A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SWAMP BOYS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
JUST GRILLIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-11-22
latest 2015-11-20
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.69
last 4 Master vs avg 622.69 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.98 · weakest Brisket (151.07)
Road miles
1,236
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 605 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.69 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKE SHACK BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
JUST GRILLIN has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after JUST GRILLIN did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#4340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with JUST GRILLIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 152.5256 | 158.52 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 143.3716 | 158.98 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7600 | 128.4456 | 154.12 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2172 | 143.8968 | 151.07 | top 76% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-11-22 → 2015-11-20
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.98 · weakest Brisket (151.07)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
622.69
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
157
55–174 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,236
5 mapped stops · furthest 605 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1490) Plant City Pig Jam
- 2015
- Career-best overall score643.9884 Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7600 Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2013-11-22 |
| -7.3 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival | 2014-01-23 |
| -5.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2015-01-30 |
| -1.7 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest | 2015-11-20 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89.4% | 88.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-20 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | 31 / 49 (643.9884) | 45 (152.5256) | 16 (168.0344) | 12 (169.7600) | 33 (153.6684) |
| 2015-01-30 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 46 / 62 (636.4112) | 26 (168.5256) | 44 (158.8228) | 45 (160.5600) | 52 (148.5028) |
| 2014-09-05 | Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-01-23 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 54 / 69 (610.6056) | 49 (158.2400) | 24 (165.7028) | 69 (128.4456) | 42 (158.2172) |
| 2013-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 47 / 53 (599.7712) | 47 (154.8000) | 49 (143.3716) | 37 (157.7028) | 49 (143.8968) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |