The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship (2016-07-15).
- last seen 2014-07-18
- back 2016-07-15
Nervous Wreck Cooking Crew
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2016-07-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.00
last 3 Master vs avg 616.00 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.12 · weakest Brisket (150.42)
Road miles
2
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
616.00 / 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.
Nervous Wreck Cooking Crew 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 141 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.
#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with Nervous Wreck Cooking Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4840 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4846 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2284 | 151.3828 | 155.18 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 142.2400 | 153.28 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 154.2284 | 157.12 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 141.6228 | 150.42 | top 88% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 90% | 2014-07-18 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2016-07-15
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.12 · weakest Brisket (150.42)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.00
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
57
6–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-07-18 → 2016-07-15
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score627.1768 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1488) Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.6800 Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | 2014-07-18 |
| -11.6 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | 2013-07-19 |
| -10.4 | Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship | 2016-07-15 |
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)
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 92% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84% | 84% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-15 | Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship Galax, VA | 23 / 25 (615.7596) | 22 (158.2284) | 15 (161.6800) | 22 (154.2284) | 23 (141.6228) |
| 2014-07-18 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA | 28 / 30 (605.0516) | 28 (151.3828) | 30 (142.2400) | 25 (156.5944) | 25 (154.8344) |
| 2013-07-19 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA | 14 / 16 (627.1768) | 14 (155.9200) | 16 (155.9084) | 11 (160.5484) | 14 (154.8000) |