Plant City Pig Jam
2025-11-21 – 2025-11-22 · Plant City, FL · 📍 1500 S. Park Road · State championship
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, JEANNE TITUS, MIKE GARRETSON · Prize money: $17,200.00
Grand Champion: TILLMAN'S BBQ (713.1316) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Kings BBQ Team
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 14.3088 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
TILLMAN'S BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q and TILLMAN'S BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ and Going Yard BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: DONE RIGHT SMOKIN and COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smokin' Ain't EZ (won 2023), Kings BBQ Team (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
Tillman's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Kings BBQ Team, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-11-22 | Plant City, FL | 53 | 678.7772 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | |
| 2014-11-21 | Plant City, FL 33563 | 39 | 681.1884 | HOT WACHULA'S | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | |
| 2016-11-18 | 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 ← this one | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 173.1428 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7372 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2744 | 169.6800 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 177.7144 | 171.4172 | 165.1200 |
| Ancillary — Brisket | 173.1200 | 169.1428 | 159.9312 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
31 entries · top 713.1316 · median 677.0172
Chicken
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series
Overall
20 entries · top 350.2744 · median 338.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | Nuts & Butts | |
| 3 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 4 | When Pigs Fly Family BBQ | |
| 5 | Porkin the Porkers | |
| 6 | PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO. | |
| 7 | K-Dubs BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQmyway | |
| 9 | JP BBQ and Catering | |
| 10 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 11 | Team QGS | |
| 12 | Grande Oaks BBQ | |
| 13 | Jessi James Smoking Guns BBQ | |
| 14 | Neighbor's BBQ | |
| 15 | Drunkin Brothers BBQ | |
| 16 | Tasty Tinley's | |
| 17 | Dirt Road Smokers | |
| 18 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 19 | GET'N-A-FLL | |
| 20 | Propane Ninja |
Chicken
19 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuts & Butts | |
| 2 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 3 | PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO. | |
| 4 | Porkin the Porkers | |
| 5 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 6 | K-Dubs BBQ | |
| 7 | When Pigs Fly Family BBQ | |
| 8 | Neighbor's BBQ | |
| 9 | Drunkin Brothers BBQ | |
| 10 | Team QGS | |
| 11 | JP BBQ and Catering | |
| 12 | BBQmyway | |
| 13 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 14 | Jessi James Smoking Guns BBQ | |
| 15 | Grande Oaks BBQ | |
| 16 | Tasty Tinley's | |
| 17 | Dirt Road Smokers | |
| 18 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 19 | GET'N-A-FLL |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQmyway | |
| 2 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 3 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 4 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 5 | When Pigs Fly Family BBQ | |
| 6 | JP BBQ and Catering | |
| 7 | Porkin the Porkers | |
| 8 | Nuts & Butts | |
| 9 | Grande Oaks BBQ | |
| 10 | K-Dubs BBQ | |
| 11 | Team QGS | |
| 12 | PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO. | |
| 13 | Jessi James Smoking Guns BBQ | |
| 14 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 15 | Tasty Tinley's | |
| 16 | Dirt Road Smokers | |
| 17 | GET'N-A-FLL | |
| 18 | Neighbor's BBQ | |
| 19 | Drunkin Brothers BBQ | |
| 20 | Propane Ninja |
Ancillary
Pork
20 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.8514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | When Pigs Fly Family BBQ | |
| 2 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 3 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 4 | JP BBQ and Catering | |
| 5 | Jessi James Smoking Guns BBQ | |
| 6 | Nuts & Butts | |
| 7 | BBQmyway | |
| 8 | Neighbor's BBQ | |
| 9 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 10 | Drunkin Brothers BBQ | |
| 11 | Porkin the Porkers | |
| 12 | Tasty Tinley's | |
| 13 | PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO. | |
| 14 | Dirt Road Smokers | |
| 15 | Propane Ninja | |
| 16 | Team QGS | |
| 17 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 18 | GET'N-A-FLL | |
| 19 | Grande Oaks BBQ | |
| 20 | K-Dubs BBQ |
Brisket
20 entries · top 173.1200 · median 159.6398
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirt Road Smokers | |
| 2 | BBQmyway | |
| 3 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 4 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 5 | Nuts & Butts | |
| 6 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 7 | Team QGS | |
| 8 | When Pigs Fly Family BBQ | |
| 9 | Jessi James Smoking Guns BBQ | |
| 10 | PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO. | |
| 11 | Porkin the Porkers | |
| 12 | K-Dubs BBQ | |
| 13 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 14 | Grande Oaks BBQ | |
| 15 | JP BBQ and Catering | |
| 16 | GET'N-A-FLL | |
| 17 | Drunkin Brothers BBQ | |
| 18 | Tasty Tinley's | |
| 19 | Neighbor's BBQ | |
| 20 | Propane Ninja |