A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SWAMP BOYS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
BAMBOO WARRIOR
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-02-15
latest 2015-11-20
Best ToY finish
#1510
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.52
last 5 Master vs avg 627.52 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.32
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.18)
Road miles
137
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 44 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.52 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The weak link
−9.6
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.65 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Pork Ribs avg 152.18
- Chicken avg 161.82
- 1 calls in 5 entries
The metronome
±2.40%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.40% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 87.2% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BAMBOO WARRIOR did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAMBOO WARRIOR on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than BAMBOO WARRIOR has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#5068 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than BAMBOO WARRIOR has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#5055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than BAMBOO WARRIOR has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAMP BOYS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BLUE Q FL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 156.5716 | 161.82 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 137.0400 | 152.18 | top 72% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 150.8570 | 157.45 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 146.2056 | 156.07 | top 67% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 98% | 2014-02-21 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2013-02-15 → 2015-11-20
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.18)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
627.52
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
37–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
137
8 mapped stops · furthest 44 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-02-15 → 2014-02-21
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #5060 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1484) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Career-best overall score645.5884 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2015
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.2628 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2017
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2014-11-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-02-15 |
| -13.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-02-21 |
| -8.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-02-20 |
| -4.5 | 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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 80% | 88.8% | 88.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.7% | 86.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-01-29 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-11-20 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | 36 / 49 (637.5196) | 30 (162.8112) | 10 (169.6800) | 37 (158.8228) | 44 (146.2056) |
| 2015-02-20 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kissimmee, FL | 19 / 22 (639.2916) | 10 (168.0344) | 22 (146.1944) | 20 (154.8000) | 5 (170.2628) |
| 2015-01-30 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 19 / 39 (645.5884) | 31 (157.1200) | 17 (163.9656) | 11 (168.0000) | 26 (156.5028) |
| 2014-02-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL | 20 / 21 (599.2116) | 18 (156.5716) | 20 (137.0400) | 17 (154.7884) | 15 (150.8116) |
| 2013-02-15 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL | 24 / 24 (615.9996) | 18 (164.5714) | 24 (143.9998) | 21 (150.8570) | 20 (156.5714) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1590 (137 pts) | #1472 (182 pts) | #1408 (197 pts) | #1723 (132 pts) | #1266 (232 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1510 (165 pts) | #1754 (145 pts) | #1538 (175 pts) | #1372 (220 pts) | #1625 (160 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2671 (54 pts) | #2012 (84 pts) | #2674 (54 pts) | #2473 (69 pts) | #2400 (74 pts) |