Most anyone can grow tomatoes in a bucket if they have sun coming in a window
I don't know truck from backyard, but the best tastiest tomatoes I've ever eaten were from a roadside stand, Leamington Ontario...left-overs from production for nearby Hunt's catsup factory...
Yours have better shape. They just look like they need a few more days of sun to ripen.
Experienced farmers know the tricks. It's a balance of fertilizers and pesticides - some not available unless you're a "truck farmer" or certified in it for profit. I know folk who shun the "perfect" tomatoes...too many chemicals to make that fat juicy thing.
Yours: regulart watering, not much fertilizer
His: Regular fertilizer ( maybe too much) and not enough watering.
Just my humble opinion.
And your hypothesis for the difference is? ?????
He's been doing it for 50 years. I've been playing at it for ten.