High-water mark
693.0512
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.0512 at Small Town Smoke Down — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-06-03
Hunny and Hooch BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1527 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2023-06-03
latest 2023-09-16
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
677.27
last 5 Master vs avg 677.27 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.06 · weakest Chicken (167.40)
Road miles
468
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
677.27 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
Kreiser Barbecue ahead in 80% of their meetings
Kreiser Barbecue has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mark's Meats and Treats in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
2nd
at their very first contest
Finished 2 of 23 at their very first tracked contest, Small Town Smoke Down (2023-06-03).
- 2023-06-03
- 23-team field
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.
69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hunny and Hooch BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Hunny and Hooch BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Hunny and Hooch BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark's Meats and Treats | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Homestead Smoke Shack | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 157.0856 | 167.40 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 166.2628 | 171.06 | top 38% |
| Pork | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 164.5140 | 170.72 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 161.7028 | 168.09 | top 40% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2023-06-03 → 2023-09-16
Busiest season
2023
5 contests
Cooks most in
AB
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 171.06 · weakest Chicken (167.40)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 5 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
60%
3 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
677.27
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
83–46 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
468
5 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Power rating
1527
peak 1527 · #2287 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Small Town Smoke Down
- First call Small Town Smoke Down
- First overall top-10 Small Town Smoke Down
- First overall podium Small Town Smoke Down
- First Reserve Championship Small Town Smoke Down
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score693.0512 Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best overall score693.0512 Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Small Town Smoke Down
- Peak power rating (1527) Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- Most recent contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.3 | Small Town Smoke Down | 2023-06-03 |
| +7.8 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2023-07-20 |
| +3.5 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2023-09-02 |
| +1.5 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) | 2023-09-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.2 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2023-08-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 96.3% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-16 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB | 14 / 29 (674.1824) | 17 (167.3940) | 17 (166.2628) | 12 (169.1200) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2023-09-02 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 11 / 40 (672.4340) | 38 (157.0856) | 12 (170.8344) | 5 (174.8456) | 8 (169.6684) |
| 2023-08-05 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 10 / 17 (662.7196) | 10 (169.1084) | 9 (167.3944) | 10 (164.5140) | 9 (161.7028) |
| 2023-07-20 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB | 4 / 12 (683.9768) | 7 (171.4400) | 5 (171.9656) | 8 (167.9884) | 5 (172.5828) |
| 2023-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 2 / 23 (693.0512) | 10 (171.9656) | 2 (178.8572) | 2 (177.1428) | 12 (165.0856) |