Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest

2015-11-20 – 2015-11-21 · Plant City, FL · 📍 Plant City, FL 33563 · State championship

Grand Champion: Accutech (693.6800) · 49 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BUTTRUB.COM

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Accutech

693.6800 · Master Series — Overall

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BUTTRUB.COM

693.1772 · Master Series — Overall

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SERIAL GRILLER

690.2856 · 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.

386.23 median 657.66 693.68 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 174.86
Pork Ribs 176.62
Pork 176.56
Brisket 179.44

109.10 179.44

Entries

4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

693.6800

Winning margin

0.5028

GC over RC

Field average

646.57

386.23693.68

median 657.66 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.7144 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.9660

386.23693.68

10th place overall

Field spread

307.4512

winner to last place

Most consistent

BUTTRUB.COM

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.8800 pts — HOT WACHULA'S

How hot was the win?

Top 58%

beats 42% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1532

avg power rating going in · stronger than 23% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1900 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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

0.5028 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 95% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5028 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.

Accutech
BUTTRUB.COM

An upset on the books

10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100

Accutech came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1510
top seed 1900

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

Accutech won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 3rd
Pork Ribs 18th
Pork 4th
Brisket 2nd

A first Grand Championship

2 tracked contests to get there

This was Accutech's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: Accutech and BUTTRUB.COM tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Unprohibited BBQ and SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: KNIFE PORK AND SPOON and AWESOME Q tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork 2–3 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie

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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	174.8572	173.1428	170.8572
Pork Ribs	176.6172	173.1544	169.6800
Pork	176.5600	174.3200	170.2972
Brisket	179.4400	174.8572	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

49 entries · top 693.6800 · median 657.6572

#	Team	Score
1	Accutech	693.6800
2	BUTTRUB.COM	693.1772
3	SERIAL GRILLER	690.2856
4	HOT WACHULA'S	685.7028
5	SWAMP BOYS	683.9084
6	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	683.3944
7	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	682.7772
8	SWINOS	678.3084
9	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	678.2056
10	AWESOME Q	675.9660
11	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	674.7656
12	STREET MEAT	672.5604
13	Team Unknown BBQ	672.4684
14	Unprohibited BBQ	671.3944
15	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	670.7540
16	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	670.1600
17	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	667.8512
18	Florida Boys	667.4172
19	THE Q	663.9432
20	Uncle Toads	663.9200
21	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	663.3368
22	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	662.7428
23	BGE PIT CREW	661.6000
24	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	658.6740
25	EBS PIT STOP BBQ & CATERING	657.6572
26	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	655.3144
27	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	654.1828
28	DE FILOUS	652.4912
29	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	645.6456
30	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	645.1660
31	JUST GRILLIN	643.9884
32	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	642.1488
33	ROCK RIVER BBQ	641.0056
34	T & W BBQ	639.3600
35	Sho Gud Bbq	638.1028
36	BAMBOO WARRIOR	637.5196
37	Two Crackers Cookin	635.9200
38	Plant City Lions Club BBQ Team	631.3148
39	Skin & Bones	630.7200
40	Morgan-Que	629.0288
41	Ring of Fire	621.5200
42	Smokin' Beach BBQ	616.4344
43	TARHEEL COOKERS	615.3140
44	Preachers' Pork	608.4568
45	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	601.5316
46	Westcoast Enterprises BBQ	598.6404
47	Pig In Or Pig Out	591.2572
48	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	576.1136
49	Southern Food & Barbeque	386.2288

Chicken

49 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	SWINOS	174.8572
2	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	174.2628
3	Accutech	173.7028
4	BUTTRUB.COM	173.7028
5	HOT WACHULA'S	173.1428
6	Florida Boys	172.5484
7	STREET MEAT	172.0116
8	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	172.0000
9	Unprohibited BBQ	170.8572
10	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	170.8572
11	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.8228
12	Uncle Toads	170.2628
13	THE Q	169.7144
14	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	169.6800
15	AWESOME Q	169.1200
16	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	169.1200
17	SWAMP BOYS	169.1084
18	SERIAL GRILLER	168.5484
19	BGE PIT CREW	167.9772
20	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	167.9656
21	Skin & Bones	167.4400
22	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	165.7028
23	ROCK RIVER BBQ	165.7028
24	Sho Gud Bbq	165.6800
25	Team Unknown BBQ	165.6800
26	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	165.6684
27	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	163.9428
28	Two Crackers Cookin	163.4172
29	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	162.8456
30	BAMBOO WARRIOR	162.8112
31	Morgan-Que	162.2972
32	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	161.7028
33	Ring of Fire	161.6800
34	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	160.5600
35	Smokin' Beach BBQ	160.5600
36	Plant City Lions Club BBQ Team	159.3944
37	EBS PIT STOP BBQ & CATERING	159.3828
38	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	157.7144
39	T & W BBQ	157.6800
40	Westcoast Enterprises BBQ	157.0972
41	Pig In Or Pig Out	155.9772
42	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	155.4512
43	DE FILOUS	154.2056
44	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	153.6688
45	JUST GRILLIN	152.5256
46	Preachers' Pork	151.9428
47	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	150.2972
48	TARHEEL COOKERS	147.9196
49	Southern Food & Barbeque	109.0972

Pork Ribs

48 entries · top 176.6172 · median 164.2686

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	176.6172
2	SERIAL GRILLER	174.8800
3	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	174.8572
4	SWAMP BOYS	174.2744
5	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	173.1544
6	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	172.0116
7	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	171.4172
8	DE FILOUS	170.8456
9	BUTTRUB.COM	170.2972
10	BAMBOO WARRIOR	169.6800
11	TARHEEL COOKERS	169.1656
12	Sho Gud Bbq	169.1316
13	Uncle Toads	169.1316
14	EBS PIT STOP BBQ & CATERING	169.1200
15	Unprohibited BBQ	168.5944
16	JUST GRILLIN	168.0344
17	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	167.9656
18	Accutech	167.4172
19	HOT WACHULA'S	166.8572
20	BGE PIT CREW	166.8228
21	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	166.2744
22	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	166.2628
23	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	165.1084
24	AWESOME Q	164.5716
25	ROCK RIVER BBQ	163.9656
26	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	163.3944
27	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	163.3944
28	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	163.3828
29	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	162.8344
30	Florida Boys	162.2516
31	SWINOS	161.7028
32	Team Unknown BBQ	160.5600
33	Plant City Lions Club BBQ Team	159.9888
34	THE Q	159.9888
35	T & W BBQ	159.4172
36	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	158.8000
37	STREET MEAT	158.2516
38	Preachers' Pork	158.2512
39	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	158.2172
40	Skin & Bones	158.2056
41	Westcoast Enterprises BBQ	157.0972
42	Ring of Fire	157.0972
43	Two Crackers Cookin	154.8228
44	Morgan-Que	153.0972
45	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	153.0972
46	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	139.4400
47	Smokin' Beach BBQ	135.3716
48	Pig In Or Pig Out	135.3600

Pork

49 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	STREET MEAT	176.5600
2	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	176.0000
3	AWESOME Q	176.0000
4	Accutech	176.0000
5	BUTTRUB.COM	174.3200
6	Team Unknown BBQ	174.2628
7	BGE PIT CREW	173.1428
8	Morgan-Que	171.4400
9	SWINOS	170.8684
10	SERIAL GRILLER	170.2972
11	THE Q	170.2744
12	JUST GRILLIN	169.7600
13	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	169.6684
14	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	169.6684
15	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	169.1084
16	EBS PIT STOP BBQ & CATERING	168.6172
17	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	168.5484
18	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	168.5256
19	Unprohibited BBQ	167.9772
20	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	167.9656
21	Florida Boys	167.4744
22	Preachers' Pork	167.4400
23	HOT WACHULA'S	166.2628
24	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	166.2516
25	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	165.6800
26	SWAMP BOYS	165.0856
27	Two Crackers Cookin	164.0000
28	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	162.8000
29	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	162.2400
30	ROCK RIVER BBQ	161.6800
31	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	160.0000
32	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	159.9428
33	DE FILOUS	159.4400
34	T & W BBQ	159.4056
35	Uncle Toads	159.3940
36	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	158.8572
37	BAMBOO WARRIOR	158.8228
38	Pig In Or Pig Out	157.6800
39	Skin & Bones	157.1200
40	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	153.1200
41	Plant City Lions Club BBQ Team	152.5372
42	Westcoast Enterprises BBQ	152.5372
43	Smokin' Beach BBQ	152.5028
44	Sho Gud Bbq	152.4912
45	Ring of Fire	149.0972
46	TARHEEL COOKERS	148.5372
47	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	141.7256
48	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	138.2284
49	Southern Food & Barbeque	127.4172

Brisket

49 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5828

#	Team	Score
1	HOT WACHULA'S	179.4400
2	Accutech	176.5600
3	SERIAL GRILLER	176.5600
4	SWAMP BOYS	175.4400
5	BUTTRUB.COM	174.8572
6	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	174.2628
7	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	173.7028
8	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	173.1428
9	Team Unknown BBQ	171.9656
10	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	171.9656
11	SWINOS	170.8800
12	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	170.8572
13	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	170.2744
14	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	169.6800
15	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	168.5256
16	Smokin' Beach BBQ	168.0000
17	DE FILOUS	168.0000
18	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	166.8456
19	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	166.8228
20	AWESOME Q	166.2744
21	STREET MEAT	165.7372
22	Florida Boys	165.1428
23	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	165.1316
24	Uncle Toads	165.1316
25	Hoggen - Sazs BBQ	164.5828
26	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	164.5600
27	THE Q	163.9656
28	Unprohibited BBQ	163.9656
29	T & W BBQ	162.8572
30	EBS PIT STOP BBQ & CATERING	160.5372
31	Plant City Lions Club BBQ Team	159.3944
32	Two Crackers Cookin	153.6800
33	JUST GRILLIN	153.6684
34	BGE PIT CREW	153.6572
35	Ring of Fire	153.6456
36	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	151.9544
37	Sho Gud Bbq	150.8000
38	Southern Food & Barbeque	149.7144
39	TARHEEL COOKERS	149.6916
40	ROCK RIVER BBQ	149.6572
41	Skin & Bones	147.9544
42	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	147.3372
43	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	146.8000
44	BAMBOO WARRIOR	146.2056
45	Pig In Or Pig Out	142.2400
46	Morgan-Que	142.1944
47	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	139.4968
48	Westcoast Enterprises BBQ	131.9088
49	Preachers' Pork	130.8228

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

27 entries · top 661.6456 · median 617.5656

#	Team	Score
1	Who's Cookin BBQ	661.6456
2	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	649.0512
3	CHUBBY'S BBQ	643.8400
4	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	643.3028
5	BIG BOYS BBQ	639.8512
6	Good As Any BBQ	637.0168
7	PIG TIMERS	636.9944
8	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	634.7544
9	BACKMAN BBQ	631.2000
10	TREMENDOUS QUE	630.7084
11	Evans Ranch BBQ	628.4348
12	Pit Crew	626.7884
13	Lay the Smack Down BBQ	623.4172
14	RUB ME TENDER	617.5656
15	DAWG Q	614.2288
16	Smoking and Poking	602.6520
17	Hog Stars	601.6112
18	Wood Splitters	599.9884
19	Five Foot Twenty Que	596.3312
20	Suncoast Ribs	594.1256
21	Smokin Butts BBQ	587.8396
22	Dixon Rolling BBQ	583.3716
23	Salsa Slow Smoked BBQ	580.9484
24	Bo-Diddle's BBQ	576.6168
25	Getting' Piggy With It	574.1712
26	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	562.7776
27	Randy Rucker's Smokin Bones BBQ Inc.	548.0000

Master Series — Backyard Brisket

27 entries · top 170.8228 · median 147.9544

#	Team	Score
1	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	170.8228
2	Who's Cookin BBQ	170.2972
3	PIG TIMERS	167.4172
4	Good As Any BBQ	163.3828
5	Smoking and Poking	160.5488
6	BACKMAN BBQ	157.6800
7	BIG BOYS BBQ	156.5256
8	Five Foot Twenty Que	153.0856
9	Pit Crew	152.0000
10	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	151.3828
11	CHUBBY'S BBQ	150.2172
12	Suncoast Ribs	149.1084
13	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	148.5256
14	Evans Ranch BBQ	147.9544
15	Salsa Slow Smoked BBQ	147.3372
16	Wood Splitters	146.8572
17	TREMENDOUS QUE	146.8456
18	Bo-Diddle's BBQ	144.5944
19	Hog Stars	144.5712
20	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	142.2744
21	Smokin Butts BBQ	142.2400
22	Getting' Piggy With It	141.6228
23	Lay the Smack Down BBQ	138.2628
24	RUB ME TENDER	134.2172
25	Randy Rucker's Smokin Bones BBQ Inc.	129.6916
26	DAWG Q	125.6800
27	Dixon Rolling BBQ	116.5484

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

27 entries · top 176.0000 · median 155.3944

#	Team	Score
1	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	176.0000
2	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	174.2628
3	Pit Crew	173.1084
4	CHUBBY'S BBQ	167.9884
5	BIG BOYS BBQ	166.8572
6	TREMENDOUS QUE	166.8228
7	Who's Cookin BBQ	166.8228
8	DAWG Q	163.4172
9	Good As Any BBQ	163.3828
10	Salsa Slow Smoked BBQ	162.8228
11	RUB ME TENDER	160.5256
12	BACKMAN BBQ	160.5144
13	PIG TIMERS	156.5028
14	Dixon Rolling BBQ	155.3944
15	Evans Ranch BBQ	154.2400
16	Lay the Smack Down BBQ	153.7256
17	Suncoast Ribs	153.7144
18	Five Foot Twenty Que	153.0856
19	Hog Stars	151.9428
20	Getting' Piggy With It	150.2856
21	Wood Splitters	150.2628
22	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	149.7144
23	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	149.6916
24	Smoking and Poking	149.6572
25	Randy Rucker's Smokin Bones BBQ Inc.	141.7600
26	Smokin Butts BBQ	141.6568
27	Bo-Diddle's BBQ	135.4056

Master Series — Backyard Pork

27 entries · top 169.1084 · median 154.2400

#	Team	Score
1	CHUBBY'S BBQ	169.1084
2	Who's Cookin BBQ	168.5828
3	TREMENDOUS QUE	166.2400
4	RUB ME TENDER	165.6800
5	Pit Crew	164.5828
6	PIG TIMERS	164.5600
7	Evans Ranch BBQ	163.9772
8	Lay the Smack Down BBQ	161.7144
9	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	161.6912
10	Wood Splitters	160.0228
11	Hog Stars	157.7028
12	BIG BOYS BBQ	157.1200
13	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	155.9772
14	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	154.2400
15	Dixon Rolling BBQ	151.9772
16	BACKMAN BBQ	151.3484
17	DAWG Q	150.8344
18	Suncoast Ribs	148.5256
19	Smoking and Poking	146.7544
20	Good As Any BBQ	145.6684
21	Bo-Diddle's BBQ	142.8684
22	Smokin Butts BBQ	142.2628
23	Five Foot Twenty Que	141.0972
24	Randy Rucker's Smokin Bones BBQ Inc.	138.8456
25	Salsa Slow Smoked BBQ	137.6684
26	Getting' Piggy With It	135.9540
27	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	130.8000

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

27 entries · top 174.2972 · median 155.9428

#	Team	Score
1	DAWG Q	174.2972
2	Lay the Smack Down BBQ	169.7144
3	Good As Any BBQ	164.5828
4	Pitts N Giggles BBQ	162.8000
5	Evans Ranch BBQ	162.2632
6	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	161.7144
7	Smokin Butts BBQ	161.6800
8	BACKMAN BBQ	161.6572
9	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	160.0000
10	Dixon Rolling BBQ	159.4516
11	BIG BOYS BBQ	159.3484
12	RUB ME TENDER	157.1428
13	CHUBBY'S BBQ	156.5260
14	Who's Cookin BBQ	155.9428
15	Bo-Diddle's BBQ	153.7484
16	TREMENDOUS QUE	150.8000
17	Five Foot Twenty Que	149.0628
18	PIG TIMERS	148.5144
19	Hog Stars	147.3944
20	Getting' Piggy With It	146.3088
21	Smoking and Poking	145.6916
22	Wood Splitters	142.8456
23	Suncoast Ribs	142.7772
24	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauce	139.9888
25	Randy Rucker's Smokin Bones BBQ Inc.	137.7028
26	Pit Crew	137.0972
27	Salsa Slow Smoked BBQ	133.1200

Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A first Grand Championship

Photo finishes

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)

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