BIG RAZ BBQ NJ
Rating
1689
peak 1712
Contests
35
in the data
First seen
2019-03-08
latest 2021-10-08
Best ToY finish
#2
Master 2019
Grand champs
6
5 reserve
Category wins
14
37 podiums
Overall top-10s
22
of 35 contests
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
674.55 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 679.92 (-5.37)
Walk rate
91%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
14
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.57
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.28 · weakest Brisket (167.97)
Road miles
6888
mi across 35 mapped stops · furthest 728 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has finished one call ahead of BIG RAZ BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PADDY MCQ'S in 14 of their 19 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
York County BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1428 points of the Grand Championship at Sun BBQFest (2019-06-01).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 5% across 3 contests, versus top 22% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NJ first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 35 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.9656 | 171.28 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 35 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 178.8800 | 157.7144 | 169.44 | top 28% |
| Pork | 35 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.2628 | 171.22 | top 22% |
| Brisket | 35 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 178.8572 | 150.8228 | 167.97 | top 33% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 5 | 0 | top 30% |
| NJ | 5 | 2 | top 17% |
| PA | 5 | 0 | top 27% |
| NY | 5 | 0 | top 10% |
| MA | 3 | 1 | top 37% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 37% |
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
| VT | 2 | 2 | top 3% |
| ME | 2 | 1 | top 5% |
| CT | 2 | 0 | top 5% |
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 8% |
| NH | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 21 | 6 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 14 | 0 | top 25% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (30 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (5 of 35 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (35 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival (2019-07-27)
- Wins it all in 17% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 679.92
- 3 perfect 180s 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 676.5256 | 670.76 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 689.6572 | 677.07 |
| 2019 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 701.7372 | 680.82 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 40 / 70 (676.5256) | 63 (161.0856) | 20 (173.1888) | 18 (171.9884) | 32 (170.2628) |
| 2021-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 28 / 46 (664.9944) | 43 (157.0972) | 33 (162.8116) | 15 (170.8228) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2020-07-31 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 15 / 35 (663.3600) | 16 (169.7028) | 30 (157.7144) | 9 (169.1200) | 13 (166.8228) |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 12 / 59 (678.2060) | 8 (173.1200) | 10 (169.6916) | 40 (163.4172) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 6 / 53 (689.6572) | 21 (170.2628) | 16 (169.1200) | 4 (174.8572) | 4 (175.4172) |
| 2019-11-09 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) Concord, NC | 7 / 33 (687.9432) | 5 (177.7028) | 21 (167.4172) | 3 (175.4172) | 17 (167.4060) |
| 2019-11-08 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC | 24 / 47 (669.5428) | 19 (170.8344) | 20 (169.6800) | 13 (170.8228) | 39 (158.2056) |
| 2019-10-25 | 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN | 17 / 97 (689.6456) | 3 (178.8572) | 38 (171.9656) | 66 (164.5600) | 14 (174.2628) |
| 2019-10-12 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 1 / 30 (698.2628) | 1 (176.0000) | 1 (173.7028) | 1 (174.2972) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2019-10-11 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 1 / 32 (688.5600) | 6 (170.2744) | 3 (170.8800) | 1 (176.0000) | 2 (171.4056) |
| 2019-10-04 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Greenfield, MA | 1 / 26 (701.7372) | 2 (178.8572) | 2 (173.7028) | 1 (178.8800) | 6 (170.2972) |
| 2019-09-28 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Hope Valley, RI | 3 / 36 (689.0740) | 1 (176.5828) | 3 (171.9772) | 18 (165.6684) | 2 (174.8456) |
| 2019-09-21 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 2 / 43 (682.8228) | 7 (168.5600) | 8 (168.5600) | 2 (173.7144) | 5 (171.9884) |
| 2019-09-07 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT | 1 / 31 (691.3712) | 11 (170.8228) | 1 (178.8800) | 8 (169.7028) | 2 (171.9656) |
| 2019-08-24 | Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition Hiram, ME | 2 / 36 (685.1312) | 8 (167.4056) | 4 (172.0000) | 5 (172.5828) | 5 (173.1428) |
| 2019-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 3 / 53 (680.5032) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (168.0116) | 6 (169.6800) | 18 (162.8116) |
| 2019-08-10 | Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark Saco, ME | 1 / 28 (681.6800) | 3 (177.1428) | 18 (160.5372) | 3 (173.7144) | 3 (170.2856) |
| 2019-07-27 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT | 1 / 33 (693.6800) | 9 (171.9656) | 1 (176.5828) | 1 (177.1544) | 4 (167.9772) |
| 2019-07-20 | Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY | 2 / 34 (685.0860) | 3 (173.7144) | 5 (173.7144) | 3 (170.8344) | 7 (166.8228) |
| 2019-07-05 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 5 / 32 (660.4800) | 22 (161.6800) | 5 (166.2744) | 2 (170.8800) | 13 (161.6456) |
| 2019-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 9 / 48 (680.0000) | 6 (174.3200) | 36 (159.3828) | 18 (170.2972) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2019-06-14 | Hartford Rib Off Hartford, CT | 2 / 27 (696.6060) | 2 (174.8572) | 3 (172.6172) | 4 (170.2744) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2019-06-08 | Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH | 13 / 29 (671.3716) | 6 (174.8456) | 21 (158.2516) | 9 (170.8800) | 11 (167.3944) |
| 2019-06-01 | Sun BBQFest Uncasville, CT | 2 / 61 (697.7028) | 3 (175.4056) | 2 (174.2972) | 11 (171.4400) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2019-05-25 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 Gettysburg, PA | 13 / 32 (687.8740) | 9 (173.1084) | 19 (166.2400) | 1 (180.0000) | 21 (168.5256) |
| 2019-05-24 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 Gettysburg, PA | 14 / 33 (672.4684) | 10 (171.9772) | 4 (173.1200) | 4 (174.8456) | 32 (152.5256) |
| 2019-05-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA | 12 / 28 (661.6112) | 9 (170.8228) | 3 (176.0000) | 18 (158.2628) | 18 (156.5256) |
| 2019-05-17 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA | 17 / 27 (649.5884) | 8 (169.7028) | 13 (161.0972) | 8 (167.9656) | 24 (150.8228) |
| 2019-05-04 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) Fredericksburg, VA | 6 / 33 (689.6344) | 7 (174.2744) | 8 (173.1200) | 4 (176.5600) | 20 (165.6800) |
| 2019-05-03 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) Fredericksburg, VA | 5 / 34 (684.4456) | 7 (174.2628) | 11 (169.6916) | 9 (170.8228) | 12 (169.6684) |
| 2019-04-27 | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 3 / 43 (680.5256) | 1 (180.0000) | 4 (171.4516) | 6 (171.4056) | 32 (157.6684) |
| 2019-04-05 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 5 / 26 (665.6572) | 15 (161.0856) | 8 (164.5716) | 5 (170.2628) | 6 (169.7372) |
| 2019-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2) Urbanna, VA | 23 / 52 (667.3256) | 38 (164.5372) | 15 (168.5944) | 16 (167.9772) | 21 (166.2168) |
| 2019-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 8 / 63 (673.0632) | 27 (167.9772) | 10 (169.7144) | 6 (172.5716) | 30 (162.8000) |
| 2019-03-08 | Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ | 19 / 66 (661.0856) | 44 (155.9656) | 2 (176.0116) | 24 (165.1428) | 31 (163.9656) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1068 (110 pts) | #813 (175 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #180 (638 pts) | #202 (613 pts) | #270 (463 pts) | #152 (768 pts) | #184 (618 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2 (2719 pts) | #7 (2518 pts) | #8 (2537 pts) | #1 🏆 (2615 pts) | #15 (2421 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #64 (2119 pts) | #92 (1804 pts) | #119 (1637 pts) | #17 (2377 pts) | #79 (1890 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #388 (952 pts) | #233 (1292 pts) | #325 (1102 pts) | #266 (1237 pts) | #455 (877 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #639 (603 pts) | #609 (668 pts) | #640 (638 pts) | #841 (468 pts) | #604 (663 pts) |