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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1505 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-06
latest 2017-06-24
Best ToY finish
#1654
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.47
last 4 Master vs avg 612.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.00 · weakest Brisket (143.43)
Road miles
0
mi 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
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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN JERKS in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Montana BBQ cook-off (2016-06-25).
- last seen 2014-07-05
- back 2016-06-25
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.
UPPER STILLWATER SMOKERS 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 146 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.
#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
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#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after UPPER STILLWATER SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with UPPER STILLWATER SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3750 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 64% | 2017-06-24 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-07-06 → 2017-06-24
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.00 · weakest Brisket (143.43)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
612.47
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
37–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-07-05 → 2016-06-25
Power rating
1488
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- First call Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- 2014
- 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
- 2017
- Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.3 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 2013-07-06 |
| +0.6 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-07-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Montana BBQ cook-off | 2016-06-25 |
| -5.3 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-06-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-24 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off ABSAROKEE, MT | 26 / 35 (622.3548) | 22 (158.3316) | 25 (158.2516) | 20 (161.7256) | 32 (144.0460) |
| 2016-06-25 | Montana BBQ cook-off Absarokee, MT | 26 / 29 (600.6284) | 25 (154.3200) | 20 (157.7256) | 25 (141.7600) | 22 (146.8228) |
| 2014-07-05 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 13 / 25 (628.0456) | 13 (156.5944) | 7 (167.4628) | 14 (158.2972) | 19 (145.6912) |
| 2013-07-06 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 9 / 22 (598.8578) | 9 (152.0002) | 12 (148.5716) | 3 (161.1430) | 17 (137.1430) |
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 | #1654 (132 pts) | #1720 (132 pts) | #1856 (112 pts) | #1241 (222 pts) | #1965 (87 pts) |