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.
Jonesing for BBQ
Jonesing for BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 12 at the Dadfest BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) ().
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2018
latest Jul 10, 2026 · 8.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.11)
Road miles
33
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$7,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.37 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.24 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 161.6572 | 163.40 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 143.3716 | 150.11 | top 95% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9768 | 158.2516 | 160.54 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 146.7884 | 154.04 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 92% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
115
finished ahead 12 times, behind 124
Longest layoff
7.2 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Jul 10, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7144 Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character
20182 milestones
- Career-best overall score636.5256 Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q
- Peak power rating (1493) Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Dadfest BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Dadfest BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| -10.1 | Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character | May 3, 2019 |
| -6.6 | Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q | May 4, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 37 / 37 (624.3200) | 34 (161.6572) | 37 (147.3484) | 37 (158.2516) | 34 (157.0628) |
| May 3, 2019 | Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character 🏅 St. Joseph, MO | 37 / 39 (615.2572) | 19 (165.7144) | 38 (143.3716) | 33 (159.3828) | 38 (146.7884) |
| May 4, 2018 | Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q St. Joseph, MO | 30 / 37 (636.5256) | 24 (162.8344) | 34 (151.4516) | 26 (163.9768) | 30 (158.2628) |
| — | Dadfest BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Kansas City, MO | 9 / 12 (318.2400) | — | 11 (158.2744) | — | — |