Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.7772 at Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SPITFIRE in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2015-10-23).
Finished 5 of 32 at their very first tracked contest, Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge (2013-08-31).
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.
Phat Jacks 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 42 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 100% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Phat Jacks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPITFIRE | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 166.2628 | 169.35 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 164.5600 | 170.84 | top 26% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 169.7028 | 172.69 | top 14% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 157.7144 | 169.47 | top 34% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 16% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 21% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 18% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 16% | 2016-10-21 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.7 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2015-10-23 |
| +15.4 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +13.8 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2016-10-21 |
| +13.3 | Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge | 2013-08-31 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 95.6% | 95.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 12% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 19% | 95.9% | 94.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-21 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 19 / 96 (688.5144) | 29 (171.9772) | 55 (168.5256) | 6 (175.4400) | 27 (172.5716) |
| 2015-10-23 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 11 / 93 (685.1540) | 38 (169.1428) | 15 (173.1428) | 23 (170.8800) | 16 (171.9884) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 17 / 535 (680.5256) | 125 (167.4056) | 164 (164.5600) | 72 (169.7028) | 3 (178.8572) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 68 / 174 (666.8000) | 86 (166.2628) | 42 (169.6800) | 22 (173.1428) | 133 (157.7144) |
| 2013-08-31 | Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 5 / 32 (690.7772) | 10 (171.9772) | 1 (178.2972) | 4 (174.2628) | 16 (166.2400) |