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.
Smokin' up the House BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2023-07-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.78
last 4 Master vs avg 618.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.42 · weakest Brisket (143.40)
Road miles
89
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Purse competed for
$6K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.78 / 720
4 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
9.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 9.1 years, then back at Shenandoah ShenDig (2023-07-21).
- last seen 2014-06-27
- back 2023-07-21
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.
Smokin' up the House BBQ 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 147 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Smokin' up the House BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' up the House BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Smokin' up the House BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1312 | 153.7142 | 158.83 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 144.5256 | 156.13 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5714 | 153.1084 | 160.42 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7140 | 131.4288 | 143.40 | top 81% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.2 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2023-07-21
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.42 · weakest Brisket (143.40)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
618.78
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
33–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
89
4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,600
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
9.1 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2023-07-21
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ in the Bluffs
- First call BBQ in the Bluffs
- Career-best overall score644.5710 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- Peak power rating (1496) 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1312 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival
- 2023
- Most recent contest Shenandoah ShenDig
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2013-05-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Shenandoah ShenDig | 2023-07-21 |
| -10.3 | BBQ in the Bluffs | 2013-05-10 |
| -10.3 | 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival | 2014-06-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 89.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-21 | Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA | 35 / 37 (593.4968) | 31 (154.7768) | 34 (144.5256) | 34 (153.1084) | 35 (141.0860) |
| 2014-06-27 | 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE | 26 / 30 (621.0512) | 10 (169.1312) | 25 (150.2628) | 18 (162.2856) | 30 (139.3716) |
| 2013-05-31 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 12 / 34 (644.5710) | 24 (153.7142) | 5 (167.4284) | 13 (161.7144) | 10 (161.7140) |
| 2013-05-10 | BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA | 27 / 32 (616.0004) | 24 (157.7144) | 14 (162.2858) | 9 (164.5714) | 32 (131.4288) |