A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SWAMP BOYS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BAY-KEN BUTTS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1493 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-11-15
latest 2015-11-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.62
last 3 Master vs avg 636.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.82 · weakest Pork (155.39)
Road miles
16
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
636.62 / 720
3 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
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Gourmet Rednecks in 3 of their 3 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.
BAY-KEN BUTTS BBQ has 3 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 126 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.
#3532 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to BAY-KEN BUTTS BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — BAY-KEN BUTTS BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
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#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BAY-KEN BUTTS BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAY-KEN BUTTS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9312 | 153.6800 | 157.47 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4060 | 150.8684 | 160.94 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 145.6456 | 155.39 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 157.1084 | 162.82 | top 39% |
“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 51% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When Pigs Fly South | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 58% | 2015-11-06 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-11-15 → 2015-11-06
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.82 · weakest Pork (155.39)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
636.62
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
47–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1493
peak 1493 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest When Pigs Fly South
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4060 When Pigs Fly South
- Peak power rating (1496) When Pigs Fly South
- 2015
- Career-best overall score641.0052 When Pigs Fly South
- 2016
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | When Pigs Fly South | 2015-11-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | When Pigs Fly South | 2014-11-07 |
| -4.1 | When Pigs Fly South | 2013-11-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-29 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-11-06 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 18 / 35 (641.0052) | 11 (163.9312) | 12 (164.5600) | 23 (155.4056) | 21 (157.1084) |
| 2014-11-07 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 29 / 42 (635.9312) | 33 (153.6800) | 35 (150.8684) | 21 (165.1200) | 14 (166.2628) |
| 2014-01-23 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-11-15 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 32 / 49 (632.9372) | 37 (154.7884) | 17 (167.4060) | 47 (145.6456) | 12 (165.0972) |