HONEYMAN BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1610

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1557

peak 1602 · rated over 49 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-06-05

latest 2020-10-24

Best ToY finish

#198

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 49 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2288 / 720

Master · Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

660.08 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.69 (+1.40)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival

Consistency

±17.05

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.68 · weakest Brisket (163.27)

Road miles

12,849

mi across 49 mapped stops · furthest 885 mi

Schedule strength

70%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)

Purse competed for

$218K

listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.69 / 720

49 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (15 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival (2019-09-20).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 34 of 49 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 49 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.2288 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.2288 at Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-09-20

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ has finished one call ahead of HONEYMAN BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 14 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 40%.

14 contests
4 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 40%

A tough matchup

40–5 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 40 of their 45 shared contests.

A strong matchup

10–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ in 10 of their 14 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

24 of 32 shared pork entries lost

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS has out-cooked them in 24 of 32 shared pork entries.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 30 at their very first tracked contest, Boats, Bands & BBQ (2015-06-05).

2015-06-05
30-team field

Going the wrong way

-43 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 43 points across 7 contests since 2020-09-05 — from 1601 down to 1557.

7 contests since 2020-09-05
now 1557

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WILD HOGS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 37% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 37% across 7 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

7 June contests
top 55% the rest of the year

The long haul

12,849 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,849 miles across 49 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 885 miles to Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge.

49 mapped stops
furthest 885 mi

The metronome

±2.37% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.37% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
49 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

44 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

VOGT'S BBQ

#1614 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1557

1–8 in 9 shared contests (11% to HONEYMAN BBQ)

These two have cooked 9 of the same contests — VOGT'S BBQ ahead 8–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

⚔ Head-to-head

SMELL OUR BUTTS BAR-B-Q

#1613 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1557

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to HONEYMAN BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-01-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Pork Life

#1605 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1558

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 44 contests to 49, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 44 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

GRILLKUNST

#1615 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1576

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 33 contests, alongside a 48% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2018-08-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Que N Cue

#1611 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after HONEYMAN BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

WANNA B'S

#1601 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

Level with HONEYMAN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2019-04-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	45	5	40	11%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	32	2	30	6%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	29	12	17	41%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	29	6	23	21%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	27	17	10	63%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	26	16	10	62%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	26	13	13	50%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	24	11	13	46%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	24	7	17	29%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	23	11	12	48%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	22	6	16	27%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	21	4	17	19%	⚔ compare
THE CELTIC PIG	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO	19	4	15	21%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	49	9	0	2	177.7028	146.2284	165.45	top 57%
Pork Ribs	49	14	2	3	175.4400	143.3488	164.28	top 53%
Pork	49	16	1	4	180.0000 🔥	149.6912	165.68	top 50%
Brisket	49	13	0	3	177.1428	147.3600	163.27	top 52%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CO	30	top 48%
OK	6	top 82%
WY	6	top 63%
SD	3	top 56%
MT	1	top 64%
CA	1	top 47%
UT	1	top 33%
KS	1	top 79%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 51%
Medium (20–39)	28	top 50%
Large (40+)	19	top 63%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	3	13	top 56%	2019-08-23
San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	3	16	top 48%	2019-08-02
LuLu's Brew & Que	3	11	top 52%	2019-04-26
Smoke & Soul Fest	2	8	top 49%	2019-09-13
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2	3	top 29%	2019-09-06
Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2	4	top 24%	2019-06-21
Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2	14	top 45%	2019-06-07
National Western BBQ Throwdown	2	17	top 48%	2019-01-11
Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	2	30	top 80%	2017-07-21
Boats, Bands, & BBQ	2	12	top 48%	2017-05-19
Griller's Cup	2	19	top 77%	2016-07-15

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.4 yrs 2015-06-05 → 2020-10-24

Busiest season 2019 14 contests

Contests a season 8.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 30 of 49 contests · 8 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 35 11 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 49 entries · 0 wins · 9 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.68 · weakest Brisket (163.27)

Walk rate 69% a top-10 call in 34 of 49 contests

Overall top-10 rate 16% 8 of 49 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 658.69 out of 720 · 49 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 565 793–1,015 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 12,849 49 mapped stops · furthest 885 mi

Schedule strength 1589 average field rating faced — tougher than 70% of rated contests

Purse competed for $218,038 listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 21 state-championship entries

Power rating 1557 peak 1602 · #1610 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2015
Jun 5 First tracked contest Boats, Bands & BBQ
Jun 5 First call Boats, Bands & BBQ
Jun 5 First overall top-10 Boats, Bands & BBQ
Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6340 Boats, Bands & BBQ
2017
Jun 9 10th tracked contest Buskers, Brews & BBQ
2018
Aug 3 25th tracked contest San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ
2019
Jan 11 First category win (Pork Ribs) National Western BBQ Throwdown
Sep 6 First overall podium Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Sep 20 First multi-meat day Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival
Sep 20 First perfect 180 (Pork) Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival
Sep 20 Career-best overall score686.2288 Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival
Oct 18 Peak power rating (1602) Meat Scream BBQ Competition
2020
Oct 24 Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.2	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2018-06-22
+12.8	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2019-09-06
+12.6	Boats, Bands & BBQ	2015-06-05
+11.2	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival	2019-09-20
+9.4	Boats, Bands, & BBQ	2017-05-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1	2020-09-18
-11	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2	2020-09-19
-10.6	Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	2016-07-22
-9.9	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2	2020-10-24
-9.3	Smokin' Brew BBQ	2015-09-05

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	7	0	0	57%	top 80%	93.8%	91.8%
2019	14	4	3	86%	top 40%	95.3%	92.7%
2018	12	2	0	83%	top 45%	93.8%	92.6%
2017	8	1	0	75%	top 58%	93.2%	91.1%
2016	4	0	0	25%	top 83%	90%	87.1%
2015	4	1	0	25%	top 60%	93%	88.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-10-24	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	54 / 58 (655.7824)	43 (169.6800)	58 (149.0284)	20 (173.1084)	48 (163.9656)
2020-10-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	56 / 64 (657.5772)	10 (175.4288)	58 (157.0856)	40 (170.2628)	58 (154.8000)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	33 / 41 (657.5540)	40 (159.3828)	7 (172.5600)	19 (170.8456)	38 (154.7656)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	19 / 41 (675.3256)	4 (176.0000)	31 (162.8228)	24 (168.5372)	23 (167.9656)
2020-09-19	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	54 / 56 (654.1716)	52 (161.1200)	19 (170.8344)	50 (163.4172)	53 (158.8000)
2020-09-18	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	54 / 56 (651.2800)	54 (156.5028)	34 (167.9888)	32 (169.6684)	54 (157.1200)
2020-09-05	S.T.A.R Brews & Q 🏅 Lake City, CO	11 / 19 (675.3484)	11 (168.5484)	9 (169.1544)	7 (170.8228)	12 (166.8228)
2019-10-18	Meat Scream BBQ Competition 🏅 Westminster, CO	10 / 46 (677.0284)	22 (166.8228)	28 (162.8000)	10 (170.2628)	2 (177.1428)
2019-09-27	BBQ In The Badlands 🏅 Glendive, MT	16 / 25 (642.2052)	17 (157.7028)	10 (163.9884)	12 (163.9656)	16 (156.5484)
2019-09-20	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Grand Lake, CO	4 / 25 (686.2288)	15 (164.5372)	1 (174.2744)	1 (180.0000)	7 (167.4172)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	15 / 28 (652.4460)	17 (163.9544)	6 (167.4172)	24 (150.8116)	3 (170.2628)
2019-09-06	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge 🏅 Grand Jct, CO	3 / 28 (685.6344)	2 (174.8572)	5 (170.8344)	2 (174.2744)	9 (165.6684)
2019-08-23	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	16 / 31 (671.9200)	20 (166.2400)	5 (175.4400)	21 (161.7028)	12 (168.5372)
2019-08-09	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	16 / 30 (659.2912)	15 (167.9656)	16 (166.8344)	19 (162.2628)	13 (162.2284)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	16 / 54 (677.6000)	9 (174.2744)	18 (169.6800)	27 (166.2400)	20 (167.4056)
2019-07-26	Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge 🏅 Gilroy, CA	17 / 36 (662.8800)	13 (168.6172)	22 (165.7028)	23 (161.1428)	11 (167.4172)
2019-06-21	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	9 / 26 (656.4228)	5 (169.1200)	15 (157.0856)	15 (159.3828)	6 (170.8344)
2019-06-14	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	22 / 55 (665.6344)	31 (165.6684)	31 (163.3944)	2 (173.1544)	26 (163.4172)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	14 / 38 (670.7772)	19 (165.6800)	9 (173.7144)	12 (168.5600)	17 (162.8228)
2019-04-26	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	21 / 40 (664.4684)	27 (166.2972)	25 (163.3828)	6 (170.8456)	19 (163.9428)
2019-01-11	National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO	17 / 38 (670.7424)	22 (166.8456)	1 (173.7028)	22 (165.1084)	19 (165.0856)
2018-10-19	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	15 / 48 (666.7656)	18 (167.9772)	10 (168.5484)	11 (173.1316)	30 (157.1084)
2018-09-07	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO	15 / 32 (665.0052)	19 (165.6684)	20 (161.6800)	9 (168.5484)	7 (169.1084)
2018-08-24	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	13 / 27 (669.0512)	14 (167.4056)	10 (170.2972)	20 (165.1200)	13 (166.2284)
2018-08-03	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	17 / 41 (670.1712)	27 (165.6684)	17 (168.5600)	7 (173.7028)	25 (162.2400)
2018-07-27	BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO	14 / 35 (669.5540)	12 (169.1084)	19 (165.0972)	8 (170.2628)	15 (165.0856)
2018-07-13	Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT	7 / 21 (670.2288)	2 (177.7028)	18 (155.9544)	16 (164.0000)	3 (172.5716)
2018-06-22	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	4 / 31 (674.2288)	6 (170.8228)	18 (159.9660)	2 (174.3200)	5 (169.1200)
2018-05-26	CSU BBQ Showdown Estes Park, CO	12 / 20 (663.3372)	12 (167.4400)	17 (160.5372)	5 (171.4172)	13 (163.9428)
2018-04-28	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	24 / 40 (649.5772)	13 (169.6800)	24 (162.2400)	26 (161.1200)	31 (156.5372)
2018-03-24	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	50 / 79 (675.2452)	67 (165.0856)	56 (167.3712)	10 (175.4056)	45 (167.3828)
2018-03-23	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	47 / 84 (669.6340)	75 (157.0856)	14 (173.7028)	44 (168.5828)	28 (170.2628)
2018-01-05	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	20 / 39 (659.2920)	15 (167.9888)	24 (160.5144)	26 (158.8116)	7 (171.9772)
2017-10-20	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	37 / 47 (649.0056)	28 (167.4172)	40 (157.6456)	29 (165.1200)	39 (158.8228)
2017-09-29	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	11 / 25 (664.4572)	7 (173.7028)	18 (162.2628)	5 (169.6916)	14 (158.8000)
2017-09-22	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	8 / 18 (659.3600)	14 (161.1200)	7 (165.7144)	7 (167.4172)	7 (165.1084)
2017-08-25	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	18 / 26 (658.7316)	18 (165.1084)	21 (161.6800)	19 (161.0972)	6 (170.8460)
2017-08-04	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	32 / 44 (646.1944)	34 (159.4400)	41 (153.6572)	8 (171.4172)	26 (161.6800)
2017-07-21	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	30 / 46 (648.4572)	23 (167.4288)	28 (162.2516)	42 (155.4056)	25 (163.3712)
2017-06-09	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	14 / 26 (651.9432)	9 (170.8916)	8 (167.9888)	23 (151.9772)	11 (161.0856)
2017-05-19	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO	12 / 36 (670.8004)	14 (167.4400)	14 (166.8344)	18 (166.8344)	10 (169.6916)
2016-07-22	Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	33 / 35 (618.1024)	34 (151.3712)	24 (161.6800)	33 (149.6912)	30 (155.3600)
2016-07-15	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	24 / 27 (632.9712)	23 (158.8228)	16 (165.7028)	24 (153.6228)	23 (154.8228)
2016-06-10	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO	19 / 30 (647.9088)	25 (155.3944)	15 (163.9772)	9 (169.1544)	20 (159.3828)
2016-04-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	24 / 28 (610.1488)	21 (160.5828)	28 (143.3488)	25 (151.3944)	22 (154.8228)
2015-09-05	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	42 / 49 (610.0796)	47 (146.2284)	31 (159.3712)	36 (157.1200)	43 (147.3600)
2015-07-31	SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili Alamosa, CO	21 / 29 (630.6512)	18 (165.1312)	25 (153.0628)	20 (162.2400)	23 (150.2172)
2015-07-17	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	19 / 29 (634.7204)	18 (162.8572)	21 (158.8344)	17 (159.9428)	22 (153.0860)
2015-06-05	Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO	5 / 30 (669.6340)	28 (157.0972)	3 (173.7028)	16 (167.4284)	5 (171.4056)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020 ↗	Master	#234 (504 pts)	#174 (699 pts)	#183 (624 pts)	#219 (569 pts)	#249 (479 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#198 (1323 pts)	#209 (1253 pts)	#113 (1653 pts)	#120 (1600 pts)	#139 (1508 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#273 (1161 pts)	#242 (1231 pts)	#355 (971 pts)	#194 (1381 pts)	#247 (1236 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#503 (755 pts)	#506 (780 pts)	#541 (745 pts)	#467 (835 pts)	#473 (855 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1660 (143 pts)	#1839 (128 pts)	#1683 (158 pts)	#1516 (193 pts)	#1698 (148 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#845 (398 pts)	#1089 (293 pts)	#858 (418 pts)	#1023 (333 pts)	#928 (373 pts)