The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (May 4, 2018).
- last seen May 1, 2015
- back May 4, 2018
Butt Honey
Butt Honey is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 11th of 54 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Jun 10, 2022 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.05
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.66 · weakest Chicken (147.79)
Road miles
25
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$4,050
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
310.45 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Butt Honey has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Butt Honey's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,717 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with Butt Honey on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,741 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Butt Honey's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Butt Honey's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.6172 | 141.6688 | 147.79 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 161.1544 | 162.66 | top 46% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
157
finished ahead 105 times, behind 67
Longest layoff
3 yrs
May 1, 2015 → May 4, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20193 milestones
- Career-best overall score321.7256 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1084 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1512) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 3, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 22, 2021 |
| -11.3 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 10, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 20% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2022 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 22 / 23 (303.3948) | 23 (141.6688) | 14 (161.7260) | — | — |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Madison, AL | 27 / 30 (306.2400) | 30 (145.0856) | 16 (161.1544) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 11 / 54 (321.7256) | 28 (156.6172) | 13 (165.1084) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |