A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
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MOTLEY QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Vegan Tears
Vegan Tears is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 29th of 30 at the Grizzly BBQ Brawl (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1454
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 18, 2016
latest Sep 6, 2024 · 8.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±54.51
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 150.88 · weakest Chicken (116.72)
Road miles
1,703
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,701 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$4,500
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
559.59 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7716 | 20 | 116.72 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7484 | 129.6916 | 141.99 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 144.0232 | 150.88 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8688 | 144.5712 | 149.99 | top 77% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 3 | 36 | 0 | top 91% | Jun 16, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
1 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
112
finished ahead 13 times, behind 145
Longest layoff
6.2 yrs
Jun 16, 2018 → Sep 6, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score604.5488 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.8800 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Most recent contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Jun 18, 2016 |
| -12.3 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Jun 10, 2017 |
| -9.5 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 6, 2024 |
| -9.2 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Jun 16, 2018 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 84% | 84% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 64.8% | 64.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2024 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH | 29 / 30 (604.5488) | 30 (141.1200) | 30 (145.6800) | 25 (162.8800) | 29 (154.8688) |
| Jun 16, 2018 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton | 43 / 51 (581.7144) | 31 (153.7716) | 50 (129.6916) | 43 (146.3200) | 30 (151.9312) |
| Jun 10, 2017 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton | 36 / 39 (585.7144) | 28 (152) | 38 (138.8344) | 28 (150.3088) | 34 (144.5712) |
| Jun 18, 2016 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, CA | 41 / 42 (466.3660) | 41 (20) | 23 (153.7484) | 35 (144.0232) | 27 (148.5944) |