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.
Smokin' J's Florida
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-01-25
latest 2015-11-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.66
last 3 Master vs avg 629.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.58
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.83)
Road miles
20
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
629.66 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at When Pigs Fly South (2015-11-06).
- last seen 2013-11-22
- back 2015-11-06
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.
Smokin' J's Florida 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 152 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' J's Florida on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 147.9998 | 155.81 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 147.4284 | 150.83 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0002 | 157.6456 | 161.49 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 157.1544 | 161.53 | top 35% |
“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 71% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2013-01-25 → 2015-11-06
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 161.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.83)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
629.66
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
56–98 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
20
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2013-11-22 → 2015-11-06
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1495) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score638.7660 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2972 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2015
- First call When Pigs Fly South
- Most recent contest When Pigs Fly South
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | When Pigs Fly South | 2015-11-06 |
| -4.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2013-01-25 |
| -0.5 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 88.7% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-06 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 25 / 35 (626.7888) | 30 (153.1200) | 28 (153.6800) | 10 (162.8344) | 19 (157.1544) |
| 2013-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 31 / 53 (638.7660) | 16 (166.2972) | 46 (151.3944) | 39 (157.6456) | 15 (163.4288) |
| 2013-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 46 / 70 (623.4284) | 64 (147.9998) | 63 (147.4284) | 17 (164.0002) | 15 (164.0000) |