The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival (2016-04-15).
- last seen 2014-08-22
- back 2016-04-15
WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2016-04-15
latest 2017-09-16
Best ToY finish
#1483
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Best overall
651.2684 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.70
last 3 Master vs avg 642.70 (-0.00)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
167.3944
Consistency
±6.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.54 · weakest Brisket (155.56)
Road miles
557
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 374 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Master avg
642.70 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN 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 146 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 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 162.8228 | 164.54 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 159.4288 | 162.83 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.7884 | 155.9656 | 159.77 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 149.6456 | 155.56 | top 92% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 85% | 2017-09-16 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2016-04-15 → 2017-09-16
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.54 · weakest Brisket (155.56)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
642.70
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
50
6–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
557
6 mapped stops · furthest 374 mi
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2016-04-15
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1488) Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival
- 2017
- First call *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2684 *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
- Career-best overall score651.2684 *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.3944 *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
- Most recent contest *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival | 2016-04-15 |
| -7.3 | *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | 2017-09-16 |
| -6.6 | *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | 2017-09-15 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 90.5% | 89.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-16 | *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS | 15 / 17 (651.2684) | 13 (166.8228) | 9 (167.3944) | 13 (160.5600) | 16 (156.4912) |
| 2017-09-15 | *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS | 18 / 22 (635.8284) | 16 (163.9656) | 18 (159.4288) | 18 (162.7884) | 20 (149.6456) |
| 2016-04-15 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival Cornelia, GA | 30 / 30 (640.9944) | 24 (162.8228) | 28 (161.6688) | 29 (155.9656) | 27 (160.5372) |
| 2014-08-22 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-16 | Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1483 (174 pts) | #1446 (194 pts) | #1406 (209 pts) | #1476 (184 pts) | #1611 (159 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2910 (55 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2918 (55 pts) | #2921 (55 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2726 (59 pts) | #2729 (59 pts) | #2733 (59 pts) | #1420 (209 pts) | #2729 (59 pts) |