State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 4 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 4 state-championship entries
Honey do bbq
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1498 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2021-08-27
latest 2022-08-26
Best ToY finish
#860
Master 2022
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.18
last 4 Master vs avg 646.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.64 · weakest Pork (157.24)
Road miles
2,399
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1333 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.18 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Eggspert BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
Eggspert BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Wild West BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest (2021-08-27).
- last seen 2018-06-08
- back 2021-08-27
The metronome
±1.61%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.61% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.7% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
Honey do bbq has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 122 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than Honey do bbq has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Honey do bbq's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Honey do bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Honey do bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Honey do bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 146.7772 | 158.54 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 157.0856 | 167.64 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 147.9544 | 157.24 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 157.1200 | 160.12 | top 81% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 3 | 1 | top 56% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 1 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2021-08-27 → 2022-08-26
Busiest season
2022
4 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SD
4 of 8 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.64 · weakest Pork (157.24)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Wins it all
13%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2022-08-26
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
Master average
646.18
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
45–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,399
8 mapped stops · furthest 1,333 mi
Schedule strength
1590
average field rating faced — tougher than 71% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$47,800
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
2018-06-08 → 2021-08-27
Power rating
1498
peak 1498 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
- 2021
- First call Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9432 Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest
- 2022
- First overall top-10 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- First overall podium Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- First Grand Championship Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- First state championship Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score659.8856 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1498) Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +20.7 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest | 2022-08-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | The Art of BBQ | 2022-07-01 |
| -6.3 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest | 2021-08-27 |
| -6.2 | Original SD BBQ Championship | 2022-06-03 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 57% | 89.5% | 88.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 87% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 1 / 28 (174.2628) | 20 (166.8572) | 21 (167.4172) | 27 (162.2284) | 23 (163.3828) |
| 2022-07-01 | The Art of BBQ 🏅 Sterling, CO | 25 / 28 (628.3888) | 28 (146.7772) | 18 (163.3944) | 24 (160.5144) | 22 (157.7028) |
| 2022-06-03 | Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD | 36 / 46 (644.5028) | 30 (166.2740) | 10 (173.1544) | 45 (147.9544) | 39 (157.1200) |
| 2022-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD | — | — | 27 (157.0856) | — | — |
| 2021-08-27 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 27 / 31 (651.9432) | 29 (154.2400) | 1 (177.1544) | 26 (158.2628) | 24 (162.2860) |
| 2018-06-08 | Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-06-09 | Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #860 (166 pts) | #847 (191 pts) | #626 (350 pts) | #903 (171 pts) | #815 (191 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1527 (56 pts) | #1532 (56 pts) | #622 (281 pts) | #1531 (56 pts) | #1241 (61 pts) |