A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Idle Que
Idle Que is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 30th of 37 at the Original SD BBQ Championship (2019). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 1, 2018
latest Jun 4, 2021 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
171.4172
Consistency
±12.72
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.99 · weakest Chicken (154.62)
Road miles
1
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.57 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 150.8000 | 154.62 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 143.9660 | 159.82 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 162.2628 | 163.99 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 147.3484 | 154.99 | top 70% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original SD BBQ Championship | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 80% | Jun 4, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SD
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 19 times, behind 97
Longest layoff
2 yrs
May 31, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- First call The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest
- Career-best overall score642.7428 Original SD BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest
- Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championship
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest The Original SD BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1489) The Original SD BBQ Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | The Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 1, 2018 |
| -6.3 | Original SD BBQ Championship | May 31, 2019 |
| -5.5 | Original SD BBQ Championship | Jun 4, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 80% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88% | 88% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2021 | Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD | 39 / 49 (642.7428) | 44 (150.8000) | 36 (158.2400) | 33 (164) | 16 (169.7028) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest Huron, SD | — | — | 8 (171.4172) | — | — |
| May 31, 2019 | Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD | 30 / 37 (633.5772) | 33 (154.2744) | 22 (165.6684) | 20 (165.7028) | 32 (147.9316) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | The Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 31 / 33 (612.3772) | 28 (158.8000) | 31 (143.9660) | 20 (162.2628) | 30 (147.3484) |