High-water mark
679.9196
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.9196 at Prairie Dog on the Bow — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-08-31
Honey & Hooch BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-05-25
latest 2024-08-31
Best ToY finish
#406
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.80
last 4 Master vs avg 673.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±3.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.41)
Road miles
260
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
673.80 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mark's Meats and Treats in 4 of their 4 shared 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 & Hooch 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 86 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.
#2451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 7 years before Honey & Hooch BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Honey & Hooch BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Level with Honey & Hooch BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2439 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Honey & Hooch BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 164.5256 | 168.70 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0116 | 157.6916 | 164.41 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 162.2400 | 172.70 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 165.1312 | 167.99 | top 44% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2024-05-25 → 2024-08-31
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Cooks most in
AB
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 172.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.41)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
673.80
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
55
73–47 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
260
4 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First call Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3600 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First overall top-10 Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best overall score679.9196 Prairie Dog on the Bow
- Peak power rating (1521) Prairie Dog on the Bow
- Most recent contest Prairie Dog on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.7 | Small Town Smoke Down | 2024-06-08 |
| +6.9 | Prairie Dog on the Bow | 2024-08-31 |
| +5.4 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2024-05-25 |
| +1.3 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2024-08-31 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75% | top 37% | 94.4% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-31 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 9 / 24 (679.9196) | 6 (172.0000) | 14 (167.3828) | 2 (175.4056) | 11 (165.1312) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 18 / 35 (670.2400) | 11 (171.4284) | 19 (168.0116) | 29 (162.2400) | 18 (168.5600) |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 6 / 27 (673.6804) | 17 (164.5256) | 10 (164.5604) | 5 (175.4516) | 12 (169.1428) |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 15 / 39 (671.3600) | 22 (166.8456) | 32 (157.6916) | 5 (177.7028) | 13 (169.1200) |
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 | #406 (506 pts) | #461 (461 pts) | #572 (381 pts) | #336 (671 pts) | #475 (451 pts) |