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Up-2 BBQ VT

Power ranking

#179
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1691
peak 1691 · rated over 48 contests

Best runs

10
straight top-10s

Contests

60
in the data

First seen

2019-06-08
latest 2026-08-15

Best ToY finish

#108
Master 2024

Grand champs

1
1 reserve

Category wins

6
33 podiums

Overall top-10s

29
of 60 contests

Avg finish

top 32%
overall standings

Best overall

700.5144 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

693.78 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 677.61 (+16.17)

Walk rate

83%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

10
best run (overall)

Consistency

±11.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.29)

Road miles

6487
mi across 60 mapped stops · furthest 1179 mi

Schedule strength

53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$389K
listed at 52 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
GCs in 42 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.61 / 720
47 Master contests · 1 GC

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

HUMPHREY'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Up-2 BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

LG bbq has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 32 of their 44 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 25 of their 26 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 3 visits.

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 37-team field at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES.

😤 Chicken nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has out-cooked them in 29 of 45 shared chicken entries.

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 23% across 9 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2024-06-01) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, PADDY MCQ'S.

📈 Riding a hot streak

Currently on a 6-contest overall top-10 run.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Granite State BBQ Championship (2021-06-12).

Teams like this (closest power rating, VT first)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 44 14 30 32% ⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S 44 12 32 27% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 40 10 30 25% ⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE 36 19 17 53% ⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ 29 25 4 86% ⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ 26 25 1 96% ⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue 25 23 2 92% ⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS 20 12 8 60% ⚔ compare
Matt's Backyard BBQ 19 17 2 89% ⚔ compare
STICKS & STONES BBQ 19 14 5 74% ⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ 19 7 12 37% ⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q 18 7 11 39% ⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ 18 0 18 0% ⚔ compare
SUWHEE Q 17 17 0 100% ⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit 17 2 15 12% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 51 23 1 8 178.8572 162.2516 171.00 top 40%
Pork Ribs 57 25 2 9 178.8572 151.3600 168.29 top 43%
Pork 48 16 1 6 180.0000 🔥 157.6456 168.61 top 43%
Brisket 48 30 2 10 179.4400 147.3372 170.42 top 30%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
VT100top 33%
ME70top 23%
NH71top 32%
MA60top 26%
NJ60top 46%
NY50top 37%
CT30top 21%
KS20top 33%
TN10top 53%
RI10top 6%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)40top 46%
Medium (20–39)321top 31%
Large (40+)120top 29%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 8 4 0 top 31% 2025-09-20
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 3 1 1 top 20% 2024-06-01
Kora Kares for Kids 3 3 0 top 15% 2026-08-15
Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 3 5 0 top 47% 2025-06-21
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 3 2 0 top 21% 2024-04-13
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 3 3 0 top 14% 2023-09-23
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 2 10 0 top 46% 2025-05-31
Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 2 5 0 top 32% 2025-05-17
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 2 15 0 top 51% 2023-04-22
The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 2 7 0 top 43% 2022-07-23
Granite State BBQ Championship 2 7 0 top 37% 2021-06-12

The story so far

Milestones

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+13.9Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition2021-08-20
+12.3HOGS 4 HEROES2023-05-06
+11.7Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)2023-09-22
+11.6Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES2024-06-01
+11.5Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)2024-04-13

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-8.7The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival2019-07-27
-8.4Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff2023-06-24
-7New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)2023-04-21
-5.2New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)2023-04-22
-3.1Massachusetts in May (Day 2)2025-05-17

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20262010 50% top 6% 97.3% 97.3%
202512072 92% top 31% 96.7% 95.2%
202413171 77% top 27% 96.7% 94.9%
202313042 85% top 34% 96.7% 94.1%
20229060 78% top 32% 94.7% 93.5%
20217021 86% top 39% 95.3% 92.5%
20194020 100% top 34% 94.1% 92.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-08-15 Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME 3 / 51 (700.5144) 24 (171.9772) 8 (176.5600) 10 (175.4172) 6 (176.5600)
2026-08-15 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 19 (169.7028)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT 7 / 25 (690.7884) 16 (170.8228) 3 (173.7028) 16 (166.8228) 3 (179.4400)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) Braintree, VT 6 (170.2628)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) Braintree, VT 7 (169.1200)
2025-08-16 Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME 8 / 40 (688.5028) 12 (173.7028) 28 (164.5372) 10 (173.7028) 1 (176.5600)
2025-08-16 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 3 (174.8800)
2025-08-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY 9 / 47 (695.9656) 20 (174.2628) 18 (174.2744) 14 (173.1428) 12 (174.2856)
2025-08-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) Port Jervis, NY 9 / 34 (697.6688) 20 (170.8228) 6 (176.0116) 12 (174.2744) 5 (176.5600)
2025-06-21 Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 🏅 Schenectady, NY 5 / 18 (693.1200) 12 (171.4056) 2 (178.8572) 10 (171.4400) 7 (171.4172)
2025-05-31 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Hancock, NH 12 / 26 (678.7428) 18 (168.5256) 17 (166.2516) 16 (167.9656) 3 (176.0000)
2025-05-30 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Hancock, NH 10 / 22 (678.7312) 13 (169.6800) 9 (173.7028) 18 (159.9312) 3 (175.4172)
2025-05-17 Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA 13 / 29 (678.2056) 25 (162.2628) 5 (174.2744) 26 (162.8112) 1 (178.8572)
2025-05-16 Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA 5 / 27 (682.2968) 5 (174.2856) 21 (163.4400) 9 (169.7256) 4 (174.8456)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS 70 / 169 (686.7424) 45 (175.4056) 144 (166.2400) 102 (170.2512) 44 (174.8456)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 105 / 444 (686.8000) 41 (177.1428) 241 (168.5600) 213 (169.1200) 96 (171.9772)
2024-10-11 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 46 / 87 (677.6000) 39 (170.2744) 60 (168.5256) 28 (171.4172) 51 (167.3828)
2024-09-14 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) 🏅 Braintree, VT 10 / 25 (682.8000) 11 (170.2972) 12 (166.2400) 12 (170.2628) 3 (176.0000)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) 🏅 Braintree, VT 7 / 25 (683.3484) 4 (177.1544) 16 (165.1200) 5 (172.5484) 9 (168.5256)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT 3 (171.4172)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 8 (169.1200)
2024-08-17 Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME 7 / 39 (685.7028) 20 (169.1200) 9 (170.8800) 18 (168.5600) 2 (177.1428)
2024-08-17 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 6 (174.8572)
2024-06-22 Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 🏅 Schenectady, NY 8 / 21 (671.8972) 17 (165.6916) 13 (162.8228) 5 (169.6800) 4 (173.7028)
2024-06-01 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH 1 / 37 (687.4060) 2 (176.5600) 7 (171.4288) 12 (169.1200) 7 (170.2972)
2024-04-13 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT 2 / 37 (696.5832) 2 (178.8572) 13 (171.4288) 9 (171.9772) 6 (174.3200)
2024-04-12 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT 7 / 29 (676.5028) 9 (170.2744) 24 (159.4056) 1 (180.0000) 13 (166.8228)
2023-09-23 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA 7 / 42 (693.6456) 19 (170.2628) 7 (174.2744) 21 (170.2512) 2 (178.8572)
2023-09-22 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA 3 / 31 (696.5372) 3 (176.5716) 3 (175.4172) 3 (175.4400) 12 (169.1084)
2023-09-10 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT 7 (170.8456)
2023-09-10 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 1 (174.2972)
2023-09-08 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT 4 / 26 (686.8228) 14 (167.9772) 15 (166.8572) 3 (173.1084) 2 (178.8800)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME 19 / 46 (673.6684) 32 (165.0856) 23 (168.0000) 2 (177.7600) 32 (162.8228)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 18 (162.8800)
2023-06-24 Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff Schenectady, NY 14 / 19 (657.0628) 14 (164.5600) 11 (165.0972) 15 (160.5484) 12 (166.8572)
2023-06-03 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH 14 / 39 (670.7884) 11 (172.5828) 18 (167.4400) 33 (157.6456) 4 (173.1200)
2023-05-06 HOGS 4 HEROES 🏅 Jamestown, RI 3 / 50 (678.7884) 1 (176.5600) 2 (174.8800) 25 (162.8228) 16 (164.5256)
2023-04-22 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 15 / 30 (673.6116) 6 (175.4172) 23 (162.8344) 20 (165.6800) 14 (169.6800)
2023-04-21 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 19 / 36 (662.1372) 15 (169.6800) 34 (151.3600) 11 (170.2744) 8 (170.8228)
2023-04-15 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT 15 / 43 (680.6060) 18 (171.4516) 29 (161.1544) 11 (174.2972) 4 (173.7028)
2022-10-01 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Southwick, MA 5 / 33 (678.2400) 11 (172.0000) 12 (168.5600) 14 (166.2400) 7 (171.4400)
2022-09-17 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT 8 / 26 (681.6460) 10 (170.2744) 8 (169.6800) 5 (174.2628) 9 (167.4288)
2022-09-17 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 14 (161.6916)
2022-09-16 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Braintree, VT 8 / 18 (673.6340) 10 (169.1084) 5 (170.8572) 15 (161.6684) 7 (172.0000)
2022-08-27 Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME 10 / 31 (665.1200) 8 (173.7028) 21 (159.4400) 20 (161.7144) 8 (170.2628)
2022-07-23 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT 7 / 25 (667.4744) 2 (175.4172) 14 (163.4400) 7 (166.9144) 13 (161.7028)
2022-06-04 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH 8 / 37 (680.4912) 6 (172.0000) 10 (170.2628) 22 (163.3828) 4 (174.8456)
2022-04-23 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 19 / 41 (671.8972) 31 (166.2400) 16 (168.5372) 14 (170.2972) 21 (166.8228)
2022-04-22 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 19 / 48 (667.9088) 28 (166.8344) 29 (162.8228) 30 (164.5372) 6 (173.7144)
2021-10-23 Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ 13 / 31 (670.1828) 26 (162.2516) 5 (169.7028) 17 (166.8228) 7 (171.4056)
2021-10-22 Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ 14 / 31 (659.9088) 3 (175.4288) 25 (157.6800) 15 (167.3828) 20 (159.4172)
2021-10-02 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT 6 / 16 (676.4572) 5 (173.1200) 10 (165.6800) 3 (171.4172) 9 (166.2400)
2021-10-02 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest Braintree, VT 1 (172.5600)
2021-09-25 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown 🏅 Southwick, MA 13 / 26 (645.5428) 9 (166.2400) 2 (172.5828) 16 (159.3828) 21 (147.3372)
2021-08-20 Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME 3 / 26 (686.2400) 3 (172.0000) 14 (167.4172) 3 (176.5600) 9 (170.2628)
2021-06-12 Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH 16 / 32 (658.7772) 13 (168.5600) 15 (165.7028) 15 (164.5372) 22 (159.9772)
2019-09-07 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT 7 / 31 (674.8000) 5 (172.5484) 3 (173.7144) 11 (167.4400) 20 (161.0972)
2019-08-24 Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME 12 / 36 (659.9312) 9 (166.8456) 19 (162.8344) 8 (171.4400) 20 (158.8112)
2019-07-27 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT 19 / 33 (655.9084) 21 (165.6800) 10 (168.5600) 25 (158.8572) 16 (162.8112)
2019-06-08 Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH 7 / 29 (677.6340) 9 (171.4284) 11 (166.2744) 17 (164.5256) 2 (175.4056)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #534 (235 pts) #963 (65 pts) #599 (245 pts) #705 (135 pts) #635 (175 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #187 (1152 pts) #226 (989 pts) #134 (1476 pts) #275 (832 pts) #70 (1712 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #108 (1410 pts) #94 (1481 pts) #175 (1172 pts) #146 (1225 pts) #112 (1390 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #108 (1441 pts) #102 (1457 pts) #112 (1454 pts) #121 (1351 pts) #78 (1591 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #188 (1088 pts) #202 (1068 pts) #238 (1015 pts) #278 (868 pts) #168 (1173 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #231 (822 pts) #203 (932 pts) #181 (1075 pts) #228 (847 pts) #313 (647 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #616 (533 pts) #628 (543 pts) #607 (578 pts) #753 (433 pts) #656 (523 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #636 (535 pts) #872 (375 pts) #576 (650 pts) #507 (720 pts) #648 (570 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #896 (397 pts) #1263 (247 pts) #1028 (352 pts) #868 (452 pts) #809 (477 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #697 (546 pts) #595 (681 pts) #732 (546 pts) #707 (566 pts) #665 (596 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1446 (173 pts) #1294 (233 pts) #1462 (183 pts) #1569 (168 pts) #1545 (163 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1306 (216 pts) #1307 (231 pts) #957 (373 pts) #1191 (271 pts) #1140 (276 pts)

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