High-water mark
671.9772
career-best overall
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.
- Master
- Oct 28, 2016
BURNIN VERNON BBQ
BURNIN VERNON BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 13th of 19 at the CASA's Big BBQ Bash (2014). They finished #1930 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BURNIN' VERNON BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 17, 2014
latest Oct 29, 2016 · 2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Best overall
671.9772 / 720
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.73
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.33 · weakest Chicken (162.64)
Road miles
366
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 366 mi
Master avg
662.77 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1930 (104 pts) | #2039 (99 pts) | #1781 (139 pts) | #2000 (109 pts) | #1995 (104 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 158.2400 | 162.64 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 162.8000 | 166.45 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 166.2744 | 169.33 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 157.6684 | 164.36 | top 50% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 112 | 0 | top 49% | Oct 29, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
570
finished ahead 425 times, behind 326
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Oct 17, 2014 → Oct 28, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20163 milestones
- Career-best overall score671.9772 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8800 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest CASA's Big BBQ Bash
- First call CASA's Big BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0628 CASA's Big BBQ Bash
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2016 | 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) |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 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) |
| Oct 17, 2014 | CASA's Big BBQ Bash Lawton, OK | 13 / 19 (653.0628) | 14 (159.9772) | 8 (169.1428) | 12 (166.2744) | 13 (157.6684) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.