Plant City Pig Jam 2016

Nov 18–19, 2016 · Plant City, FL · 📍 1500 South Park Rd

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SWAMP BOYS

696.5028 · Master Series — Overall

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UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ

695.9772 · Master Series — Overall

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Uncle Kenny's Take-Away

689.6344 · Master Series — Overall

SWAMP BOYS won Grand Champion at the Plant City Pig Jam on November 18, 2016 in Plant City, FL at 1500 South Park Rd, scoring 696.5028 in a field of 38 teams. UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9772. Category winners: Chicken — Unprohibited BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Uncle Kenny's Take-Away (178.8572); Pork — Sho Gud Bbq (177.1428); Brisket — UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (178.8572). This is the 3rd of 10 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by HOT WACHULA'S; the next was held in 2019.

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.

435.28 median 652.14 696.50 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.86
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 177.14
Brisket 178.86

136.53 178.86

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

696.5028

Winning margin

0.5256

GC over RC

Field average

641.99

435.28696.50

median 652.14 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.3372

435.28696.50

10th place overall

Field spread

261.2228

winner to last place

Most consistent

SWAMP BOYS

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 4.0112 pts — Sho Gud Bbq

How hot was the win?

Top 48%

beats 52% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

36%

14 of 39 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,532

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

Top-rated in the field

THE SMOKING HILLS

rated 1862 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

0.5256 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 94% of the 4,713 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5256 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.

SWAMP BOYS
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ

A new contest record

696.5028 highest overall ever cooked here

696.5028 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 681.1884 HOT WACHULA'S set in 2014.

old record 681.1884
set 2014 by HOT WACHULA'S

An upset on the books

29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100

SWAMP BOYS came in rated below the field's top team, THE SMOKING HILLS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1704
top seed 1862

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 6th
Pork 3rd
Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 3–4: WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL and AWESOME Q tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: HOT WACHULA'S and HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: Ruby Red BBQ and AWESOME Q tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Pork 7–8 · tie
Pork 9–10 · tie

A contest record in brisket

178.8572 best brisket ever cooked here

UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

old best 174.8572
across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: HOT WACHULA'S (won 2014).

HOT WACHULA'S · 2014

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

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.8572	173.7028	168.5600
Pork Ribs	178.8572	172.5600	170.2628
Pork	177.1428	171.9656	169.6800
Brisket	178.8572	175.4400	170.2744

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 696.5028 · median 652.1430

#	Team	Score
1	SWAMP BOYS	696.5028
2	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	695.9772
3	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	689.6344
4	HOT WACHULA'S	687.9312
5	Sho Gud Bbq	684.5028
6	THE SMOKING HILLS	684.4684
7	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	682.8344
8	AWESOME Q	676.5028
9	ACCUTECH BBQ	675.8740
10	Swinons	671.3372
11	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	670.7884
12	Unprohibited BBQ	667.8972
13	Ruby Red BBQ	666.2288
14	Florida Boys	665.1772
15	BONESMOKERS/DR. BBQ	664.4800
16	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	664.4568
17	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	664.3996
18	ALL FIRED UP AND KICKING ASH	654.7432
19	Barely Sober BBQ	652.4228
20	RACK CITY RIBZ	651.8632
21	SKIN AND BONES BBQ	646.2060
22	BGE PIT CREW	644.3656
23	BACKMAN BBQ	643.7828
24	IT BURNS WHEN I BBQ	642.6972
25	ROCK RIVER BBQ	642.0568
26	Smoking & Poking	641.0172
27	Morgan-Que	640.9604
28	Two Crackers Cooking	637.5888
29	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	633.5084
30	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	633.4512
31	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	625.4972
32	Smokin' Beach BarbeQue	623.3144
33	Johnson's BBQ	598.1140
34	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	590.6172
35	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	586.8228
36	CROFT'S TEXAS BAR B QUE	568.9252
37	PuroClean The BBQ Team	493.5656
38	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	435.2800

Chicken

38 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6858

#	Team	Score
1	Unprohibited BBQ	178.8572
2	ROCK RIVER BBQ	177.1428
3	HOT WACHULA'S	174.8456
4	SWAMP BOYS	174.2744
5	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	173.7028
6	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	170.8228
7	Florida Boys	169.7028
8	Barely Sober BBQ	169.1200
9	SKIN AND BONES BBQ	168.5828
10	RACK CITY RIBZ	168.5600
11	BACKMAN BBQ	168.5488
12	ACCUTECH BBQ	168.5256
13	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	167.9656
14	Ruby Red BBQ	167.4056
15	PuroClean The BBQ Team	167.3828
16	THE SMOKING HILLS	166.2284
17	IT BURNS WHEN I BBQ	165.7028
18	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	165.7028
19	BONESMOKERS/DR. BBQ	165.6916
20	ALL FIRED UP AND KICKING ASH	165.6800
21	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	164.5256
22	Swinons	164.5256
23	Sho Gud Bbq	163.9428
24	Two Crackers Cooking	162.8344
25	Smokin' Beach BarbeQue	162.8228
26	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	162.7884
27	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	161.6456
28	Morgan-Que	160.5260
29	AWESOME Q	159.3712
30	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	158.7884
31	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	157.0856
32	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	155.9544
33	Smoking & Poking	154.8344
34	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	154.2400
35	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	149.6800
36	BGE PIT CREW	149.0744
37	Johnson's BBQ	141.0628
38	CROFT'S TEXAS BAR B QUE	136.5256

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.3944

#	Team	Score
1	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	178.8572
2	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	177.1544
3	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	173.7144
4	AWESOME Q	173.7144
5	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	172.5600
6	SWAMP BOYS	171.9772
7	THE SMOKING HILLS	171.4172
8	BACKMAN BBQ	170.8344
9	HOT WACHULA'S	170.2628
10	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	170.2628
11	Swinons	169.1200
12	BONESMOKERS/DR. BBQ	168.5600
13	Sho Gud Bbq	167.9772
14	BGE PIT CREW	167.9772
15	Morgan-Que	167.4172
16	SKIN AND BONES BBQ	166.8572
17	ACCUTECH BBQ	165.0972
18	Barely Sober BBQ	163.3944
19	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	163.3944
20	Smoking & Poking	161.6572
21	PuroClean The BBQ Team	161.6572
22	Florida Boys	159.4400
23	Two Crackers Cooking	159.4056
24	Ruby Red BBQ	158.8460
25	IT BURNS WHEN I BBQ	158.8116
26	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	158.2172
27	Unprohibited BBQ	158.2172
28	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	156.5256
29	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	156.5028
30	ALL FIRED UP AND KICKING ASH	155.3832
31	ROCK RIVER BBQ	154.7540
32	RACK CITY RIBZ	152.5260
33	Johnson's BBQ	152
34	Smokin' Beach BarbeQue	148.5144
35	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	146.2056
36	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	144.5828
37	CROFT'S TEXAS BAR B QUE	144.5256

Pork

38 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1256

#	Team	Score
1	Sho Gud Bbq	177.1428
2	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	173.1316
3	SWAMP BOYS	172.5484
4	BONESMOKERS/DR. BBQ	172
5	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	171.9656
6	ACCUTECH BBQ	170.8456
7	Ruby Red BBQ	169.7028
8	AWESOME Q	169.7028
9	HOT WACHULA'S	169.6800
10	THE SMOKING HILLS	169.6800
11	BGE PIT CREW	169.6684
12	ALL FIRED UP AND KICKING ASH	168.5600
13	RACK CITY RIBZ	167.9772
14	Swinons	167.4172
15	Florida Boys	166.9144
16	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	166.2628
17	Unprohibited BBQ	166.2628
18	Two Crackers Cooking	166.2400
19	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	165.7256
20	PuroClean The BBQ Team	164.5256
21	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	163.9428
22	Smoking & Poking	162.2628
23	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	161.7144
24	Johnson's BBQ	161.1084
25	IT BURNS WHEN I BBQ	161.0972
26	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	160.5256
27	Smokin' Beach BarbeQue	159.4172
28	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	159.3944
29	SKIN AND BONES BBQ	158.8344
30	ROCK RIVER BBQ	154.2400
31	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	154.2172
32	Barely Sober BBQ	153.6456
33	Morgan-Que	152.5144
34	BACKMAN BBQ	151.8968
35	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	150.9028
36	CROFT'S TEXAS BAR B QUE	148.5140
37	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	145.0856
38	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	143.9428

Brisket

37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8000

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	178.8572
2	SWAMP BOYS	177.7028
3	THE SMOKING HILLS	177.1428
4	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	176.0116
5	Sho Gud Bbq	175.4400
6	AWESOME Q	173.7144
7	HOT WACHULA'S	173.1428
8	ACCUTECH BBQ	171.4056
9	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	170.8456
10	Ruby Red BBQ	170.2744
11	Swinons	170.2744
12	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	169.1772
13	Florida Boys	169.1200
14	Barely Sober BBQ	166.2628
15	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	165.6800
16	ALL FIRED UP AND KICKING ASH	165.1200
17	Unprohibited BBQ	164.5600
18	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	164.5140
19	RACK CITY RIBZ	162.8000
20	Smoking & Poking	162.2628
21	SMOKIN OFF THE GRID	162.2284
22	Morgan-Que	160.5028
23	BONESMOKERS/DR. BBQ	158.2284
24	BGE PIT CREW	157.6456
25	IT BURNS WHEN I BBQ	157.0856
26	ROCK RIVER BBQ	155.9200
27	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	153.6228
28	Smokin' Beach BarbeQue	152.5600
29	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	152.5144
30	BACKMAN BBQ	152.5028
31	SKIN AND BONES BBQ	151.9316
32	Two Crackers Cooking	149.1088
33	Johnson's BBQ	143.9428
34	PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM	143.3716
35	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	141.6572
36	CROFT'S TEXAS BAR B QUE	139.3600
37	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	137.0972

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 — Back Yard Chicken

19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 156.5712

#	Team	Score
1	Team Double D's BBQ	177.7028
2	DAWG Q	173.1200
3	CHUBBY'S BBQ	170.8456
4	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	169.6800
5	Club Smoke	167.4056
6	Pig In Or Pig Out	160.5484
7	Melted Smoke	160.5256
8	Bubba's Smokin Q	159.9884
9	Plant City Lions BBq Team	159.3828
10	HOGGY STYLE BBQ	156.5712
11	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	156.5028
12	Wood Splitters BBQ	155.9312
13	Suncoast Ribs	154.8456
14	TREMENDOUS QUE	149.6456
15	The Pit Crew	149.0628
16	Lay The Smack Down	148.5488
17	WE BE SMOKIN	147.9200
18	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauces	146.2400
19	Tri'd-N-True BBQ	145.1084

Master Series — Backyard

20 entries · top 676.4800 · median 631.2740

#	Team	Score
1	Team Double D's BBQ	676.4800
2	DAWG Q	673.6456
3	Bubba's Smokin Q	671.9196
4	TREMENDOUS QUE	666.2172
5	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	661.0056
6	HOGGY STYLE BBQ	653.7028
7	CHUBBY'S BBQ	646.6628
8	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	642.1372
9	Club Smoke	637.5996
10	WE BE SMOKIN	633.5084
11	Melted Smoke	629.0396
12	Plant City Lions BBq Team	621.6112
13	Pig In Or Pig Out	610.7428
14	Lay The Smack Down	607.9200
15	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauces	598.8344
16	The Pit Crew	592.9944
17	Suncoast Ribs	589.6344
18	Wood Splitters BBQ	588.3996
19	Tri'd-N-True BBQ	580.4224
20	New Hope Worship Center	258.7432

Master Series — Backyard Brisket

20 entries · top 173.7028 · median 151.6628

#	Team	Score
1	Bubba's Smokin Q	173.7028
2	HOGGY STYLE BBQ	173.1428
3	DAWG Q	170.8228
4	TREMENDOUS QUE	168.0116
5	Plant City Lions BBq Team	163.9884
6	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	159.9656
7	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauces	158.2856
8	CHUBBY'S BBQ	158.2400
9	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	155.3828
10	Team Double D's BBQ	154.2172
11	Club Smoke	149.1084
12	Lay The Smack Down	147.3940
13	Tri'd-N-True BBQ	146.8456
14	WE BE SMOKIN	145.6228
15	The Pit Crew	141.7144
16	Pig In Or Pig Out	140.5372
17	Melted Smoke	140.0228
18	Suncoast Ribs	139.9544
19	Wood Splitters BBQ	139.3828
20	New Hope Worship Center	132.5144

Master Series — Backyard Pork

19 entries · top 174.2628 · median 156.5944

#	Team	Score
1	TREMENDOUS QUE	174.2628
2	HOGGY STYLE BBQ	173.7372
3	Team Double D's BBQ	172
4	WE BE SMOKIN	170.8572
5	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	167.9772
6	Club Smoke	165.7028
7	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	163.9656
8	Suncoast Ribs	161.7028
9	Bubba's Smokin Q	161.6684
10	Lay The Smack Down	156.5944
11	DAWG Q	156.5828
12	Melted Smoke	155.3484
13	CHUBBY'S BBQ	154.7772
14	The Pit Crew	152.5256
15	Pig In Or Pig Out	150.8228
16	Wood Splitters BBQ	150.2284
17	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauces	148.5488
18	Tri'd-N-True BBQ	139.9200
19	Plant City Lions BBq Team	135.9656

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 160.5544

#	Team	Score
1	Bubba's Smokin Q	176.5600
2	TREMENDOUS QUE	174.2972
3	Melted Smoke	173.1428
4	DAWG Q	173.1200
5	Team Double D's BBQ	172.5600
6	WE BE SMOKIN	169.1084
7	DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ	167.3944
8	CHUBBY'S BBQ	162.8000
9	Plant City Lions BBq Team	162.2744
10	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	162.2744
11	Pig In Or Pig Out	158.8344
12	Lay The Smack Down	155.3828
13	Club Smoke	155.3828
14	HOGGY STYLE BBQ	150.2516
15	The Pit Crew	149.6916
16	Tri'd-N-True BBQ	148.5484
17	My Mamma's Bar-B-Q & Gourmet Sauces	145.7600
18	Wood Splitters BBQ	142.8572
19	Suncoast Ribs	133.1316
20	New Hope Worship Center	126.2288

Plant City Pig Jam 2016

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

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A contest record in brisket

Back to defend

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 — Back Yard Chicken

Master Series — Backyard

Master Series — Backyard Brisket

Master Series — Backyard Pork

Master Series — Backyard Ribs