What the Pork? VT
Rating
1522
peak 1561
Contests
29
in the data
First seen
2019-05-17
latest 2025-09-27
Best ToY finish
#171
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
5
13 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 29 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.40 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 656.55 (+12.86)
Walk rate
69%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±39.88
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.05 · weakest Brisket (164.95)
Road miles
6456
mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 1189 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has finished one call ahead of What the Pork? 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
⚔️ A tough matchup
PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 15 of their 16 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 3.4172 points of the Grand Championship at Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest (2019-06-08).
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 26% across 5 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VT first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 175.4400 | 147.8968 | 165.52 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 28 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 174.9144 | 153.6688 | 168.05 | top 39% |
| Pork | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 176.5600 | 147.3372 | 166.62 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 150.2628 | 164.95 | top 48% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VT | 6 | 0 | top 56% |
| MA | 6 | 0 | top 50% |
| NH | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
| ME | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
| QC | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 0 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 61% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VT (9 of 29 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (28 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 656.55
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 685.0856 | 685.09 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 671.3144 | 668.88 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 680.0344 | 666.94 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 677.7028 | 662.09 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 675.9772 | 641.20 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-27 | Spencerville Smoke Ring Spencerville, K0E 1X0 | 7 / 14 (685.0856) | 9 (169.1428) | 6 (173.7028) | 4 (175.4172) | 7 (166.8228) |
| 2024-09-14 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) Braintree, VT | 14 / 25 (671.3144) | 13 (169.1200) | 7 (172.5600) | 9 (170.8344) | 24 (158.8000) |
| 2024-09-13 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) Braintree, VT | 13 / 25 (669.0744) | 17 (164.5828) | 17 (165.0972) | 1 (176.5600) | 18 (162.8344) |
| 2024-06-01 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH | 20 / 37 (666.2400) | 17 (169.1544) | 25 (165.1200) | 27 (164.0000) | 16 (167.9656) |
| 2023-09-23 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA | 34 / 42 (655.2916) | 27 (167.9656) | 29 (163.3828) | 39 (157.0972) | 24 (166.8460) |
| 2023-09-23 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA | — | — | 6 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2023-09-22 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA | 21 / 31 (670.7892) | 21 (169.6916) | 24 (167.9888) | 21 (166.8344) | 17 (166.2744) |
| 2023-09-10 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT | — | 3 (172.0344) | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-10 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT | — | — | 4 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2023-09-08 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT | 17 / 26 (661.6344) | 13 (169.1544) | 14 (166.8572) | 17 (165.6684) | 21 (159.9544) |
| 2023-06-03 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH | 9 / 39 (680.0344) | 23 (166.8800) | 3 (174.9144) | 14 (170.2744) | 12 (167.9656) |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL | 60 / 61 (662.6972) | 60 (159.9544) | 53 (166.2400) | 35 (170.8344) | 55 (165.6684) |
| 2022-11-11 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL | 75 / 91 (663.2684) | 90 (159.3484) | 38 (169.6916) | 45 (169.7028) | 67 (164.5256) |
| 2022-10-01 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Southwick, MA | 16 / 33 (662.2748) | 17 (167.4400) | 14 (166.8460) | 17 (164.0116) | 15 (163.9772) |
| 2022-09-17 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Braintree, VT | 22 / 26 (633.5088) | 9 (170.8344) | 23 (153.6688) | 24 (147.3372) | 14 (161.6684) |
| 2022-09-17 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT | — | — | 4 (171.4400) | — | — |
| 2022-09-16 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Braintree, VT | 9 / 18 (673.0628) | 8 (169.7144) | 2 (173.7028) | 14 (162.2400) | 8 (167.4056) |
| 2022-06-25 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff Skowhegan, ME | 9 / 25 (677.7028) | 17 (165.1312) | 14 (165.1316) | 4 (174.8572) | 3 (172.5828) |
| 2022-06-25 | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Skowhegan, ME | — | — | 3 (172.0000) | — | — |
| 2019-10-04 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Greenfield, MA | 4 / 26 (675.9772) | 5 (172.0116) | 10 (166.3200) | 8 (167.9656) | 7 (169.6800) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 104 / 468 (471.8972) | 355 (159.4172) | 256 (164.5600) | 122 (170.2628) | 30 (175.4400) |
| 2019-09-07 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT | 9 / 31 (668.5256) | 15 (167.4516) | 6 (169.7028) | 13 (163.4056) | 11 (167.9656) |
| 2019-08-10 | Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark Saco, ME | 13 / 28 (660.5140) | 24 (155.9656) | 1 (173.1544) | 12 (166.2856) | 7 (165.1084) |
| 2019-07-05 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 26 / 32 (622.6624) | 31 (147.8968) | 7 (164.5256) | 21 (159.9772) | 26 (150.2628) |
| 2019-06-15 | 514 BBQ Saint-Léonard, QC | 2 / 23 (673.1540) | 3 (169.7256) | 5 (163.9884) | 1 (176.0000) | 5 (163.4400) |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec, G1G 4C7 | 2 / 24 (657.6912) | 11 (158.8456) | 2 (163.3944) | 1 (173.1656) | 6 (162.2856) |
| 2019-05-25 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 9 / 43 (664.5712) | 22 (162.2856) | 12 (166.8800) | 11 (169.1084) | 11 (166.2972) |
| 2019-05-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA | 10 / 28 (661.6688) | 3 (175.4400) | 10 (167.4172) | 20 (157.1316) | 11 (161.6800) |
| 2019-05-17 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA | 14 / 27 (655.3140) | 23 (158.8000) | 1 (173.1428) | 17 (159.9772) | 14 (163.3940) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1080 (85 pts) | #1100 (100 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1032 (105 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #402 (492 pts) | #349 (648 pts) | #256 (925 pts) | #453 (462 pts) | #421 (477 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #482 (432 pts) | #480 (462 pts) | #263 (929 pts) | #495 (452 pts) | #404 (577 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #171 (1449 pts) | #234 (1164 pts) | #93 (1749 pts) | #178 (1364 pts) | #203 (1254 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #353 (967 pts) | #362 (957 pts) | #343 (987 pts) | #295 (1097 pts) | #513 (722 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #652 (588 pts) | #663 (608 pts) | #642 (633 pts) | #574 (698 pts) | #537 (733 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #741 (508 pts) | #503 (808 pts) | #764 (523 pts) | #751 (523 pts) | #813 (463 pts) |