High-water mark
340.5372
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 340.5372 at Atlanta BBQ Store Classic — 94.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Nov 14, 2025
Vegan Recovery Camp
Vegan Recovery Camp is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 34 at the BBQ, Boogie & Blues (2024). They are ranked #2416 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Nov 17, 2023
latest Apr 3, 2026 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
329.20 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 326.15 (+3.05)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.20
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.47 · weakest Pork (152.26)
Road miles
282
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$83K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
326.15 / 360
8 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The teams rated closest to Vegan Recovery Camp, each with one reason worth a look.
98 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,430 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1523
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Vegan Recovery Camp's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Vegan Recovery Camp's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 89%
- Peak
- 1523
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 89% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
Level with Vegan Recovery Camp on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peckerwood Country Club | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| 3D BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| OFF THE CHAIN | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Wiggle Butts BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke on the Porker | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 151.9316 | 159.68 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 154.2056 | 166.47 | top 29% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 148.5600 | 152.26 | top 54% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 42% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 39% | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 45% | Mar 7, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
7 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
274
finished ahead 296 times, behind 294
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1523) Smoke on the Falls
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score340.5372 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20243 milestones
- First call BBQ, Boogie & Blues
- First overall top-10 BBQ, Boogie & Blues
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9200 BBQ, Boogie & Blues
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.7 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 14, 2025 |
| +7.5 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues | Apr 26, 2024 |
| +3.3 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 17, 2023 |
| +1.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 7, 2025 |
| +1.3 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 16, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.9 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 15, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 33% | 94.6% | 91.7% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 92.5% | 90.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2026 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 18 / 36 (333.1088) | 23 (160.5488) | 9 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 12 / 56 (340.5372) | 18 (166.2628) | 6 (174.2744) | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 20 / 45 (319.8856) | 18 (165.6800) | 24 (154.2056) | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 33 / 58 (319.3488) | 35 (156.5256) | 27 (162.8232) | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 12 / 26 (333.1084) | 14 (162.2856) | 7 (170.8228) | 17 (152.5144) | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 9 / 34 (327.9200) | 17 (155.9428) | 2 (171.9772) | 18 (150.8344) | — |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 27 / 59 (317.0516) | 34 (151.9316) | 18 (165.1200) | 29 (157.1200) | — |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 24 / 60 (318.2172) | 27 (158.2628) | 22 (159.9544) | 30 (148.5600) | — |