A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
THE MISSING PIG
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2015-05-29
Best ToY finish
#1675
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
600.91
last 4 Master vs avg 600.91 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.43 · weakest Brisket (136.81)
Road miles
119
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
600.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
THE MISSING PIG 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 115 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.
#5393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
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#5379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after THE MISSING PIG did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5385 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE MISSING PIG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#5358 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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#5381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7140 | 159.9884 | 162.43 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7372 | 143.9772 | 148.42 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4284 | 150.2628 | 153.25 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4286 | 125.0744 | 136.81 | top 92% |
“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 97% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 92% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin in Steele | 2 | 45 | 0 | top 92% | 2014-05-30 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2015-05-29
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.43 · weakest Brisket (136.81)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
600.91
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
14–188 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
119
4 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1453
peak 1453 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' in Steele
- Career-best overall score613.1428 Smokin' in Steele
- Peak power rating (1488) Smokin' in Steele
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7140 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- Most recent contest Smokin' in Steel
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-07-12 |
| -12.2 | Smokin' in Steele | 2013-05-31 |
| -11.6 | Smokin in Steele | 2014-05-30 |
| -9.4 | Smokin' in Steel | 2015-05-29 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0% | top 92% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.2% | 83.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-29 | Smokin' in Steel Owatonna, MN | 55 / 60 (585.5772) | 38 (162.3200) | 56 (143.9772) | 51 (154.2056) | 58 (125.0744) |
| 2014-05-30 | Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN | 64 / 67 (612.4800) | 58 (159.9884) | 57 (153.7372) | 64 (153.0972) | 65 (145.6572) |
| 2013-07-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN | 28 / 29 (592.4568) | 13 (165.7140) | 24 (151.3828) | 29 (150.2628) | 29 (125.0972) |
| 2013-05-31 | Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN | 45 / 51 (613.1428) | 32 (161.7144) | 47 (144.5714) | 38 (155.4284) | 38 (151.4286) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1675 (129 pts) | #1385 (189 pts) | #1721 (134 pts) | #1776 (129 pts) | #1711 (129 pts) |