The heartbreaker
0.5368
points from the title
Came within 0.5368 points of the Grand Championship at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).
Shigs in Pit
Shigs in Pit is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 49 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #1739 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SHIGS-IN-PIT”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1532
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2013
latest Aug 13, 2021 · 8.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 20%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.82)
Road miles
367
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 317 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
665.37 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
339.95 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1739 (119 pts) | #2044 (79 pts) | #1803 (124 pts) | #1696 (139 pts) | #1898 (99 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4172 | 162.8572 | 168.18 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 160.5028 | 162.82 | top 34% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 167.9998 | 171.13 | top 19% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 163.9998 | 167.71 | top 37% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
179
finished ahead 165 times, behind 21
Longest layoff
8 yrs
Aug 16, 2013 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20216 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall podium Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First Reserve Championship Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1532) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2852 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- Career-best overall score672.4456 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 2 / 49 (339.9544) | 1 (175.4172) | 7 (164.5372) | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN | 9 / 60 (672.4456) | 18 (166.2628) | 30 (160.5028) | 4 (174.2628) | 11 (171.4172) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN | 12 / 29 (658.2852) | 20 (162.8572) | 11 (163.4284) | 9 (167.9998) | 16 (163.9998) |