High-water mark
663.3368
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3368 at Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-11-20
Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-11-22
latest 2018-11-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.72
last 4 Master vs avg 650.72 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.84 · weakest Brisket (159.39)
Road miles
2
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
650.72 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 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.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam (2018-11-16).
- last seen 2015-11-20
- back 2018-11-16
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.
Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ 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 101 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.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 155.3484 | 163.67 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 155.9316 | 162.82 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 158.2628 | 164.84 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 147.3372 | 159.39 | top 63% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 51% | 2014-11-21 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-11-22 → 2018-11-16
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.84 · weakest Brisket (159.39)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
650.72
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
81–100 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2015-11-20 → 2018-11-16
Power rating
1501
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- 2014
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0628 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1200 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2015
- Career-best overall score663.3368 Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1507) Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
- 2018
- Most recent contest Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2014-11-21 |
| +3.8 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest | 2015-11-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam | 2018-11-16 |
| -3.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2013-11-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-16 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 34 / 44 (644.9600) | 29 (164.5256) | 36 (155.9316) | 15 (168.5256) | 38 (155.9772) |
| 2015-11-20 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | 21 / 49 (663.3368) | 22 (165.7028) | 23 (165.1084) | 25 (165.6800) | 18 (166.8456) |
| 2014-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 14 / 39 (657.0628) | 10 (169.1200) | 21 (162.2744) | 25 (158.2628) | 15 (167.4056) |
| 2013-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 35 / 53 (637.5312) | 46 (155.3484) | 13 (167.9656) | 12 (166.8800) | 47 (147.3372) |