Happy hunting ground
Top 18%
average finish here
Lakeland Pig Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 18%
ROOSTERS BULLS & BOARS
ROOSTERS BULLS & BOARS is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 60 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2022). They are ranked #1612 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1557
peak 1557 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Nov 19, 2021
latest Feb 3, 2023 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
688.83 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 688.11 (+0.73)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.09
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.22 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.32)
Road miles
95
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$84K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
688.11 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to ROOSTERS BULLS & BOARS, each with one reason worth a look.
45 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1558
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1558
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before ROOSTERS BULLS & BOARS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,622 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1557
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before ROOSTERS BULLS & BOARS's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1557
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 6 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1557
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 55%
- Peak
- 1557
5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Dog BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
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| Double Barrel Smokers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Cooters N Smoke | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Drunkin Brothers BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 161.6572 | 171.98 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 163.9544 | 171.32 | top 32% |
| Pork | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 176.5600 | 168.5256 | 173.22 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 167.3828 | 171.60 | top 32% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 24% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 18% | Jan 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
230
finished ahead 296 times, behind 80
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Peak power rating (1557) Budweiser Smoke on the Water
- Most recent contest Budweiser Smoke on the Water
20223 milestones
- First overall podium Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score700.5372 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Lakeland Pig Festival
20214 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.4688 Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
| +10.3 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 19, 2021 |
| +8.9 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 18, 2022 |
| +8 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | Jan 13, 2023 |
| +7.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 95.7% | 95.2% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 97.3% | 96.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2023 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water 🏅 Winter Haven, FL | 17 / 47 (686.1828) | 16 (174.2628) | 10 (175.4172) | 24 (169.1200) | 29 (167.3828) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 16 / 51 (689.0628) | 10 (176.5600) | 4 (176.0116) | 31 (168.5256) | 25 (167.9656) |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 9 / 26 (681.0400) | 10 (173.1200) | 17 (163.9544) | 3 (175.4172) | 10 (168.5484) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 6 / 25 (687.3488) | 7 (173.1084) | 15 (167.4060) | 2 (176.5600) | 8 (170.2744) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 3 / 60 (700.5372) | 17 (173.1428) | 12 (173.1200) | 3 (176.5600) | 2 (177.7144) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 7 / 37 (684.4688) | 33 (161.6572) | 6 (171.9888) | 5 (173.1200) | 2 (177.7028) |