Dave Amend archive

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

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 · #82 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

310

316 entries total · 1,812 meat boxes

Avg field

2245

teams per contest · median 32

Biggest event

Hawgin On Lanier

Field strength

1,569

avg power rating of their fields · above 54% of rated contests

GCs crowned

6 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

12 🔥

out of 1,812 meat entries

Highest score seen

702.8344

top overall · BBQ Boogie & Blues

Avg winning score (Master)

699.43

696.49702.83

10 Master contests · 694.13 across all contests

Avg winning score (Backyard)

347.05

338.27353.71

3 Backyard contests · 347.98 across all contests

Contests they return to

longest run 2 straight years at Honeybee BBQ Competition

Road between contests

826 mi

~206 miles a season · 188 mi corner to corner

Busiest month

April

4 of their 11 contests

Co-reps worked with

most often Chere Amend (11) · 1 run alone

Prize money

$71K

across their events · biggest purse $16,600

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
6 different teams

Front row for greatness

12 perfect 180s handed in

12 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
May 31, 2019

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
Apr 29, 2022

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

Chere Amend and Dave 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

75 teams cooked their first contest here

75 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

73% of their contests in GA

8 of 11 contests in GA

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

Calhoun ×3
7 towns in all

The story so far (7 numbers that describe this rep)

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

Works mostly in GA 8 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Towns worked 7 most often Calhoun, GA (3)

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

Meat entries turned in 1,812 boxes on the boards across every contest they have run

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

2019
Apr 26 First contest repped BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 26 First state championship BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 26 First Grand Champion crowned BBQ Boogie & Blues
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 (1624 avg rating) The June Contest
2021
Apr 9 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	2	1	25	25	25	25	1	2	$5,900
2019	3	1	100	111	33	45	3	2	$15,900

Champions crowned (titles at their contests)

Team	Titles	Latest
Smoke Me Silly	3	2022-06-03
Under the Radar #24	3	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
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	Apr 29, 2022

Contests they keep coming back to

Contest	Editions	Run	Years
Honeybee BBQ Competition	3	2 straight	2019–2022
BBQ Boogie & Blues	3	2 straight	2019–2022

Where they work (contests by state/province)

State / province	Contests	Share
GA reps here	8	73%
AL reps here	2	18%
TN reps here	1	9%

Towns on their map

Town	Contests	Latest
Calhoun, GA	3	2022-04-29
Gadsden, AL	2	2022-04-08
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 1941	8-in-100
Smoke on the Falls	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 1656	Organizer Portal 1956	15-in-100
Hawgin On Lanier	Bald Hawg BBQ 1788	Under the Radar 1900	34-in-100

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

Meat	Entries	Board avg	Winning avg	180s
Chicken	524	165.62	177.33	4
Pork Ribs	521	165.05	176.89	1
Pork	422	165.19	175.96	6
Brisket	345	165.09	176.17	1

Frequent co-reps

Rep	Events together	Share
Chere Amend	11	92%
Sam Appleton	3	25%
Janet Appleton	2	17%

Teams that cook under them most

Team	Contests	Wins	Since
COOL HAND QUE	8	—	2019
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	8	—	2019
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	8	—	2019
Stewbabys BBQ	8	—	2019
Under the Radar	7	3	2019
CHOOCHOO BBQ	7	—	2019
THE FAT GUYZ	7	—	2019
Organizer Portal	6	3	2019
Q-INATOR!	6	—	2019
Willingham's	6	—	2020
Angry Jack BBQ	6	—	2019
CLAUDE'S Q	5	—	2019

Teams whose first contest was one of theirs

Team	Debut contest	Date
Gawthrop	Honeybee BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2022
Chick-N-Butts	Honeybee BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2022
Green Acres Big Butts	Honeybee BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2022
Cost Kutter	Honeybee BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2022
DEEP SOUTH SMOKERS	Honeybee BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2022
Backwoods Barbecue	Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	May 20, 2022
Veteran's B-B-Q	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022
New Foundations	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022
D1 BBQ	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022
Smoking Goat	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022
Isaiah 13A19 BBQ	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022
Southern Life BBQ	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022

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

Date	Event	Where	Teams	Top score	Prize $	Grand Champion
Jun 3, 2022	Honeybee BBQ Competition state champ.	Lafayette, GA	25	701.0740	$5,000	Smoke Me Silly
May 20, 2022	Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival state champ.	Sevierville, TN	30	698.2284	$16,600	The Algood Bar-B-Q Pit Crew
Apr 29, 2022	BBQ Boogie & Blues state champ.	Calhoun, GA	37	702.8344	$7,900	Sweet Dixie BBQ
Apr 8, 2022	Smoke on the Falls state champ.	Gadsden, AL	34	700.5028	$11,220	Smoke Me Silly
Oct 8, 2021	All American Smokers - Steak Contest cancelled	Bonifay, FL	—	—	—	—
Sep 24, 2021	BBQ Boogie & Blues state champ.	Calhoun, GA	27	698.8116	$8,000	Under the Radar
Apr 9, 2021	Smoke on the Falls state champ.	Gadsden, AL	38	699.3600	—	chicken fried bbq
Jun 19, 2020	The June Contest	Cumming, GA	25	699.3828	—	Smoke Me Silly
Jun 12, 2020	Honeybee BBQ Competition (POSTPONED) state champ.	LaFayette, GA	—	—	$5,900	—
Aug 2, 2019	Hawgin On Lanier state champ.	Gainesville, GA	45	696.4912	$10,000	Bald Hawg BBQ
May 31, 2019	Honeybee BBQ Competition state champ.	LaFayette, GA	22	699.9656	$5,900	Under The Radar
Apr 26, 2019	BBQ Boogie & Blues state champ.	Calhoun, GA	33	697.6684	—	Under the Radar