DANTE'S INFERNO NJ

Power ranking

#574

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1580

peak 1582

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-03-08

latest 2022-10-21

Best ToY finish

#223

Master 2020

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

687.4056

New Holland Summer Fest

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

670.19 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 664.55 (+5.64)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

Consistency

±11.62

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.29 · weakest Pork (164.27)

Road miles

3560

mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 713 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BOGGS HOG BBQ has finished one call ahead of DANTE'S INFERNO 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Big Butts BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 24 of their 29 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

📅 A July team

Something about July: average finish in the top 28% across 6 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	10	1	2	179.4400	154.8000	167.29	top 47%
Pork Ribs	31	14	1	2	178.2972	154.2512	166.95	top 35%
Pork	31	8	0	1	177.7028	151.9772	164.27	top 52%
Brisket	31	6	1	2	180.0000 🔥	148.4916	166.04	top 39%

“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	13	top 36%
PA	12	top 39%
DE	2	top 19%
MD	1	top 43%
TN	1	top 82%
CT	1	top 51%
NY	1	top 42%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 17%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 42%
Large (40+)	19	top 37%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (12 contests)
Cooks mostly in NJ (13 of 31 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (31 entries)
All-time average overall score: 664.55
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
2022	6	1	678.8688	670.69
2021	8	2	687.4056	673.42
2020	5	0	681.0972	666.11
2019	12	0	671.8740	654.93

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-10-21	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	14 / 29 (668.4344)	19 (166.2860)	8 (169.6684)	22 (163.9428)	12 (168.5372)
2022-10-14	Maryland State BBQ Bash Belair, MD	13 / 30 (666.7200)	1 (179.4400)	10 (169.1200)	20 (161.0972)	23 (157.0628)
2022-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	19 / 49 (670.2284)	9 (173.7028)	38 (158.8228)	15 (170.2628)	19 (167.4400)
2022-07-09	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	9 / 61 (678.8688)	28 (165.6916)	2 (174.2972)	10 (171.4972)	15 (167.3828)
2022-05-13	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	21 / 39 (666.6972)	16 (170.8228)	10 (169.6800)	4 (177.7028)	36 (148.4916)
2022-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	16 / 41 (673.1772)	7 (176.5828)	8 (172.0116)	37 (154.8800)	12 (169.7028)
2021-10-23	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	5 / 31 (679.3484)	22 (166.8112)	10 (168.0000)	6 (173.1200)	6 (171.4172)
2021-10-22	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	8 / 31 (667.8628)	10 (169.1200)	12 (165.0972)	12 (169.1200)	13 (164.5256)
2021-09-24	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	12 / 31 (667.3484)	23 (162.2744)	12 (167.4056)	8 (169.7028)	12 (167.9656)
2021-08-27	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	2 / 44 (687.4056)	8 (172.5484)	1 (178.2972)	8 (170.3200)	13 (166.2400)
2021-07-30	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	17 / 54 (668.5032)	29 (167.4288)	24 (166.8344)	28 (165.7144)	13 (168.5256)
2021-07-09	New Jersey State BBQ Championship North Wildwood, NJ	12 / 59 (665.6228)	24 (161.6456)	8 (168.5716)	13 (168.5256)	12 (166.8800)
2021-06-18	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	10 / 41 (670.7772)	4 (177.7028)	9 (169.1316)	37 (155.9428)	15 (168.0000)
2021-04-24	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	6 / 40 (680.4916)	24 (166.8344)	13 (168.5372)	24 (165.1200)	1 (180.0000)
2020-10-17	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	23 / 40 (654.2740)	31 (163.9312)	17 (163.4400)	33 (154.3200)	4 (172.5828)
2020-10-16	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	23 / 37 (659.8628)	12 (171.9656)	17 (165.7144)	25 (164.5372)	24 (157.6456)
2020-07-30	"Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	3 / 18 (681.0972)	5 (173.7028)	9 (166.8228)	4 (172.5716)	6 (168.0000)
2020-07-24	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	20 / 59 (666.2284)	17 (169.7372)	21 (165.7028)	46 (161.0856)	18 (169.7028)
2020-06-26	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	19 / 53 (669.0744)	23 (168.5716)	15 (169.1200)	11 (170.8456)	31 (160.5372)
2019-10-25	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN	80 / 97 (654.7884)	86 (158.8344)	70 (166.2856)	90 (156.5600)	21 (173.1084)
2019-10-18	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	13 / 63 (665.6112)	5 (172.5600)	32 (159.9656)	43 (156.5256)	2 (176.5600)
2019-10-12	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	24 / 30 (631.8400)	26 (155.9200)	13 (162.8228)	27 (151.9772)	20 (161.1200)
2019-10-11	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	12 / 32 (658.1600)	19 (164.5256)	13 (165.1316)	24 (159.3828)	6 (169.1200)
2019-09-27	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	27 / 40 (642.1372)	36 (154.8000)	8 (165.6800)	38 (154.2516)	13 (167.4056)
2019-07-26	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	26 / 53 (653.0056)	41 (158.7884)	4 (172.0116)	25 (163.9772)	33 (158.2284)
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	23 / 48 (663.8744)	30 (162.8228)	27 (163.9772)	15 (171.9656)	27 (165.1088)
2019-06-07	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	6 / 36 (671.8740)	10 (169.6800)	9 (170.2628)	2 (174.2628)	22 (157.6684)
2019-06-01	Sun BBQFest Uncasville, CT	31 / 61 (652.4912)	32 (163.9884)	19 (168.0000)	55 (152.5028)	17 (168.0000)
2019-05-17	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	20 / 44 (650.7200)	29 (159.9428)	7 (168.5600)	20 (162.2400)	26 (159.9772)
2019-04-05	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	11 / 26 (654.1596)	16 (161.0856)	11 (162.2856)	7 (166.8228)	12 (163.9656)
2019-03-08	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	20 / 66 (660.4912)	2 (178.2972)	50 (154.2512)	34 (161.6456)	19 (166.2972)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#223 (533 pts)	#233 (523 pts)	#235 (518 pts)	#251 (503 pts)	#198 (588 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#324 (958 pts)	#285 (1063 pts)	#219 (1238 pts)	#329 (973 pts)	#264 (1133 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#299 (1076 pts)	#379 (921 pts)	#253 (1176 pts)	#410 (881 pts)	#447 (811 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#384 (960 pts)	#629 (635 pts)	#392 (975 pts)	#547 (720 pts)	#451 (880 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#478 (845 pts)	#648 (635 pts)	#491 (830 pts)	#603 (665 pts)	#522 (780 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#830 (405 pts)	#1235 (245 pts)	#928 (380 pts)	#892 (405 pts)	#1431 (180 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#988 (318 pts)	#959 (368 pts)	#1431 (203 pts)	#864 (423 pts)	#1180 (263 pts)