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CIDER BOYS BBQ VT

Power ranking

#1425
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1510
peak 1514

Contests

55
in the data

First seen

2019-06-08
latest 2026-05-02

Best ToY finish

#320
Master 2024

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
of 55 contests

Avg finish

top 58%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

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Current form

674.61 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 661.29 (+13.32)

Walk rate

60%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Consistency

±18.44
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 166.83 · weakest Pork (164.29)

Road miles

3625
mi across 55 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Titans of BBQ has finished one call ahead of CIDER BOYS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Mullen It Over BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 32 of their 32 shared contests.

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 47% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, VT first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 38 9 0 3 178.8572 143.9544 164.74 top 64%
Pork Ribs 48 20 0 5 177.7028 145.0972 166.83 top 51%
Pork 32 6 0 1 177.7144 149.0400 164.29 top 61%
Brisket 32 10 0 3 177.1428 151.3828 165.08 top 51%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
VT80top 52%
ME70top 54%
NH60top 64%
MA50top 55%
NY40top 60%
CT20top 56%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 46%
Medium (20–39)240top 58%
Large (40+)60top 52%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026400 671.2684 671.27
2025800 686.7772 675.44
20241200 687.9200 667.25
20231200 685.0744 673.73
2022900 674.1828 660.11
2021500 662.1600 648.26
2019500 674.2284 643.78

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-05-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) New Paltz, NY 42 / 59 (671.2684) 54 (163.9428) 12 (174.2628) 43 (167.9656) 38 (165.0972)
2026-05-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) New Paltz, NY 10 (170.8228)
2026-05-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) New Paltz, NY
2026-05-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) New Paltz, NY 15 (167.3828)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Braintree, VT 10 / 25 (684.4688) 11 (173.1200) 13 (168.5372) 3 (177.7144) 15 (165.0972)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) Braintree, VT 13 (152.4800)
2025-08-16 Kora Kares for Kids Hiram, ME 9 / 40 (686.7772) 10 (174.8572) 2 (177.7028) 32 (160.5144) 7 (173.7028)
2025-08-16 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 18 (167.3944)
2025-08-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) Port Jervis, NY 35 / 47 (675.3028) 42 (165.6800) 32 (168.5256) 36 (166.8228) 13 (174.2744)
2025-05-31 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Hancock, NH 22 / 26 (655.2112) 13 (170.8228) 14 (169.1200) 26 (149.0400) 14 (166.2284)
2025-05-31 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Hancock, NH 12 (162.2628)
2025-05-31 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hancock, NH 7 (170.8344)
2024-09-14 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) Braintree, VT 5 / 25 (687.9200) 3 (177.7144) 4 (175.4056) 21 (163.9772) 12 (170.8228)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) Braintree, VT 19 / 25 (655.3944) 22 (159.9772) 8 (170.8228) 19 (163.9884) 19 (160.6060)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT 7 (168.0000)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 7 (169.1200)
2024-08-17 Kora Kares for Kids Hiram, ME 10 / 39 (680.5372) 3 (176.0000) 24 (165.6916) 13 (169.7028) 10 (169.1428)
2024-08-17 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 4 (176.5600)
2024-06-22 Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff Schenectady, NY 11 / 21 (664.4340) 2 (178.8572) 14 (162.8000) 7 (167.3828) 17 (155.3940)
2024-06-01 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH 27 / 37 (658.1484) 16 (169.6800) 3 (174.2628) 30 (162.8228) 35 (151.3828)
2024-05-18 Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA 26 / 31 (659.9312) 21 (165.7028) 14 (170.8572) 23 (164.5256) 28 (158.8456)
2024-04-13 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT 26 / 37 (664.4112) 17 (170.8228) 17 (170.2628) 32 (161.0856) 28 (162.2400)
2024-04-13 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT 4 (171.9772)
2024-04-12 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT 10 (163.9540)
2023-09-23 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA 15 / 42 (685.0744) 14 (171.9772) 6 (174.8800) 27 (168.5372) 17 (169.6800)
2023-09-23 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA 3 (174.8916)
2023-09-22 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA
2023-09-10 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT 10 (154.8344)
2023-09-10 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 2 (174.2628)
2023-09-08 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT 12 / 26 (671.9312) 12 (170.2512) 5 (171.9772) 18 (163.9884) 13 (165.7144)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition Hiram, ME 31 / 46 (659.3372) 26 (166.2628) 32 (163.3944) 19 (169.1200) 34 (160.5600)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 29 (152.5256)
2023-06-24 Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff Schenectady, NY 8 / 19 (679.3944) 6 (172.5944) 9 (167.4172) 12 (165.1200) 3 (174.2628)
2023-06-03 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH 12 / 39 (675.2796) 13 (171.9772) 8 (173.1200) 16 (167.3712) 25 (162.8112)
2023-04-15 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Bristol, CT 18 / 43 (671.3716) 37 (161.7032) 21 (167.9772) 20 (169.7028) 5 (171.9884)
2023-04-15 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT 3 (173.7028)
2022-10-01 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Southwick, MA 10 / 33 (672.5372) 19 (165.1200) 26 (162.2744) 9 (168.0000) 2 (177.1428)
2022-09-17 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Braintree, VT 18 / 26 (648.3656) 23 (157.0856) 11 (167.3944) 22 (156.5028) 10 (167.3828)
2022-09-17 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 5 (170.8572)
2022-08-27 Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition Hiram, ME 21 / 31 (646.1144) 17 (167.4056) 20 (160.5372) 17 (163.3944) 23 (154.7772)
2022-08-27 Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 19 (157.1084)
2022-06-25 Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff Skowhegan, ME 11 / 25 (674.1828) 18 (165.1084) 10 (167.9772) 8 (171.9772) 8 (169.1200)
2022-06-25 Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Skowhegan, ME 13 (160.5600)
2022-06-04 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH 19 / 37 (659.3252) 20 (162.2512) 27 (159.3712) 21 (164.0000) 6 (173.7028)
2022-04-23 New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night Blairstown, NJ 4 (174.2972)
2021-10-02 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT 8 / 16 (662.1600) 15 (157.0744) 8 (166.2628) 5 (168.0000) 6 (170.8228)
2021-10-02 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest Braintree, VT 5 (166.2856)
2021-09-25 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown Southwick, MA 16 / 26 (634.6512) 21 (153.6800) 14 (161.6456) 14 (161.6684) 15 (157.6572)
2021-08-20 Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition Hiram, ME 17 / 26 (654.7428) 23 (158.2056) 17 (162.2972) 9 (172.5600) 17 (161.6800)
2021-06-12 Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH 24 / 32 (641.4852) 29 (157.0740) 18 (163.9888) 21 (160.4912) 24 (159.9312)
2019-10-04 Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Greenfield, MA 16 / 26 (655.3828) 17 (162.8228) 21 (160.5944) 19 (158.8228) 3 (173.1428)
2019-09-07 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT 30 / 31 (626.6972) 30 (150.8344) 24 (157.1316) 25 (154.7884) 17 (163.9428)
2019-08-24 Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition Hiram, ME 31 / 36 (611.2688) 35 (143.9544) 35 (145.0972) 17 (164.5600) 25 (157.6572)
2019-07-27 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT 6 / 33 (674.2284) 17 (159.4172) 27 (160.5028) 32 (150.8000) 28 (152.5144)
2019-06-08 Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH 20 / 29 (651.3260) 23 (158.2632) 12 (165.6916) 21 (162.2512) 13 (165.1200)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #791 (60 pts) #596 (175 pts) #551 (218 pts) #823 (60 pts) #814 (60 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #482 (396 pts) #436 (528 pts) #292 (872 pts) #499 (396 pts) #439 (491 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #320 (682 pts) #130 (1306 pts) #100 (1497 pts) #361 (607 pts) #383 (592 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #327 (645 pts) #307 (741 pts) #101 (1507 pts) #400 (535 pts) #306 (735 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #431 (505 pts) #523 (415 pts) #247 (970 pts) #429 (530 pts) #301 (770 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #471 (385 pts) #606 (280 pts) #351 (583 pts) #395 (485 pts) #470 (410 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #837 (349 pts) #910 (329 pts) #862 (369 pts) #858 (369 pts) #616 (554 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1323 (176 pts) #1004 (306 pts) #1580 (126 pts) #1338 (181 pts) #873 (381 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1504 (166 pts) #1600 (166 pts) #2580 (68 pts) #1557 (176 pts) #1344 (221 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #846 (357 pts) #721 (457 pts) #726 (457 pts) #756 (442 pts) #780 (412 pts)

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