3 GUYS WITH WOOD

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1750

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1550

peak 1579 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2023-09-27

Best ToY finish

#986

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 24 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6684 / 720

Master · 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

648.24 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 655.41 (-7.17)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±14.23

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 164.85 · weakest Chicken (162.46)

Road miles

180

mi across 24 mapped stops

Schedule strength

19%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Purse competed for

$132K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

655.41 / 720

23 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (15 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2013-09-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, JAESTAR BBQ.

Giant slayer

114 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 114-team field at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship.

2013-09-27

High-water mark

689.6684 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.6684 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-02

State champions

1 state championships won

They've taken 1 state championship from 17 entries at contests carrying the title.

17 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

G&S Smoke & Spice has finished one call ahead of 3 GUYS WITH WOOD 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 1 Grand Championship

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 15%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 15%

A tough matchup

16–3 behind in the head-to-head

BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 84% of their meetings

BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 16 of their 19 shared contests.

The drought

22 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship on 2013-09-27 — 22 contests and 12.9 years ago.

last GC 2013-09-27
12.9 years ago

A strong matchup

12–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Brewski and Barbeque in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).

last seen 2019-09-27
back 2021-06-25

Brisket nemesis

13 of 19 shared brisket entries lost

BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead 68% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has out-cooked them in 13 of 19 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Hoggy Style has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.98% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.98% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
24 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 1st

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.

53 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SEXY Q

#1742 of the rated field

1550 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1553

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 3 GUYS WITH WOOD)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 3 GUYS WITH WOOD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-09-01

⚔ Head-to-head

SWEET ASH BBQ

#1755 of the rated field

1549 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1552

2–5 in 7 shared contests (29% to 3 GUYS WITH WOOD)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2021-09-24

⚔ Head-to-head

WHEN PIGS FLY

#1752 of the rated field

1549 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1549

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to 3 GUYS WITH WOOD)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 43 contests to 24.

rated over 43 contests
last seen 2021-10-22

⚔ Head-to-head

THE SHED BBQ

#1751 of the rated field

1549 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1549

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to 3 GUYS WITH WOOD)

Level with 3 GUYS WITH WOOD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

HOGS ON THE RUN

#1740 of the rated field

1550 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1553

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to 3 GUYS WITH WOOD)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before 3 GUYS WITH WOOD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ

#1741 of the rated field

1550 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1550

1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to 3 GUYS WITH WOOD)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
KC Rib doctor	15	11	4	73%	⚔ compare
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Hawg Wild	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
SQUEAL OF APPROVAL	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
Big Fork BBQ	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
Griswold Grillers	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
PARK AVENUE PORK	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	1	0	0	173.7028	144.5028	162.46	top 51%
Pork Ribs	23	1	0	0	173.7028	143.9544	163.35	top 45%
Pork	23	3	1	1	180.0000 🔥	150.8228	164.75	top 43%
Brisket	23	3	0	0	178.8572	146.2172	164.85	top 34%

“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
KS	19	1	top 40%
MO	4	0	top 36%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	22	1	top 38%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	5	1	1	top 26%	2019-09-27
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	4	19	0	top 23%	2016-06-24
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	355	0	top 74%	2023-09-27
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2	97	0	top 62%	2021-06-25
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	2	43	0	top 48%	2018-09-21

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 10.3 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2023-09-27

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.4 across 10 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 20 of 24 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 23 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 164.85 · weakest Chicken (162.46)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 6 of 24 contests

Overall top-10 rate 4% 1 of 24 contests

Wins it all 4% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2013-09-27 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Master average 655.41 out of 720 · 23 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 2,197 3,158–2,433 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 180 24 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests

Purse competed for $132,265 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 17 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs 2019-09-27 → 2021-06-25

Power rating 1550 peak 1579 · #1750 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9998 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Sep 27 First call Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First category win (Pork) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First overall podium Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First Grand Championship Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First state championship Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First perfect 180 (Pork) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 Biggest field won (114 teams) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2014
Oct 2 Career-best overall score689.6684 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
2015
Oct 3 10th tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
2017
Jun 23 Peak power rating (1579) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
2023
Sep 27 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2013-09-27
+14.4	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2014-10-02
+12.9	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2013-06-21
+9.6	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2017-06-23
+9.5	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2014-09-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.4	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q	2016-05-06
-7.3	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2021-06-25
-7.3	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2023-09-27
-5.9	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2019-09-27
-5.4	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2022-09-29

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)

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)
2023	1	0	0	0	0%	top 77%	89.9%	89.9%
2022	3	0	0	0	0%	top 48%	92.5%	91.5%
2021	1	0	0	0	0%	top 67%	87.8%	87.8%
2019	2	0	0	0	50%	top 59%	89.4%	89%
2018	1	0	0	0	100%	top 40%	91.2%	91.2%
2017	2	0	0	0	0%	top 34%	91.7%	90.6%
2016	4	0	0	0	50%	top 47%	92.6%	90%
2015	3	0	0	0	33%	top 28%	92.3%	91.7%
2014	4	0	0	0	0%	top 30%	95.8%	92.6%
2013	3	1	1	1	33%	top 15%	95.2%	92.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	374 / 487 (647.3828)	332 (164.5944)	347 (163.3828)	365 (161.1200)	387 (158.2856)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	355 / 505 (651.8972)	247 (167.4400)	385 (161.6800)	399 (159.9428)	303 (162.8344)
2022-06-24	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	43 / 164 (665.6456)	60 (165.7028)	119 (156.5256)	13 (174.8572)	34 (168.5600)
2021-06-25	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	97 / 145 (632.3656)	139 (144.5028)	75 (161.6916)	52 (165.6684)	72 (160.5028)
2019-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	62 / 102 (643.9088)	66 (161.7028)	60 (161.0972)	7 (174.8916)	93 (146.2172)
2019-06-21	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	103 / 183 (637.6456)	128 (156.5372)	117 (156.4912)	158 (152.0000)	11 (172.6172)
2018-09-21	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	43 / 107 (656.5260)	58 (163.3944)	104 (143.9544)	10 (175.4400)	10 (173.7372)
2017-09-22	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	62 / 112 (644.4680)	102 (149.0856)	70 (159.9884)	37 (166.8456)	19 (168.5484)
2017-06-23	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	22 / 184 (659.8972)	21 (169.6916)	85 (161.0856)	93 (159.9656)	23 (169.1544)
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	370 / 557 (642.1372)	296 (163.9656)	376 (159.4172)	250 (165.6916)	436 (153.0628)
2016-09-23	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	25 / 111 (666.7540)	42 (165.6800)	7 (173.1428)	78 (161.0740)	25 (166.8572)
2016-06-24	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	56 / 183 (646.1372)	86 (159.4172)	45 (166.2400)	107 (158.2516)	66 (162.2284)
2016-05-06	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS	21 / 30 (636.4456)	19 (159.9428)	19 (161.1544)	26 (150.8228)	8 (164.5256)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	199 / 606 (664.4800)	507 (154.2400)	232 (166.8228)	282 (164.5600)	5 (178.8572)
2015-09-25	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	31 / 112 (664.4228)	35 (167.3828)	45 (165.1200)	57 (161.0856)	19 (170.8344)
2015-06-26	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	45 / 183 (650.7772)	137 (153.7028)	14 (170.8228)	69 (162.8572)	53 (163.3944)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	23 / 552 (689.6684)	93 (172.0000)	55 (173.7028)	69 (173.1084)	84 (170.8572)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	122 / 165 (659.3488)	105 (166.2628)	90 (166.8344)	105 (165.7028)	137 (160.5488)
2014-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	18 / 112 (670.2400)	60 (162.8228)	21 (168.5600)	17 (172.0000)	16 (166.8572)
2014-06-27	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	45 / 184 (649.0172)	81 (162.8116)	37 (166.2628)	126 (153.1200)	28 (166.8228)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	177 / 535 (649.6344)	294 (159.9772)	96 (167.4172)	205 (163.4172)	261 (158.8228)
2013-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	1 / 114 (685.6800)	5 (173.7028)	33 (166.2628)	1 (180.0000)	26 (165.7144)
2013-06-21	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	19 / 183 (659.9998)	12 (172.0000)	82 (159.4286)	37 (166.8570)	57 (161.7142)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#986 (120 pts)	#1051 (120 pts)	#1107 (120 pts)	#854 (180 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2113 (75 pts)	#2146 (80 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2197 (70 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1702 (135 pts)	#1736 (145 pts)	#1737 (145 pts)	#2024 (115 pts)	#1406 (210 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1372 (180 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)	#1286 (235 pts)	#1505 (180 pts)	#992 (335 pts)