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.
Montana Big Sky Bar-BQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-05
latest 2018-06-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
602.18
last 3 Master vs avg 602.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±35.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.30)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
602.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Montana BBQ Cook-Off (2017-06-24).
- last seen 2014-07-05
- back 2017-06-24
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.
Montana Big Sky Bar-BQ has 3 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 151 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Montana Big Sky Bar-BQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Montana Big Sky Bar-BQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.0228 | 147.4172 | 155.62 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.3316 | 114.0344 | 144.30 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8800 | 149.7028 | 155.44 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6800 | 145.1200 | 146.82 | top 87% |
“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 | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 72% | 2018-06-23 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-07-05 → 2018-06-23
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.30)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
602.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
57
23–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2014-07-05 → 2017-06-24
Power rating
1485
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- First call Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score641.7484 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0228 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1506) Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- 2018
- Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-07-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 2018-06-23 |
| -7.7 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 77.3% | 77.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-23 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 26 / 26 (556.2744) | 24 (147.4172) | 26 (114.0344) | 24 (149.7028) | 25 (145.1200) |
| 2017-06-24 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off ABSAROKEE, MT | 28 / 35 (608.5144) | 32 (147.4172) | 31 (152.5372) | 22 (158.8800) | 28 (149.6800) |
| 2014-07-05 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 9 / 25 (641.7484) | 2 (172.0228) | 9 (166.3316) | 15 (157.7256) | 21 (145.6684) |