The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) (Apr 14, 2023).
- last seen Apr 7, 2017
- back Apr 14, 2023
Vegan Destroyers
Vegan Destroyers is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 15th of 17 at the Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 14, 2023
latest Apr 14, 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.82)
Road miles
191
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Purse competed for
$3,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Vegan Destroyers has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Vegan Destroyers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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- Contests
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- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
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- Peak
- 1502
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Vegan Destroyers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 155.3716 | 163.11 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 149.6344 | 156.82 | top 77% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2284 | 158.2284 | 158.23 | top 82% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
16
finished ahead 2 times, behind 14
Longest layoff
6 yrs
Apr 7, 2017 → Apr 14, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score463.2344 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
20152 milestones
- First call Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8456 Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2023 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Chelsea, AL | 15 / 17 (463.2344) | 14 (155.3716) | 17 (149.6344) | 14 (158.2284) | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST) Chelsea, AL | — | 3 (170.8456) | 6 (164.0116) | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |