Team of the Year

Team profile

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

  • KCBS
  • 2013–2026

Listed under another spelling in the results: Parrothead Smokers.

Contests
277
Grand Championships GC
40
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
20
Overall top 10s
180
Average overall score
677.851
Best overall score
709.12
Seasons active
2013–2026
Sanctioning bodies
KCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 29%

Entries
269
Firsts
33
Top 10s
170

Ribs

Typical finishTop 38%

Entries
280
Firsts
21
Top 10s
137

Pork

Typical finishTop 39%

Entries
273
Firsts
28
Top 10s
138

Brisket

Typical finishTop 31%

Entries
268
Firsts
19
Top 10s
170

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for PARROTHEAD SMOKERS Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2013 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2013 with 35 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 010203040 2013: 35 contests, 8 Grand Championships, 29 top 10s 35 2013 2014: 21 contests, 8 Grand Championships, 17 top 10s 21 2014 2015: 19 contests, 4 Grand Championships, 17 top 10s 19 2015 2016: 21 contests, 5 Grand Championships, 17 top 10s 21 2016 2017: 22 contests, 8 Grand Championships, 20 top 10s 22 2017 2018: 23 contests, 3 Grand Championships, 18 top 10s 23 2018 2019: 20 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 11 top 10s 20 2019 2020: 7 contests, 4 top 10s 7 2020 2021: 12 contests, 2 top 10s 12 2021 2022: 17 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 8 top 10s 17 2022 2023: 24 contests, 14 top 10s 24 2023 2024: 15 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 4 top 10s 15 2024 2025: 19 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 10 top 10s 19 2025 2026: 16 contests, 9 top 10s 16 2026
Overall contests by year for PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
201335829678.612
201421817677.888
201519417678.617
201621517676.771
201722820688.978
201823318681.528
201920111678.685
2020704677.887
20211202671.934
20221718656.717
202324014668.68
20241514678.165
202519110685.462
20261609686.313
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for PARROTHEAD SMOKERS Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 688.978 in 2017. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 650660670680690700 2013: average overall score 678.612 2013 2014: average overall score 677.888 2014 2015: average overall score 678.617 2015 2016: average overall score 676.771 2016 2017: average overall score 688.978 2017 2018: average overall score 681.528 2018 2019: average overall score 678.685 2019 2020: average overall score 677.887 2020 2021: average overall score 671.934 2021 2022: average overall score 656.717 2022 2023: average overall score 668.68 2023 2024: average overall score 678.165 2024 2025: average overall score 685.462 2025 2026: average overall score 686.313 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  1. 2ndRGC

    The United Rentals Big Blue BBQ at Union Station

    Oct 9, 2026KCBS Union Station 30 W. Pershing Rd. Kansas City, MO 20 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 12).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 12).
    704.537
  2. 4th

    La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown

    Oct 2, 2026KCBS La Belle, MO 33 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).
    694.24
  3. 15th

    Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ

    Sep 25, 2026KCBS North Platte, NE 19 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    679.28
  4. 17th

    Tri City BBQ Fest

    Sep 18, 2026KCBS IA 26 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    682.754
  5. 28th

    SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway

    Sep 4, 2026KCBS Brandon, SD 31 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    673.634
  6. 9th

    Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival

    Aug 14, 2026KCBS Worland, WY 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    690.194
  7. 6th

    Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 1, 2026KCBS London, ON N6M 1H6 14 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    670.777
  8. 16th

    Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship

    Jul 24, 2026KCBS Gardner, KS 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    677.04
  9. 7th

    Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)

    Jul 10, 2026KCBS 69 Cameron, MO 37 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    698.206
  10. 7th

    12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life

    Jun 19, 2026KCBS Our Lady of Unity 2646 S 34th St Kansas City, KS 33 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    698.823
  11. 36th

    Original SD BBQ Championships

    Jun 5, 2026KCBS SW Huron, SD 48 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    665.006
  12. 2ndRGC

    JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition

    May 23, 2026KCBS Ramblin' Road Brewery 2970 Swimming Pool Road La Salette, On N0E 1H0 20 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    699.36

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