honey b-b-q

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

Power ranking

#3970

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1484

peak 1484 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-11-11

latest 2024-09-20

Best ToY finish

#445

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

678.2172 / 720

Master · Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.41 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.21 (+7.19)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1084

Chicken · Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

Consistency

±14.90

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.41 · weakest Brisket (160.88)

Road miles

1,462

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi

Schedule strength

81%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)

Purse competed for

$166K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

656.21 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

678.2172 career-best overall

94.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.2172 at Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest — 94.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-06-07

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

Kermit's Ex ahead in 100% of their meetings

Kermit's Ex has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.53 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 27%.

Brisket avg 160.88
Chicken avg 166.41
1 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Dats Cool in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

Kermit's Ex ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Kermit's Ex has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1605 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1605 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.

10 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PORK AVENUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 62% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 62% across 3 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 72% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.07% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.1% of a perfect score
12 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.

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

WEST COAST SMOKE

#3951 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before honey b-b-q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Bad Hawg's

#3959 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoking Grannies

#3947 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Five Guys and a Grill

#3958 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before honey b-b-q's first contest.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

GLAD TO MEAT YOU

#3973 of the rated field

1484 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

Level with honey b-b-q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU

#3949 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-10-30

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Kermit's Ex	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BLIND HOG BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Piggin' Whiskey	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Slappin'Butt BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
TRIPLE H BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Cowboy Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Kith n' Kin	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	3	173.1084	155.3944	166.41	top 63%
Pork Ribs	11	0	172.5484	151.9312	164.38	top 69%
Pork	12	2	171.4172	154.7656	164.83	top 70%
Brisket	11	1	171.4400	141.6116	160.88	top 73%

“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
AR	8	top 69%
MO	2	top 75%
OK	1	top 92%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 77%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 64%
Large (40+)	3	top 88%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2	14	0	top 57%	2024-06-07
Go Hog Wild BBQ	2	11	0	top 56%	2023-10-06

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.9 yrs 2021-11-11 → 2024-09-20

Busiest season 2022 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AR 8 of 12 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork 12 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.41 · weakest Brisket (160.88)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 3 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 8% 1 of 12 contests

Master average 656.21 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 258 94–306 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,462 12 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi

Schedule strength 1605 average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests

Purse competed for $165,600 listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 10 state-championship entries

Power rating 1484 peak 1484 · #3970 of 6,413 rated

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

2021
Nov 11 First tracked contest 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary
2022
May 6 First call 40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off
May 6 First overall top-10 40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off
May 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.4112 40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off
Oct 7 Peak power rating (1498) Go Hog Wild BBQ
2024
May 10 10th tracked contest Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off
Jun 7 Career-best overall score678.2172 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Jun 7 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1084 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Sep 20 Most recent contest Smoke on the Water

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.6	Go Hog Wild BBQ	2022-10-07
+3.6	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2023-06-09
+1	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2024-06-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.5	Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water	2022-10-21
-6.1	Smoke on the Water	2024-09-20
-4.5	40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off	2022-05-06
-3.2	Go Hog Wild BBQ	2023-10-06
-2.5	Bombers & BBQ	2022-05-27

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	3	0	0%	top 72%	94.2%	92.6%
2023	2	0	50%	top 62%	94%	91.4%
2022	5	1	40%	top 72%	92.8%	90.4%
2021	2	0	0%	top 92%	89.9%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-09-20	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR	35 / 42 (657.0052)	20 (170.8456)	29 (164.5140)	41 (156.5600)	29 (165.0856)
2024-06-07	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR	20 / 33 (678.2172)	16 (173.1084)	22 (166.8344)	20 (166.8344)	15 (171.4400)
2024-05-10	Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	19 / 26 (664.9940)	17 (169.1084)	16 (170.2744)	23 (167.4056)	23 (158.2056)
2023-10-06	Go Hog Wild BBQ 🏅 Sheridan, AR	18 / 26 (640.3428)	10 (171.4172)	11 (172.5484)	22 (154.7656)	26 (141.6116)
2023-06-09	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR	14 / 26 (676.4804)	12 (170.8344)	14 (168.5488)	14 (170.2744)	14 (166.8228)
2022-10-21	Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR	42 / 47 (636.9144)	39 (164.5256)	43 (157.0744)	34 (163.3944)	42 (151.9200)
2022-10-07	Go Hog Wild BBQ 🏅 Sheridan, AR	11 / 26 (645.5656)	8 (166.8344)	19 (151.9312)	9 (165.1428)	11 (161.6572)
2022-06-10	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR	24 / 33 (666.7200)	23 (167.3828)	13 (171.9772)	16 (169.7028)	28 (157.6572)
2022-05-27	Bombers & BBQ 🏅 Hot Springs, AR	22 / 28 (636.4120)	25 (155.3944)	23 (159.3716)	25 (159.4060)	21 (162.2400)
2022-05-06	40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	10 / 13 (668.4112)	10 (162.8000)	12 (163.3828)	8 (171.4172)	9 (170.8112)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK	102 / 111 (647.2800)	103 (158.2516)	98 (161.6800)	93 (165.0856)	90 (162.2628)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary unrated Shawnee, OK	—	—	—	19 (167.9656)	—

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
2024 ↗	Master	#689 (224 pts)	#648 (279 pts)	#762 (229 pts)	#758 (204 pts)	#718 (229 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#747 (192 pts)	#709 (242 pts)	#813 (227 pts)	#835 (172 pts)	#892 (157 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#445 (485 pts)	#453 (500 pts)	#504 (485 pts)	#420 (545 pts)	#464 (495 pts)