CHERE AMEND archive

A KCBS contest rep working 3 states/provinces, most often around Gadsden, AL. By events worked they sit #111 of the 152 reps in the data. First on the record in 2019, latest contest 2022-06-03.

At a glance (their career as a contest rep, in numbers)

Contests run

every contest on their record · 1 cancelled

Among all reps

#111

of 152 reps by events worked · #80 by states covered

On the trail

2019–2022

4 seasons in the data

This season

contests dated 2026 · 2.8 a season career-long

States / provinces

7 towns · GA most of all

State championships

contests carrying a state title

Teams officiated

320

311 entries total · 1,814 meat boxes

Avg field

2245

teams per contest · median 29

Biggest event

Hawgin On Lanier

Field strength

1570

avg power rating of their fields · above 55% of rated contests

GCs crowned

7 different teams · 10 reserve champions

First-ever titles

teams whose first GC anywhere came at one of theirs

Teams that started here

first contest in the data at one of theirs

Upsets seen

longest shot 8-in-100 — BBQ Boogie & Blues

Perfect 180s seen

14 🔥

out of 1,814 meat entries

Highest score seen

702.8344

top overall · BBQ Boogie & Blues

Avg winning score (Master)

699.60

696.49702.83

10 Master contests · 692.85 across all contests

Avg winning score (Backyard)

450.47

349.17522.81

8 Backyard contests · 380.41 across all contests

Contests they return to

longest run 2 straight years at Honeybee BBQ Competition

Road between contests

812 mi

~203 miles a season · 188 mi corner to corner

Busiest month

April

3 of their 11 contests

Co-reps worked with

most often DAVE AMEND (11)

Prize money

$81.7K

across their events · biggest purse $16,600.00

Results on file

91%

10 of their contests have scores in the data

Storylines (8 found in this rep's record)

Read out of the contests they have run — reps don’t judge, so nothing here is a comment on anyone’s scores.

A familiar champion

3× titles at this rep’s contests

Smoke Me Silly has taken the Grand Championship at 3 of the contests this rep has run.

10 champions crowned in all
7 different teams

Front row for greatness

14 perfect 180s handed in

14 perfect 180s have been scored at contests they've run — the first at Honeybee BBQ Competition on 2019-05-31.

first at Honeybee BBQ Competition
2019-05-31

The longest shot

8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100

At BBQ Boogie & Blues, SWEET DIXIE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway.

3 upsets at their contests
2022-04-29

Title contests

10 state championships run

91% of their contests carried a state title

10 of their 11 contests carried a state championship on the line.

The double act

11 contests run together

92% of this rep's events

DAVE AMEND and CHERE AMEND have run 11 contests together since 2019.

3 co-reps in all

The annual

3× editions of one contest

They have repped 3 editions of Honeybee BBQ Competition.

2019 → 2022

Where teams start

77 teams cooked their first contest here

77 teams turned in their first box at a contest this rep was running — for that many teams, this is where the record starts.

Gawthrop · 2022-06-03
Chick-N-Butts · 2022-06-03
Green Acres Big Butts · 2022-06-03

The home circuit

64% of their contests in GA

7 of 11 contests in GA

7 of their 11 contests have been in GA — this is a rep with a home circuit rather than a national one.

Gadsden ×3
7 towns in all

The story so far (27 numbers that describe this rep)

On the trail 3 yrs 2019-05-31 → 2022-06-03

Among all reps #111 of 152 reps by events worked · top 73%

Busiest season 2022 4 events · 126 team entries

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Seasons in a row 4 ending 2022

Their busiest month April 3 of their 11 contests fall in April

Works mostly in GA 7 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Towns worked 7 most often Gadsden, AL (3)

Corner to corner 188 mi Gadsden to Sevierville — the two ends of their map

Road between contests 812 mi about 203 miles a season, contest to contest

Average field 31 311 team entries across their contests · median 29

Biggest event 45 teams Hawgin On Lanier (2019-08-02)

Field strength 1570 average power rating of the fields they have run · above 55% of rated contests

Grand Champions crowned 10 7 different teams

First-ever titles 1 teams whose first Grand Championship anywhere came at one of their contests

Teams that started here 77 cooked their first contest in the data at one of theirs

Upsets on the books 3 longest shot 8-in-100 — SWEET DIXIE BBQ

Average winning score 699.60 Master series, 10 contests · 692.85 across all contests

Highest score seen 702.8344 BBQ Boogie & Blues (2022-04-29)

Perfect 180s seen 14 first at Honeybee BBQ Competition (2019-05-31)

Meat entries turned in 1,814 boxes on the boards across every contest they have run

State championships 10 contests carrying a state title

Teams officiated 320 311 entries in all

Contests they return to 3 longest run 2 straight years at Honeybee BBQ Competition

Co-reps worked with 3 most often DAVE AMEND (11 events)

Prize money on the line $81,740 summed from the purses listed at their events

Results on file 91% 10 of 11 contests they have run have scored results

Milestones (the firsts and the round numbers of a rep's career)

2019
May 31 First contest repped Honeybee BBQ Competition
May 31 First state championship Honeybee BBQ Competition
May 31 First Grand Champion crowned Honeybee BBQ Competition
May 31 First perfect 180 at their tables Honeybee BBQ Competition
Aug 2 First 40-team field Hawgin On Lanier
Aug 2 Biggest field worked (45 teams) Hawgin On Lanier
2020
Jun 12 Back on the trail after 11 months Honeybee BBQ Competition (POSTPONED)
Jun 19 Deepest field worked (1623 avg rating) The June Contest
Sep 18 First contest outside GA Smoke on the Falls
2022
Apr 29 SWEET DIXIE BBQ won their first-ever Grand Championship BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 29 Biggest upset seen (8-in-100 shot) BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 29 Highest overall score seen (702.8344) BBQ Boogie & Blues
May 20 10th contest repped Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Jun 3 Most recent contest Honeybee BBQ Competition

Season by season (how many contests a season, and how many carried a state title)

The climb (every contest they have run, added up)

Their year (contests by month)

Where they work

Field size by season (average and biggest)

Field strength by season (avg power rating going in)

What it took to win (Master winning scores)

How the meats scored (board average vs the winning call)

Who keeps winning (titles at their contests)

Career map (gold = state championship · bigger pin = more visits — tap one)

Every season (click a column to sort)

Season	Contests	States	Entries	Teams	Avg field	Biggest	State champ.	180s	Purse
2022	4	3	126	177	32	37	4	7	$40,720
2021	2	2	65	117	33	38	2	1	$8,000
2020	3	2	53	96	27	28	2	4	$17,120
2019	2	1	67	90	34	45	2	2	$15,900

Champions crowned (titles at their contests)

Team	Titles	Latest
Smoke Me Silly	3	2022-06-03
Under the Radar #24	2	2021-09-24
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	1	2022-05-20
SWEET DIXIE BBQ	1	2022-04-29
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	1	2021-04-09
Rooters-N-Tooters	1	2020-09-18
Bald Hawg BBQ	1	2019-08-02

First-ever Grand Championships (a team's first title anywhere, won here)

Team	Contest	Date
SWEET DIXIE BBQ	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2022-04-29

Contests they keep coming back to

Contest	Editions	Run	Years
Honeybee BBQ Competition	3	2 straight	2019–2022
BBQ Boogie & Blues	2	2 straight	2021–2022
Smoke on the Falls	2	—	2020–2022

Where they work (contests by state/province)

State / province	Contests	Share
GA reps here	7	64%
AL reps here	3	27%
TN reps here	1	9%

Towns on their map

Town	Contests	Latest
Gadsden, AL	3	2022-04-08
Calhoun, GA	2	2022-04-29
LaFayette, GA	2	2020-06-12
Lafayette, GA	1	2022-06-03
Sevierville, TN	1	2022-05-20
Cumming, GA	1	2020-06-19
Gainesville, GA	1	2019-08-02

Upsets at their contests (champion rated below the field's top seed)

Contest	Champion	Top seed	Odds
BBQ Boogie & Blues	SWEET DIXIE BBQ 1523	Organizer Portal 1940	8-in-100
Smoke on the Falls	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 1656	Organizer Portal 1954	15-in-100
Hawgin On Lanier	Bald Hawg BBQ 1788	Under the Radar 1896	35-in-100

The boards at their contests (every meat entry they have run)

Meat	Entries	Board avg	Winning avg	180s
Chicken	547	165.27	177.40	4
Pork Ribs	544	164.77	177.17	2
Pork	396	165.84	176.34	6
Brisket	327	165.89	177.04	2

Frequent co-reps

Rep	Events together	Share
DAVE AMEND	11	92%
SAM APPLETON	4	33%
JANET APPLETON	3	25%

Teams that cook under them most

Team	Contests	Wins	Since
CHOOCHOO BBQ	8	—	2019
Organizer Portal	7	3	2019
Under the Radar	7	2	2019
COOL HAND QUE	7	—	2019
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	7	—	2019
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	7	—	2019
Stewbabys BBQ	7	—	2019
Willingham's	7	—	2020
THE FAT GUYZ	6	—	2019
LEE LA Q	5	1	2019
Peckerwood Country Club	5	—	2019
Q-INATOR!	5	—	2019

Teams whose first contest was one of theirs

Team	Debut contest	Date
Gawthrop	Honeybee BBQ Competition	2022-06-03
Chick-N-Butts	Honeybee BBQ Competition	2022-06-03
Green Acres Big Butts	Honeybee BBQ Competition	2022-06-03
Cost Kutter	Honeybee BBQ Competition	2022-06-03
DEEP SOUTH SMOKERS	Honeybee BBQ Competition	2022-06-03
Backwoods Barbecue	Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	2022-05-20
Veteran's B-B-Q	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2022-04-29
New Foundations	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2022-04-29
D1 BBQ	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2022-04-29
Smoking Goat	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2022-04-29
Isaiah 13A19 BBQ	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2022-04-29
Southern Life BBQ	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2022-04-29

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

Date	Event	Where	Teams	Top score	Prize $	Grand Champion
2022-06-03	Honeybee BBQ Competition state champ.	Lafayette, GA	25	701.0740	$5,000.00	Smoke Me Silly
2022-05-20	Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival state champ.	Sevierville, TN	30	698.2284	$16,600.00	The Algood Bar-B-Q Pit Crew
2022-04-29	BBQ Boogie & Blues state champ.	Calhoun, GA	37	702.8344	$7,900.00	Sweet Dixie BBQ
2022-04-08	Smoke on the Falls state champ.	Gadsden, AL	34	700.5028	$11,220.00	Smoke Me Silly
2021-10-08	All American Smokers - Steak Contest cancelled	Bonifay, FL	—	—	—	—
2021-09-24	BBQ Boogie & Blues state champ.	Calhoun, GA	27	698.8116	$8,000.00	Under the Radar
2021-04-09	Smoke on the Falls state champ.	Gadsden, AL	38	699.3600	—	chicken fried bbq
2020-09-18	Smoke on the Falls state champ.	Gadsden, AL	28	699.3944	$11,220.00	Rooters-N-Tooters
2020-06-19	The June Contest	Cumming, GA	25	699.3828	—	Smoke Me Silly
2020-06-12	Honeybee BBQ Competition (POSTPONED) state champ.	LaFayette, GA	—	—	$5,900.00	—
2019-08-02	Hawgin On Lanier state champ.	Gainesville, GA	45	696.4912	$10,000.00	Bald Hawg BBQ
2019-05-31	Honeybee BBQ Competition state champ.	LaFayette, GA	22	699.9656	$5,900.00	Under The Radar