A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Velvet Smoke ahead in 100% of their meetings
Velvet Smoke has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HONEY CREEK BARBECUE
HONEY CREEK BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 20th of 38 at the Buckeye State BBQ Championship (2014). They finished #1921 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2013
latest May 16, 2014 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.55
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.67)
Road miles
55
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1512)
Master avg
626.19 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7142 | 155.9772 | 159.42 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 138.1600 | 153.67 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8116 | 152.5600 | 156.36 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5140 | 154.2628 | 156.74 | top 67% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye State BBQ Championship | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 55% | May 16, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
75
finished ahead 34 times, behind 77
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20143 milestones
- Career-best overall score641.0172 Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.7144 Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Buckeye State BBQ Championship
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- First call Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1498) Buckeye State BBQ Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2014 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH | 20 / 38 (641.0172) | 26 (155.9772) | 11 (165.7144) | 25 (158.8116) | 23 (160.5140) |
| Jul 12, 2013 | Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off Kettering, OH | 40 / 41 (601.5428) | 35 (156.5600) | 41 (138.1600) | 36 (152.5600) | 32 (154.2628) |
| May 17, 2013 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH | 20 / 35 (635.9998) | 10 (165.7142) | 25 (157.1428) | 25 (157.7142) | 22 (155.4286) |