Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.9772 at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
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.
BURNIN VERNON BBQ has 1 rated contest — 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 114 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BURNIN VERNON BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where BURNIN VERNON BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 158.2400 | 163.98 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 162.8000 | 165.10 | top 60% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 170.8228 | 170.85 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 166.8228 | 167.70 | top 41% |
“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 | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2 | 112 | 0 | top 49% | 2016-10-29 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 93.3% | 92.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 204 / 557 (663.2800) | 407 (158.2400) | 211 (167.3944) | 109 (170.8228) | 182 (166.8228) |
| 2016-10-28 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 112 / 180 (671.9772) | 104 (169.7144) | 147 (162.8000) | 66 (170.8800) | 88 (168.5828) |