The heartbreaker
0.5368
points from the title
Came within 0.5368 points of the Grand Championship at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).
Shigs in Pit
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1532
peak 1532 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2021-08-13
Best ToY finish
#1739
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 20%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.82)
Road miles
367
mi 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 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.37 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
339.95 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (3 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
672.4456
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.4456 at Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-08-16
The comeback
8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 8 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).
- last seen 2013-08-16
- back 2021-08-13
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.
Shigs in Pit has 3 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 87 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.
#2144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1543
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Shigs in Pit)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Shigs in Pit has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Shigs in Pit's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2135 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Level with Shigs in Pit on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 4% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 10% |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2021-08-13
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.82)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
665.37
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
339.95
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
179
165–21 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
367
3 mapped stops · furthest 317 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
8 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2021-08-13
Power rating
1532
peak 1532 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- 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
- 2021
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
| +12.1 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues | 2013-08-16 |
| +4.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 4% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 93.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 2 / 49 (339.9544) | 1 (175.4172) | 7 (164.5372) | — | — |
| 2013-08-16 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN | 9 / 60 (672.4456) | 18 (166.2628) | 30 (160.5028) | 4 (174.2628) | 11 (171.4172) |
| 2013-06-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN | 12 / 29 (658.2852) | 20 (162.8572) | 11 (163.4284) | 9 (167.9998) | 16 (163.9998) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1739 (119 pts) | #2044 (79 pts) | #1803 (124 pts) | #1696 (139 pts) | #1898 (99 pts) |