A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2016-10-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.43
last 3 Master vs avg 637.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.42 · weakest Brisket (153.50)
Road miles
14
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
637.43 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) (2016-10-29).
- last seen 2014-10-02
- back 2016-10-29
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 Wurst Nightmare 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 124 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.
#3394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare)
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3384 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1530
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare)
They've been 1530 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3397 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare)
27 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#3372 of the rated field
- Contests
- 64
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1593
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare)
Level with Wilbur's Wurst Nightmare on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 158.8572 | 163.42 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 156.5256 | 163.22 | top 47% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 153.0628 | 157.30 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 134.2396 | 153.50 | top 59% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2016-10-29
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.42 · weakest Brisket (153.50)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
637.43
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,054
645–994 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1496
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.9772 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8456 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score654.8456 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1505) 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2016
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +2.1 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 91% | 91% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 491 / 557 (615.2680) | 245 (165.7028) | 334 (162.2628) | 492 (153.0628) | 546 (134.2396) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 271 / 552 (654.8456) | 255 (165.7028) | 101 (170.8572) | 273 (164.0000) | 402 (154.2856) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 236 / 535 (642.1828) | 315 (158.8572) | 337 (156.5256) | 382 (154.8228) | 31 (171.9772) |