A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
UPPER STILLWATER SMOKERS
UPPER STILLWATER SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 9th of 22 at the Montana BBQ Cook-Off (2013). They finished #1654 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 6, 2013
latest Jun 24, 2017 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.90
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.00 · weakest Brisket (143.43)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
612.47 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1654 (132 pts) | #1720 (132 pts) | #1856 (112 pts) | #1241 (222 pts) | #1965 (87 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3316 | 152.0002 | 155.31 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 148.5716 | 158.00 | top 56% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 161.7256 | 141.7600 | 155.73 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8228 | 137.1430 | 143.43 | top 80% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 64% | Jun 24, 2017 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
65
finished ahead 37 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jul 5, 2014 → Jun 25, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
20143 milestones
- Career-best overall score628.0456 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4628 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1505) Montana BBQ Cook-Off
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- First call Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.3 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Jul 6, 2013 |
| +0.6 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Jul 5, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Montana BBQ cook-off | Jun 25, 2016 |
| -5.3 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Jun 24, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2017 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 26 / 35 (622.3548) | 22 (158.3316) | 25 (158.2516) | 20 (161.7256) | 32 (144.0460) |
| Jun 25, 2016 | Montana BBQ cook-off Absarokee, MT | 26 / 29 (600.6284) | 25 (154.3200) | 20 (157.7256) | 25 (141.7600) | 22 (146.8228) |
| Jul 5, 2014 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 13 / 25 (628.0456) | 13 (156.5944) | 7 (167.4628) | 14 (158.2972) | 19 (145.6912) |
| Jul 6, 2013 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 9 / 22 (598.8578) | 9 (152.0002) | 12 (148.5716) | 3 (161.1430) | 17 (137.1430) |