High-water mark
686.2400
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2400 at The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-07-26
Vermont Maple BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1524 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-26
latest 2018-07-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.46
last 5 Master vs avg 643.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±30.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.40 · weakest Brisket (151.82)
Road miles
2
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Master avg
643.46 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 75% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SQUEELS ON WHEELS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival (2017-07-29).
- last seen 2015-07-25
- back 2017-07-29
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 31 at their very first tracked contest, The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ (2013-07-26).
- 2013-07-26
- 31-team field
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Vermont Maple BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 122 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Vermont Maple BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with Vermont Maple BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 150.2284 | 161.40 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0004 | 150.8228 | 158.99 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 155.9656 | 160.56 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 139.9428 | 151.82 | top 74% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 77% | 2018-07-28 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2018-07-28
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.40 · weakest Brisket (151.82)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
643.46
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
66
68–59 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-07-25 → 2017-07-29
Power rating
1513
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
- First overall top-10 The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.2400 The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
- Career-best overall score686.2400 The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
- 2015
- First call Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
- Peak power rating (1524) Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
- 2018
- Most recent contest The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.1 | Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ | 2015-07-25 |
| +11.5 | The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ | 2013-07-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | 2017-07-29 |
| -3 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | 2018-07-28 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 13% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-28 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival WINDSOR, VT | 24 / 34 (633.0168) | 21 (162.2512) | 23 (159.4056) | 25 (156.5372) | 22 (154.8228) |
| 2017-07-29 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival WINDSOR, VT | 25 / 30 (610.1940) | 22 (159.4056) | 27 (150.8228) | 16 (160.0228) | 26 (139.9428) |
| 2015-07-25 | Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT | 8 / 35 (671.3832) | 2 (173.7028) | 19 (164.0004) | 8 (169.7028) | 18 (163.9772) |
| 2013-07-26 | The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT | 4 / 31 (686.2400) | 30 (150.2284) | 18 (161.7372) | 23 (155.9656) | 29 (148.5372) |