A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
NORALA BBQ TEAM ahead in 100% of their meetings
NORALA BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Butt Honey BBQ
Butt Honey BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 17th of 21 at the Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 5, 2022
latest Oct 27, 2023 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 154%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.40
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.82)
Road miles
30
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
311.94 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
486.86 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 158.2628 | 160.56 | top 142% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 148.5372 | 152.82 | top 152% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 169.1428 | 169.14 | top 24% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 223% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 223% | Oct 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 19 times, behind 114
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score486.8572 Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score486.8572 Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1428 Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1494) Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| -9.9 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 9, 2023 |
| -6.1 | Railyard BBQ Brawl | Oct 28, 2022 |
| -5.8 | Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 5, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 162% | 86% | 85.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 145% | 90.2% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2023 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 🏅 Madison, AL | 33 / 14 (309.6228) | 29 (159.3828) | 33 (150.2400) | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 23 / 26 (306.8000) | 23 (158.2628) | 25 (148.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 🏅 Madison, AL | 21 / 10 (319.4056) | 20 (160.6056) | 18 (158.8000) | — | — |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Madison, AL | 17 / 21 (486.8572) | 15 (164) | 20 (153.7144) | 5 (169.1428) | — |