High-water mark
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.1944 at Original SD BBQ Championships — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 5, 2026
NON-VEGAN is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 24th of 39 at the Original SD BBQ Championships (2023).
The teams rated closest to NON-VEGAN, each with one reason worth a look.
NON-VEGAN has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NON-VEGAN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before NON-VEGAN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersThey were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before NON-VEGAN's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with NON-VEGAN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before NON-VEGAN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 169.1428 | 173.15 | top 24% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 153.6688 | 162.01 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 161.7028 | 166.43 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0628 | 145.6456 | 152.37 | top 88% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 69% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original SD BBQ Championships | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 67% | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.2 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 6, 2025 |
| -2.2 | Original SD BBQ Championship | Jun 4, 2021 |
| -0.3 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 2, 2023 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 67% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 26 / 48 (674.1944) | 15 (172) | 14 (172.5600) | 19 (172.5716) | 41 (157.0628) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 28 (159.9656) | — | — |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 41 / 48 (641.6116) | 15 (172) | 45 (155.3716) | 39 (162.8456) | 43 (151.3944) |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD | — | — | 26 (153.6688) | — | — |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 24 / 39 (655.9428) | 12 (169.1428) | 12 (169.7144) | 33 (161.7028) | 32 (155.3828) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD | 33 / 49 (655.9428) | 1 (179.4400) | 33 (162.2744) | 19 (168.5828) | 46 (145.6456) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest Huron, SD | — | — | 18 (160.5372) | — | — |