They almost always walk
88%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 88% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Shiggin Chicks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1563
peak 1568 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Best runs
6
straight top-10s
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2019-10-18
latest 2022-10-22
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 20%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
331.71 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 329.97 (+1.74)
Walk rate
88%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±6.66
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.19 · weakest Chicken (163.79)
Road miles
642
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 125 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
329.97 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (10 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.
High-water mark
339.3944
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 339.3944 at York County BBQ Festival — 94.3% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2021-06-18
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Gold-N-Blue Barbecue has finished one call ahead of Shiggin Chicks 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Kane's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Kane's BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
6–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 86% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
The comeback
1.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2021-04-23).
- last seen 2019-10-18
- back 2021-04-23
Pork Ribs nemesis
5 of 5
shared pork ribs entries lost
Kane's BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Kane's BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork ribs entries.
Announced themselves early
2nd
at their very first contest
Finished 2 of 63 at their very first tracked contest, Boo-B-Que (2019-10-18).
- 2019-10-18
- 63-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Beefy Bros BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The metronome
±1.85%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.85% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.7% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
41 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1507 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1563
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Shiggin Chicks)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Shiggin Chicks has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1569
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1499 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1564
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1563
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Shiggin Chicks's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 45%
- Peak
- 1564
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Shiggin Chicks's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1564
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 23% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 7 | 3 | 3 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| DANTE'S INFERNO | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| DIG'N N PIG'N | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD AZZ MULE BBQ | 5 | 3 | 0 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Top Gun Barbecue | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Weber's Backyard BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| The Fat is Where It's At | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Kane's BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 151.9428 | 163.79 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 171.9656 | 157.1316 | 166.19 | top 23% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | 3 | 0 | top 31% |
| PA | 3 | 0 | top 15% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 3% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 12% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-10-18 → 2022-10-22
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
4 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 1 win · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.19 · weakest Chicken (163.79)
Walk rate
88%
a top-10 call in 7 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
6 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight contests
Backyard average
329.97
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
257
357–93 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
642
8 mapped stops · furthest 125 mi
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$39,900
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2019-10-18 → 2021-04-23
Power rating
1563
peak 1568 · #1505 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Boo-B-Que
- First call Boo-B-Que
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Boo-B-Que
- First overall top-10 Boo-B-Que
- First overall podium Boo-B-Que
- First Reserve Championship Boo-B-Que
- 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.7656 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Career-best overall score339.3944 York County BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9656 Smoke in the Grove
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1568) Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- Most recent contest Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.4 | Boo-B-Que | 2019-10-18 |
| +13.4 | York County BBQ Festival | 2021-06-18 |
| +12.4 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2021-04-23 |
| +11 | Smoke in the Grove | 2021-07-30 |
| +8.3 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2022-04-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2022-10-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 34% | 91.4% | 90.7% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 94.3% | 93.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 3% | 89% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-22 | Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 16 / 27 (325.0976) | 17 (162.2516) | 15 (162.8460) | — | — |
| 2022-05-13 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 9 / 39 (329.0744) | 7 (167.9656) | 12 (161.1088) | — | — |
| 2022-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 8 / 41 (325.6688) | 4 (168.5372) | 11 (157.1316) | — | — |
| 2021-10-23 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ | — | — | 6 (166.2744) | — | — |
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 6 / 54 (339.3368) | 13 (167.3712) | 4 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2021-06-18 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 4 / 41 (339.3944) | 11 (167.9772) | 3 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2021-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 6 / 40 (330.7656) | 8 (160.5028) | 2 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2019-10-18 | Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE | 2 / 63 (320.4800) | 11 (151.9428) | 1 (168.5372) | — | — |