The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Great Americana BBQ Festival (Aug 27, 2021).
- last seen Sep 1, 2018
- back Aug 27, 2021
Parrothead Porkers
Parrothead Porkers is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 24th of 25 at the Great Americana BBQ Festival (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 27, 2021
latest May 12, 2023 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.63)
Road miles
1,335
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 645 mi
Purse competed for
$6,200
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Parrothead Porkers, each with one reason worth a look.
Parrothead Porkers has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 130 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Parrothead Porkers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Parrothead Porkers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Parrothead Porkers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Parrothead Porkers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3828 | 153.6456 | 154.51 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3600 | 139.8972 | 143.63 | top 96% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5028 | 152.5028 | 152.50 | top 92% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
76
finished ahead 4 times, behind 74
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Sep 1, 2018 → Aug 27, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score455.2456 Great Americana BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)155.3828 Great Americana BBQ Festival
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Music City BBQ Festival
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2023 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 29 / 32 (450.6284) | 27 (153.6456) | 32 (139.8972) | — | — |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 24 / 25 (455.2456) | 22 (155.3828) | 23 (147.3600) | 23 (152.5028) | — |
| Sep 1, 2018 | Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.