Plant City Pig Jam

2014-11-21 – 2014-11-22 · Plant City, FL · 📍 Plant City, FL 33563

Grand Champion: HOT WACHULA'S (681.1884) · 39 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ

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HOT WACHULA'S

681.1884 · Master Series — Overall

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CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ

679.8968 · Master Series — Overall

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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

679.3144 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

273.82 median 645.05 681.19 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 176.02
Pork Ribs 177.76
Pork 177.14
Brisket 174.86

118.15 177.76

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

681.1884

Winning margin

1.2916

GC over RC

Field average

631.15

273.82681.19

median 645.05 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

3.4516 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

670.7656

273.82681.19

10th place overall

Field spread

407.3712

winner to last place

Most consistent

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

avg finish 6.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.9028 pts — HOT WACHULA'S

How hot was the win?

Top 87%

beats 13% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

43%

23 of 53 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.62 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1522

avg power rating going in · stronger than 16% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

rated 1899 pre-contest

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A razor-thin finish

1.2916 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 76% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2916 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

HOT WACHULA'S
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ

A new contest record

681.1884 highest overall ever cooked here

681.1884 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 678.7772 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS set in 2013.

old record 678.7772
set 2013 by WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

An upset on the books

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

HOT WACHULA'S came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1631
top seed 1899

A first Grand Championship

19 tracked contests to get there

This was HOT WACHULA'S's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 19th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

0.0116 closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 9–10: HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL edged HOT WACHULA'S by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Southern Bred BBQ edged BUTTRUB.COM by 0.0116. Chicken places 3–4: Hoggen - Sazs BBQ edged SWAMP BOYS by 0.0228.

Pork 9–10 · 0.0116
Pork Ribs 3–4 · 0.0116
Chicken 3–4 · 0.0228
Brisket 3–4 · 0.0228

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

HOT WACHULA'S took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 19th.

Chicken 19th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 10th
Brisket 3rd

A contest record in brisket

174.8572 best brisket ever cooked here

Team Unknown BBQ turned in 174.8572 in brisket — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 174.2628
across 1 past editions

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-11-22	Plant City, FL	Plant City, FL	53	678.7772	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ
2014-11-21 ← this one	Plant City, FL	Plant City, FL 33563	39	681.1884	HOT WACHULA'S	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ
2016-11-18	Plant City, FL	1500 South Park Rd	38	696.5028	SWAMP BOYS	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ
2019-11-22	Plant City, FL	1500 S Park RD	39	701.6912	Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow	SWAMP BOYS
2021-11-19	Plant City, FL	Plant City, FL 33565	37	695.9888	King's BBQ	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.
2022-11-18	Plant City, FL	1500 S. Park Road	25	695.3716	Fantasy Q	KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ
2023-11-17	Plant City, FL	1500 S. Park Road	25	695.3944	Smokin' Ain't EZ	Rum Runners
2024-11-22	Plant City, FL	1500 S. Park Road	26	703.9428	Kings BBQ Team	Shiggin aint easy
2025-11-21	Plant City, FL	1500 S. Park Road	31	713.1316	TILLMAN'S BBQ	Kings BBQ Team
2026-11-20	Plant City, FL	—	—	—	—	—

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.0228	170.8344	169.1200
Pork Ribs	177.7600	170.2628	166.8344
Pork	177.1428	171.4056	168.0000
Brisket	174.8572	171.4056	168.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 681.1884 · median 645.0516

#	Team	Score
1	HOT WACHULA'S	681.1884
2	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	679.8968
3	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	679.3144
4	Team Unknown BBQ	676.4684
5	BUTTRUB.COM	675.8856
6	SWAMP BOYS	674.2060
7	Good Buddies BBQ	673.5996
8	Southern Bred BBQ	671.9200
9	United Pork Smokers	671.3712
10	BGE PIT CREW	670.7656
11	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	665.5772
12	AWESOME Q	664.4224
13	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	663.3372
14	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	657.0628
15	BACK COUNTRY BBQ	652.9824
16	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	651.8972
17	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	649.6344
18	(Florida) Skin & Bones	647.3712
19	BAMBOO WARRIOR	645.5884
20	Florida Boys	645.0516
21	BACKYARD BRO'S	644.4684
22	ROCK RIVER BBQ	640.9712
23	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	639.8172
24	Sonny's BBQ	638.8344
25	SWINOS	638.7312
26	TARHEEL COOKERS	636.9832
27	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	635.3028
28	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	635.2456
29	SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM	635.2456
30	Two Crackers Cookin	625.6116
31	Plant City Second Hand Smoke BBQ Team (Rebel Hogz	625.5660
32	Smokin Aces B.B.Q.	619.4860
33	Morgan-Que	613.0284
34	Temperamental Pig	611.4628
35	BBQ BARNEY	599.3600
36	Pig In Or Pig Out	588.9372
37	Buttman BBQ	572.8800
38	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	441.7260
39	Southern Food & Barbeque	273.8172

Chicken

39 entries · top 176.0228 · median 162.8228

#	Team	Score
1	BGE PIT CREW	176.0228
2	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	175.4056
3	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	172.0000
4	SWAMP BOYS	171.9772
5	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	170.8344
6	Good Buddies BBQ	170.8112
7	Team Unknown BBQ	170.2628
8	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	169.7144
9	ROCK RIVER BBQ	169.6684
10	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	169.1200
11	United Pork Smokers	169.1084
12	Morgan-Que	166.3200
13	Sonny's BBQ	165.7372
14	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	165.7372
15	SWINOS	165.6800
16	TARHEEL COOKERS	165.1200
17	BUTTRUB.COM	164.5372
18	Florida Boys	163.9772
19	HOT WACHULA'S	163.4284
20	Buttman BBQ	162.8228
21	Plant City Second Hand Smoke BBQ Team (Rebel Hogz	162.8112
22	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	162.2628
23	SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM	161.0856
24	BACK COUNTRY BBQ	160.5256
25	BACKYARD BRO'S	159.9656
26	AWESOME Q	159.9312
27	Southern Bred BBQ	158.8228
28	(Florida) Skin & Bones	157.6800
29	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	157.6572
30	Temperamental Pig	157.1772
31	BAMBOO WARRIOR	157.1200
32	Pig In Or Pig Out	156.5144
33	Smokin Aces B.B.Q.	151.9544
34	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	150.7656
35	Southern Food & Barbeque	150.2856
36	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	150.2056
37	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	145.7144
38	BBQ BARNEY	145.1200
39	Two Crackers Cookin	141.6800

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 177.7600 · median 162.8344

#	Team	Score
1	HOT WACHULA'S	177.7600
2	Team Unknown BBQ	174.8572
3	Southern Bred BBQ	171.4172
4	BUTTRUB.COM	171.4056
5	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	170.2628
6	AWESOME Q	168.5716
7	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	168.5372
8	Two Crackers Cookin	167.4400
9	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	167.3944
10	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	166.8344
11	United Pork Smokers	165.7028
12	SWAMP BOYS	165.6916
13	BACK COUNTRY BBQ	165.6800
14	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	165.0972
15	ROCK RIVER BBQ	164.5372
16	SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM	163.9772
17	BAMBOO WARRIOR	163.9656
18	BGE PIT CREW	163.3944
19	Florida Boys	162.8456
20	TARHEEL COOKERS	162.8344
21	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	162.2744
22	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	161.1200
23	Smokin Aces B.B.Q.	160.6172
24	(Florida) Skin & Bones	160.0000
25	Good Buddies BBQ	159.4172
26	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	158.8000
27	Sonny's BBQ	156.5372
28	SWINOS	154.8228
29	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	154.3316
30	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	153.7028
31	Temperamental Pig	153.6684
32	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	153.1088
33	BACKYARD BRO'S	152.5488
34	Morgan-Que	151.9544
35	BBQ BARNEY	150.2628
36	Pig In Or Pig Out	149.6456
37	Buttman BBQ	145.7028
38	Plant City Second Hand Smoke BBQ Team (Rebel Hogz	141.0744
39	Southern Food & Barbeque	123.5316

Pork

37 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.8228

#	Team	Score
1	Good Buddies BBQ	177.1428
2	Southern Bred BBQ	176.5600
3	United Pork Smokers	176.0000
4	Plant City Second Hand Smoke BBQ Team (Rebel Hogz	173.1544
5	BACK COUNTRY BBQ	171.4056
6	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	170.8228
7	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	169.1084
8	BUTTRUB.COM	168.5372
9	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	168.0116
10	HOT WACHULA'S	168.0000
11	BAMBOO WARRIOR	168.0000
12	AWESOME Q	167.9656
13	SWAMP BOYS	166.8344
14	Two Crackers Cookin	166.8228
15	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	166.2628
16	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	166.2284
17	SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM	165.7028
18	(Florida) Skin & Bones	165.1084
19	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	162.8228
20	BGE PIT CREW	162.8228
21	BACKYARD BRO'S	162.8112
22	Florida Boys	160.5372
23	TARHEEL COOKERS	159.3944
24	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	159.3940
25	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	158.2628
26	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	157.6800
27	Team Unknown BBQ	156.4912
28	Smokin Aces B.B.Q.	154.2972
29	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	152.5144
30	Sonny's BBQ	151.9656
31	Temperamental Pig	150.8800
32	Morgan-Que	150.7884
33	Buttman BBQ	146.2056
34	Pig In Or Pig Out	145.6800
35	SWINOS	145.0856
36	BBQ BARNEY	144.5828
37	ROCK RIVER BBQ	140.5372

Brisket

38 entries · top 174.8572 · median 164.5886

#	Team	Score
1	Team Unknown BBQ	174.8572
2	SWINOS	173.1428
3	HOT WACHULA'S	172.0000
4	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	171.9772
5	BUTTRUB.COM	171.4056
6	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	170.2972
7	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	170.2628
8	SWAMP BOYS	169.7028
9	BACKYARD BRO'S	169.1428
10	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	168.5600
11	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	168.5600
12	BGE PIT CREW	168.5256
13	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	167.9656
14	AWESOME Q	167.9540
15	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	167.4056
16	ROCK RIVER BBQ	166.2284
17	Good Buddies BBQ	166.2284
18	Southern Bred BBQ	165.1200
19	Sonny's BBQ	164.5944
20	(Florida) Skin & Bones	164.5828
21	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	162.8228
22	United Pork Smokers	160.5600
23	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	159.9544
24	BBQ BARNEY	159.3944
25	Florida Boys	157.6916
26	BAMBOO WARRIOR	156.5028
27	BACK COUNTRY BBQ	155.3712
28	Smokin Aces B.B.Q.	152.6172
29	Temperamental Pig	149.7372
30	Two Crackers Cookin	149.6688
31	TARHEEL COOKERS	149.6344
32	Plant City Second Hand Smoke BBQ Team (Rebel Hogz	148.5260
33	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	147.3372
34	SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM	144.4800
35	Morgan-Que	143.9656
36	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	141.6800
37	Pig In Or Pig Out	137.0972
38	Buttman BBQ	118.1488

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Master Series — Backyard

23 entries · top 666.2400 · median 608.4112

#	Team	Score
1	PIG TIMERS	666.2400
2	The More You Drink The Better It Taste	649.1088
3	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	642.6740
4	Who's Cookin BBQ	638.2628
5	Ring of Fire	636.4684
6	CHUBBY'S BBQ	634.1488
7	RUB ME TENDER	631.8400
8	BIG BOYS BBQ	629.5428
9	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	624.9484
10	BACKMAN BBQ	621.4856
11	Unprohibited BBQ	612.9828
12	Five Foot Twenty Que	608.4112
13	WE BE SMOKIN	606.2516
14	Blake's Best Barbecue	604.4116
15	Hog Stars	603.8628
16	The Backyard Bullies BBQ	599.8284
17	Tennessee Smoke	597.5768
18	Carey's BBQ and Catering	548.5940
19	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	531.6804
20	Smitty's Q	475.8972
21	B & B PLANT CITY	437.0512
22	Uncle Johnny's Smoke	418.0456
23	Suncoast Ribs	311.4172

Master Series — Backyard Brisket

20 entries · top 172.0000 · median 149.9142

#	Team	Score
1	PIG TIMERS	172.0000
2	Smitty's Q	162.2628
3	CHUBBY'S BBQ	159.4172
4	Who's Cookin BBQ	158.8800
5	Blake's Best Barbecue	157.7144
6	The More You Drink The Better It Taste	157.1772
7	WE BE SMOKIN	154.2856
8	Five Foot Twenty Que	154.2400
9	Ring of Fire	152.0344
10	Unprohibited BBQ	150.2056
11	BACKMAN BBQ	149.6228
12	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	148.5832
13	BIG BOYS BBQ	147.3600
14	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	147.3140
15	RUB ME TENDER	146.7772
16	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	143.9316
17	The Backyard Bullies BBQ	143.3828
18	Hog Stars	139.9544
19	Tennessee Smoke	139.9312
20	Carey's BBQ and Catering	121.7144

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

22 entries · top 171.4172 · median 155.0798

#	Team	Score
1	PIG TIMERS	171.4172
2	The More You Drink The Better It Taste	167.9656
3	Who's Cookin BBQ	166.8456
4	CHUBBY'S BBQ	164.5372
5	BACKMAN BBQ	161.1316
6	Five Foot Twenty Que	161.0856
7	The Backyard Bullies BBQ	160.0000
8	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	159.9428
9	BIG BOYS BBQ	157.6800
10	RUB ME TENDER	157.1200
11	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	155.9312
12	Ring of Fire	154.2284
13	WE BE SMOKIN	152.5488
14	Tennessee Smoke	151.9772
15	Unprohibited BBQ	151.9200
16	Suncoast Ribs	151.4516
17	Hog Stars	146.8228
18	Blake's Best Barbecue	140.5372
19	B & B PLANT CITY	136.5028
20	Carey's BBQ and Catering	135.9884
21	Uncle Johnny's Smoke	131.2228
22	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	101.4172

Master Series — Backyard Pork

22 entries · top 170.8572 · median 158.2570

#	Team	Score
1	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	170.8572
2	RUB ME TENDER	167.4400
3	CHUBBY'S BBQ	167.3828
4	Unprohibited BBQ	166.8800
5	PIG TIMERS	166.2856
6	BIG BOYS BBQ	164.5600
7	Blake's Best Barbecue	162.2400
8	Smitty's Q	161.6800
9	The More You Drink The Better It Taste	160.5144
10	Hog Stars	158.8228
11	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	158.8112
12	Five Foot Twenty Que	157.7028
13	Who's Cookin BBQ	157.1544
14	Ring of Fire	155.3600
15	The Backyard Bullies BBQ	152.5028
16	B & B PLANT CITY	150.8800
17	Tennessee Smoke	150.8456
18	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	149.0972
19	Carey's BBQ and Catering	148.5828
20	BACKMAN BBQ	147.9428
21	WE BE SMOKIN	146.8800
22	Uncle Johnny's Smoke	136.0000

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

23 entries · top 174.8456 · median 154.8228

#	Team	Score
1	Ring of Fire	174.8456
2	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	166.2744
3	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	164.5600
4	The More You Drink The Better It Taste	163.4516
5	BACKMAN BBQ	162.7884
6	RUB ME TENDER	160.5028
7	Suncoast Ribs	159.9656
8	BIG BOYS BBQ	159.9428
9	Hog Stars	158.2628
10	PIG TIMERS	156.5372
11	Who's Cookin BBQ	155.3828
12	Tennessee Smoke	154.8228
13	WE BE SMOKIN	152.5372
14	Smitty's Q	151.9544
15	Uncle Johnny's Smoke	150.8228
16	B & B PLANT CITY	149.6684
17	Unprohibited BBQ	143.9772
18	The Backyard Bullies BBQ	143.9428
19	Blake's Best Barbecue	143.9200
20	CHUBBY'S BBQ	142.8116
21	Carey's BBQ and Catering	142.3084
22	Five Foot Twenty Que	135.3828
23	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	132.5828

Plant City Pig Jam

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

A new contest record

An upset on the books

A first Grand Championship

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Score distribution

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Backyard

Master Series — Backyard Brisket

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

Master Series — Backyard Pork

Master Series — Backyard Ribs