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N.J.’s 31 best BBQ joints ranked for 2025. A new No. 1 is crowned!

Nothing gets me going quite like the smell of smoked meats: ribs, brisket, chicken, you name it. Back in 2015, I proclaimed that New Jersey was a barbecue wasteland. The outlook has improved since then; there’s great barbecue in New Jersey, you just have to know where to look. Is New Jersey on a par with, say, the Carolinas? Of course not. But the state’s selections are well ahead of our …