Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam

2018-11-16 – 2018-11-17 · Plant City, FL · 📍 1500 S park rd

Grand Champion: BOOMERANG BBQ (697.6916) · 44 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 MIDNIGHT BURN

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BOOMERANG BBQ

697.6916 · Master Series — Overall

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MIDNIGHT BURN

691.3600 · Master Series — Overall

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Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow

687.3140 · 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.

568.37 median 665.01 697.69 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.30
Pork Ribs 177.74
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 179.44

120.48 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

697.6916

Winning margin

6.3316

GC over RC

Field average

658.23

568.37697.69

median 665.01 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.8916 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.6344

568.37697.69

10th place overall

Field spread

129.3256

winner to last place

Most consistent

BOOMERANG BBQ

avg finish 7.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 1.7372 pts — BOOMERANG BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 42%

beats 58% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

40%

17 of 42 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1594

avg power rating going in · stronger than 74% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

rated 2054 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 new contest record

697.6916 highest overall ever cooked here

697.6916 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.8000 SHIG NINJA BBQ set in 2017.

old record 694.8000
set 2017 by SHIG NINJA BBQ

An upset on the books

34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100

BOOMERANG BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1937
top seed 2054

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: MIDNIGHT BURN and STOKIN SMOKE BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA and BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: STOKIN SMOKE BBQ and SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork 8–9 · tie
Chicken 8–9 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BOOMERANG BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 22nd.

Chicken 22nd
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 3rd
Brisket 1st

A contest record in pork ribs

177.7372 best pork ribs ever cooked here

SWAMP BOYS turned in 177.7372 in pork ribs — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 176.0000
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHIG NINJA BBQ (won 2017).

SHIG NINJA BBQ · 2017

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow · Pork

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
2017-11-17	Plant City, FL	1500 S park rd	42	694.8000	SHIG NINJA BBQ	HOT WACHULA'S
2018-11-16 ← this one	Plant City, FL	1500 S park rd	44	697.6916	BOOMERANG BBQ	MIDNIGHT BURN

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	175.4056	173.7028
Pork Ribs	177.7372	174.2744	171.9772
Pork	180.0000	174.2744	169.6800
Brisket	179.4400	174.2972	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

44 entries · top 697.6916 · median 665.0114

#	Team	Score
1	BOOMERANG BBQ	697.6916
2	MIDNIGHT BURN	691.3600
3	Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow	687.3140
4	SWAMP BOYS	686.8572
5	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	686.7540
6	HOT WACHULA'S	685.6572
7	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	685.5884
8	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	683.9312
9	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	682.7656
10	SHIG NINJA BBQ	681.6344
11	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	681.0516
12	THE BLUE BLOODS	680.4340
13	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	679.9200
14	DOUBLE BARREL SMOKERS	679.9084
15	GETTIN' BASTED	679.3484
16	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	674.1828
17	THE SMOKING HILLS	673.5656
18	PIT PASS BBQ	672.4456
19	Cooters N Smoke	668.4568
20	BACKMAN BBQ	667.8740
21	Morgan-Que	666.8000
22	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	666.6852
23	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	663.3376
24	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	661.0172
25	Plant City Second Hand Smoke	659.8856
26	BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ	658.7884
27	ACCUTECH BBQ	658.1256
28	CHUBBY'S BBQ	656.9944
29	Florida Boys	648.9944
30	Barely Sober BBQ	648.9256
31	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	648.4228
32	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	647.8396
33	Rub Me Right BBQ	647.8056
34	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	644.9600
35	Salty Swine BBQ	636.9256
36	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	635.3144
37	Keiser-Q	631.8396
38	SWINOS	630.0692
39	Smoking and Pokin	625.4968
40	Plant City Lions BBq Team	611.7944
41	Team TaylorQue	611.1776
42	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	606.0344
43	Piginorpigout Cooking Team	599.8172
44	Dre's Place	568.3660

Chicken

44 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.1258

#	Team	Score
1	HOT WACHULA'S	178.2972
2	DOUBLE BARREL SMOKERS	177.1428
3	MIDNIGHT BURN	176.0000
4	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	176.0000
5	Barely Sober BBQ	175.4056
6	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	174.8572
7	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	174.2744
8	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	174.2744
9	THE SMOKING HILLS	174.2628
10	Cooters N Smoke	173.7028
11	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	173.1428
12	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	172.5600
13	BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ	172.0000
14	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	171.9656
15	THE BLUE BLOODS	170.8228
16	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	170.2628
17	Smoking and Pokin	169.1428
18	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	169.1084
19	GETTIN' BASTED	168.5600
20	Morgan-Que	168.0116
21	Plant City Second Hand Smoke	167.9656
22	BOOMERANG BBQ	167.4172
23	SHIG NINJA BBQ	166.8344
24	SWAMP BOYS	166.2628
25	CHUBBY'S BBQ	166.2628
26	Salty Swine BBQ	166.2400
27	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	165.0972
28	Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow	165.0856
29	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	164.5256
30	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	163.9428
31	Dre's Place	162.8344
32	ACCUTECH BBQ	162.2628
33	BACKMAN BBQ	162.2512
34	PIT PASS BBQ	162.2400
35	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	159.9660
36	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	158.2512
37	Piginorpigout Cooking Team	157.0856
38	Rub Me Right BBQ	156.5028
39	Plant City Lions BBq Team	155.9200
40	Florida Boys	154.2516
41	Keiser-Q	150.1940
42	SWINOS	149.0860
43	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	146.1944
44	Team TaylorQue	136.9832

Pork Ribs

44 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.5428

#	Team	Score
1	SWAMP BOYS	177.7372
2	THE BLUE BLOODS	177.1428
3	BOOMERANG BBQ	175.4172
4	BACKMAN BBQ	175.4056
5	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	174.2744
6	Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow	174.2628
7	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	173.7028
8	GETTIN' BASTED	173.1428
9	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	173.1200
10	HOT WACHULA'S	171.9772
11	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	170.8112
12	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	170.2744
13	MIDNIGHT BURN	169.6800
14	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	169.6684
15	CHUBBY'S BBQ	168.5716
16	PIT PASS BBQ	168.5600
17	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	168.5372
18	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	167.9772
19	Cooters N Smoke	167.9656
20	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	167.4172
21	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	166.8344
22	SHIG NINJA BBQ	166.8228
23	Florida Boys	166.2628
24	SWINOS	166.2516
25	Morgan-Que	166.2400
26	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	166.2168
27	THE SMOKING HILLS	165.6800
28	DOUBLE BARREL SMOKERS	163.9772
29	Rub Me Right BBQ	163.9312
30	Plant City Second Hand Smoke	163.4172
31	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	162.8344
32	ACCUTECH BBQ	161.0856
33	BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ	157.1200
34	Plant City Lions BBq Team	155.9772
35	Keiser-Q	155.9772
36	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	155.9316
37	Barely Sober BBQ	155.9200
38	Team TaylorQue	155.3944
39	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	155.3828
40	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	155.3600
41	Salty Swine BBQ	153.6572
42	Smoking and Pokin	147.3600
43	Piginorpigout Cooking Team	139.3600
44	Dre's Place	134.1828

Pork

44 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow	180.0000 🔥
2	GETTIN' BASTED	178.8572
3	BOOMERANG BBQ	175.4172
4	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	175.4056
5	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	174.2744
6	SHIG NINJA BBQ	173.7144
7	MIDNIGHT BURN	172.5600
8	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	170.2628
9	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	170.2628
10	Florida Boys	169.6800
11	ACCUTECH BBQ	169.6800
12	SWAMP BOYS	168.5600
13	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	168.5600
14	PIT PASS BBQ	168.5372
15	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	168.5256
16	BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ	167.4056
17	THE BLUE BLOODS	167.3828
18	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	166.8228
19	HOT WACHULA'S	166.8228
20	Cooters N Smoke	166.2972
21	THE SMOKING HILLS	166.2400
22	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	165.6912
23	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	165.1200
24	Plant City Second Hand Smoke	165.1200
25	BACKMAN BBQ	164.5256
26	DOUBLE BARREL SMOKERS	163.9428
27	Morgan-Que	163.3712
28	CHUBBY'S BBQ	162.8000
29	Rub Me Right BBQ	162.8000
30	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	161.7028
31	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	161.6800
32	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	161.6572
33	Team TaylorQue	161.1200
34	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	161.0972
35	Keiser-Q	160.5484
36	Piginorpigout Cooking Team	159.9772
37	Salty Swine BBQ	159.3828
38	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	159.3712
39	Barely Sober BBQ	158.2172
40	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	157.6572
41	SWINOS	157.0628
42	Plant City Lions BBq Team	155.4172
43	Dre's Place	150.8688
44	Smoking and Pokin	149.6456

Brisket

44 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.8286

#	Team	Score
1	BOOMERANG BBQ	179.4400
2	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	177.7028
3	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	175.4400
4	DOUBLE BARREL SMOKERS	174.8456
5	SWAMP BOYS	174.2972
6	SHIG NINJA BBQ	174.2628
7	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	173.7028
8	MIDNIGHT BURN	173.1200
9	PIT PASS BBQ	173.1084
10	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	171.9656
11	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	171.9656
12	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	169.6800
13	Morgan-Que	169.1772
14	HOT WACHULA'S	168.5600
15	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	167.9772
16	Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow	167.9656
17	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	167.4172
18	THE SMOKING HILLS	167.3828
19	BACKMAN BBQ	165.6916
20	Keiser-Q	165.1200
21	ACCUTECH BBQ	165.0972
22	THE BLUE BLOODS	165.0856
23	Rub Me Right BBQ	164.5716
24	Plant City Second Hand Smoke	163.3828
25	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	162.8228
26	BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ	162.2628
27	Cooters N Smoke	160.4912
28	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	159.9428
29	Barely Sober BBQ	159.3828
30	CHUBBY'S BBQ	159.3600
31	Smoking and Pokin	159.3484
32	Florida Boys	158.8000
33	GETTIN' BASTED	158.7884
34	Team TaylorQue	157.6800
35	SWINOS	157.6688
36	Salty Swine BBQ	157.6456
37	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	157.0856
38	Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ	155.9772
39	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	149.1088
40	Plant City Lions BBq Team	144.4800
41	Piginorpigout Cooking Team	143.3944
42	POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	143.3828
43	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	142.7772
44	Dre's Place	120.4800

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 — 0

54 entries · top 176.5600 · median 157.9772

#	Team	Score
1	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	167.3828
1	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	171.4056
1	Evans Ranch BBQ	176.5600
1	Plant City Second Hand Smoke	175.4400
2	Big Red BBQ	166.9028
2	Flagler Construction Equipment	166.8228
2	Big Red BBQ	166.2856
2	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	167.4744
3	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	162.9256
3	Wombat Down	166.2972
3	LAFAMIGLIA BBQ	166.2400
3	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	151.3600
4	BBQ Addicts	149.7828
4	2 Live Que	165.6684
4	PIG TIMERS	164.5600
4	BBQ Addicts	137.7256
5	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	146.8228
5	TREMENDOUS QUE	163.3944
5	Flagler Construction Equipment	160.5600
5	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	131.3600
6	Plant City Second Hand Smoke	136.4688
6	RING OF FIRE BBQ	162.2400
6	Sons of Hamarchy	160.5256
6	KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	127.2456
7	HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL	126.1940
7	Make Mmm Squeal	162.2284
7	Bubba's Smokin Q	159.4288
7	Big Red BBQ	119.4744
8	Sons of Hamarchy	161.6456
8	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	159.3828
9	BBQ Addicts	161.0856
9	Bust Em In Da Grill	158.8000
10	Two Crackers Cooking	159.4288
10	Bamboo Warriors	153.1428
11	Bamboo Warriors	158.8000
11	Wombat Down	150.2628
12	LAFAMIGLIA BBQ	158.7884
12	TREMENDOUS QUE	150.2288
13	Big Red BBQ	158.2744
13	RING OF FIRE BBQ	149.1200
14	HitEmHard BBQ	157.6800
14	BBQ Addicts	149.0628
15	Bust Em In Da Grill	157.0972
15	Make Mmm Squeal	145.6000
16	Evans Ranch BBQ	153.6684
16	HitEmHard BBQ	145.0628
17	Aaron's Burnt End BBQ	149.1200
17	Two Crackers Cooking	141.6344
18	PIG TIMERS	146.2516
18	2 Live Que	138.7660
19	Bubba's Smokin Q	145.6228
19	SUCKIN BONES BBQ	137.6460
20	SUCKIN BONES BBQ	145.0856
20	Aaron's Burnt End BBQ	131.8744

Master Series — Back Yard Chicken

19 entries · top 170.8344 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	PIG TIMERS	170.8344
2	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	168.5256
3	Bust Em In Da Grill	168.0000
4	HitEmHard BBQ	168.0000
5	LAFAMIGLIA BBQ	167.9772
6	TREMENDOUS QUE	167.3712
7	Evans Ranch BBQ	166.8572
8	Bubba's Smokin Q	166.8228
9	2 Live Que	166.2400
10	Bamboo Warriors	165.6800
11	BBQ Addicts	161.6684
12	RING OF FIRE BBQ	161.0856
13	Sons of Hamarchy	159.3944
14	Two Crackers Cooking	156.5372
15	Make Mmm Squeal	153.1312
16	Flagler Construction Equipment	152.4800
17	Big Red BBQ	150.2056
18	Aaron's Burnt End BBQ	146.7652
19	SUCKIN BONES BBQ	139.9656

Master Series — Back Yard Ribs

20 entries · top 170.2744 · median 161.7088

#	Team	Score
1	Bust Em In Da Grill	170.2744
2	BBQ Addicts	166.2744
3	Two Crackers Cooking	165.1200
4	Wombat Down	164.5484
5	PIG TIMERS	164.5372
6	SUCKIN BONES BBQ	162.8572
7	Make Mmm Squeal	162.8460
8	Bamboo Warriors	162.8000
9	Evans Ranch BBQ	162.7884
10	TREMENDOUS QUE	162.2860
11	Flagler Construction Equipment	161.1316
12	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	158.8344
13	2 Live Que	158.8000
14	RING OF FIRE BBQ	158.2516
15	Sons of Hamarchy	157.0744
16	Big Red BBQ	154.8228
17	LAFAMIGLIA BBQ	153.0628
18	HitEmHard BBQ	151.9200
19	Bubba's Smokin Q	150.7656
20	Aaron's Burnt End BBQ	148.4684

Master Series — Backyard Overall

20 entries · top 659.8740 · median 634.3942

#	Team	Score
1	Evans Ranch BBQ	659.8740
2	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	658.1484
3	Bust Em In Da Grill	654.1716
4	PIG TIMERS	646.1832
5	LAFAMIGLIA BBQ	646.0684
6	TREMENDOUS QUE	643.2804
7	Flagler Construction Equipment	640.9944
8	Bamboo Warriors	640.4228
9	Sons of Hamarchy	638.6400
10	BBQ Addicts	638.0912
11	RING OF FIRE BBQ	630.6972
12	Big Red BBQ	629.5884
13	2 Live Que	629.4744
14	Make Mmm Squeal	623.8056
15	Two Crackers Cooking	622.7204
16	HitEmHard BBQ	622.6628
17	Bubba's Smokin Q	622.6400
18	SUCKIN BONES BBQ	585.5544
19	Aaron's Burnt End BBQ	576.2280
20	Wombat Down	481.1084

Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in pork ribs

Back to defend

A perfect score on the table

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 — 0

Master Series — Back Yard Chicken

Master Series — Back Yard Ribs

Master Series — Backyard Overall