The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) (Oct 25, 2019).
- last seen Oct 21, 2016
- back Oct 25, 2019
Hog-N-Honeys
Hog-N-Honeys is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 37th of 42 at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Hog N Honey's”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
Oct 25, 2019
latest Oct 25, 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Best overall
477.6228 / 540
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
7%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.27 · weakest Chicken (158.26)
Road miles
761
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Purse competed for
$5,350
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Hog-N-Honeys has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 143 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Fewer contests behind them than Hog-N-Honeys has cooked, 5 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Hog-N-Honeys's first contest.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with Hog-N-Honeys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,742 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
Fewer contests behind them than Hog-N-Honeys has cooked, 6 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Fewer contests behind them than Hog-N-Honeys has cooked, 5 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Fewer contests behind them than Hog-N-Honeys has cooked, 5 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 139.9884 | 158.26 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 158.2512 | 164.27 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 158.2628 | 162.82 | top 64% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
6 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
7 of 14 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
41
finished ahead 5 times, behind 36
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Oct 21, 2016 → Oct 25, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20192 milestones
- Career-best overall score477.6228 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL)
20162 milestones
- First call Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD)
20151 milestone
- 10th tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 37 / 42 (477.6228) | 38 (158.2516) | 26 (161.1084) | 37 (158.2628) | — |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 16 (167.4056) | 6 (170.2972) | 18 (166.8228) | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 22, 2015 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2015 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 19 (167.3944) | 14 (167.4056) | 25 (163.3828) | — |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 24, 2014 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 16, 2014 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 18, 2014 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2013 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 24 (139.9884) | 17 (158.2512) | — | — |