581 (331 pts) | #723 (251 pts) | #402 (551 pts) | #371 (601 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #539 (332 pts) | #491 (422 pts) | #532 (432 pts) | #582 (322 pts) | #572 (332 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #527 (344 pts) | #490 (434 pts) | #507 (459 pts) | #493 (414 pts) | #493 (399 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #485 (427 pts) | #607 (332 pts) | #559 (422 pts) | #445 (502 pts) | #579 (352 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #352 (541 pts) | #355 (576 pts) | #415 (501 pts) | #388 (501 pts) | #378 (536 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #264 (426 pts) | #262 (471 pts) | #170 (676 pts) | #332 (371 pts) | #173 (646 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #591 (552 pts) | #556 (627 pts) | #692 (492 pts) | #798 (402 pts) | #625 (542 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1175 (210 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1466 (155 pts) | #1946 (75 pts) | #1100 (260 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1392 (180 pts) | #1251 (250 pts) | #1506 (180 pts) | #1462 (185 pts) | #1476 (180 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1719 (130 pts) | #1596 (175 pts) | #1765 (140 pts) | #1697 (160 pts) | #1265 (245 pts) |