#4,046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersThe Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team
The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 44th of 58 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jan 25, 2019
latest Jan 24, 2020 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.27 · weakest Brisket (136.51)
Road miles
5
across 5 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard (4-meat) avg
589.83 / 720
2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 123 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team's first contest.
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
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⚔ Compare careers#4,062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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⚔ Compare careers#4,058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,052 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4400 | 150.2284 | 150.83 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8112 | 137.6000 | 148.21 | top 69% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8456 | 153.7028 | 154.27 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3716 | 125.6572 | 136.51 | top 80% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 44 | 0 | top 80% | Jan 24, 2020 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
153
finished ahead 37 times, behind 174
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20192 milestones
- Career-best overall score611.3256 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.8112 Lakeland Pig Festival
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 45 / 53 (568.3312) | 41 (150.2284) | 45 (137.6000) | 36 (154.8456) | 49 (125.6572) |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 44 / 58 (611.3256) | 47 (151.4400) | 31 (158.8112) | 32 (153.7028) | 39 (147.3716) |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |