High-water mark
666.7996
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.7996 at Best of the West BBQ Fest — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 6, 2013
NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS
NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 4th of 15 at the Best of the West BBQ Fest (2013). They are ranked #2546 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1519 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 6, 2013
latest Sep 14, 2018 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.10
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.39 · weakest Pork (159.42)
Road miles
680
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Master avg
651.01 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1717 (113 pts) | #1915 (78 pts) | #1128 (253 pts) | #1816 (103 pts) | #1739 (113 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1241 (227 pts) | #1404 (212 pts) | #1234 (252 pts) | #1574 (172 pts) | #1108 (287 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #909 (327 pts) | #1023 (302 pts) | #923 (342 pts) | #1025 (302 pts) | #1112 (262 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS, each with one reason worth a look.
82 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,543 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
They turned up 10 years after NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,553 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 154.8456 | 163.17 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 173.1316 | 154.8000 | 166.39 | top 38% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 147.9772 | 159.42 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 155.3600 | 162.03 | top 46% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WY
2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 54 times, behind 43
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
Aug 22, 2014 → Sep 14, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20183 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1316 Smoke & Soul Fest
- Peak power rating (1519) Smoke & Soul Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke & Soul Fest
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Best of the West BBQ Fest
- First call Best of the West BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Best of the West BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7996 Best of the West BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score666.7996 Best of the West BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Best of the West BBQ Fest | Sep 6, 2013 |
| +4.7 | Smoke & Soul Fest | Sep 14, 2018 |
| +3 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Cook-off | Sep 20, 2013 |
| +1.7 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ | Aug 22, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.5 | Cowtown Cook-off | Jun 13, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 89.7% | 89% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 92.6% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2018 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 13 / 28 (652.5376) | 20 (160.5372) | 2 (173.1316) | 15 (158.2972) | 13 (160.5716) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 13 / 25 (646.1944) | 14 (163.9428) | 7 (169.7372) | 24 (147.9772) | 11 (164.5372) |
| Jun 13, 2014 | Cowtown Cook-off Miles City, MT | 10 / 17 (635.9084) | 12 (154.8456) | 14 (154.8000) | 10 (158.8228) | 5 (167.4400) |
| Sep 20, 2013 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Cook-off Spearfish, SD | 8 / 17 (653.6228) | 7 (168.5484) | 9 (163.9772) | 7 (165.7372) | 12 (155.3600) |
| Sep 6, 2013 | Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY | 4 / 15 (666.7996) | 6 (167.9656) | 3 (170.3200) | 6 (166.2628) | 6 (162.2512) |