TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS

TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #834 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#834

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1624

peak 1624 · rated over 32 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Sep 1, 2017 · 4.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#325

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

36% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3944 / 720

Master · Smokin' in the Junction

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

671.00 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 669.12 (+1.87)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Smokin' in the Junction

Consistency

±13.39

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.83 · weakest Brisket (164.93)

Road miles

4,564

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Master avg

669.12 / 720

33 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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

Pork ×1

Against the odds

17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Jul 25, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TRUEBUD BBQ.

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Jul 25, 2014).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.3944 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.3944 at Smokin' in the Junction — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 24, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKERS PURGATORY has finished one call ahead of TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG T'Z Q CRU ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG T'Z Q CRU has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

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The drought

21 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on Jul 25, 2014 — 21 contests and 12.2 years ago.

last GC Jul 25, 2014
12.2 years ago

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of POLITICAL PORK in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

10 of 13 shared pork entries lost

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 13 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MEADOW VALLEY BBQ CO. has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 23% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 23% across 6 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

6 May contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,564 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,564 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 238 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

33 mapped stops
furthest 238 mi

The metronome

±1.86% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.86% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.9% of a perfect score
33 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 1st

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#549 (723 pts)	#690 (583 pts)	#611 (668 pts)	#658 (613 pts)	#615 (653 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#326 (1,103 pts)	#289 (1,163 pts)	#437 (893 pts)	#346 (1,058 pts)	#484 (773 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#325 (940 pts)	#570 (570 pts)	#266 (1,105 pts)	#286 (1,010 pts)	#282 (1,050 pts)

Overall rank by season

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#832 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1645

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

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#837 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 101
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1669

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS)

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#833 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1625

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#836 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1624

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 27 contests, alongside a 41% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 27 contests
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It's spice that meats you

#831 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1630

They turned up 6 years after TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 51 contests
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HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ

#830 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1629

Level with TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

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last seen Sep 19, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKERS PURGATORY	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
DIG-IN COOKERS	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
BIG T'Z Q CRU	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Pig Skin BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
T-MAC SMOKIN	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
MEADOW VALLEY BBQ CO.	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	7	1	3	179.4400	155.4286	166.72	top 49%
Pork Ribs	33	13	2	3	175.4288	153.0860	168.64	top 32%
Pork	33	13	2	4	180 🔥	159.9428	168.83	top 35%
Brisket	33	10	3	5	177.7028	149.6572	164.93	top 46%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	19	1	top 41%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	16	1	top 41%
KS	7	0	top 24%
MO	6	0	top 34%
WI	3	0	top 89%
NE	1	0	top 11%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	1	1	top 26%	Jul 29, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	3	26	0	top 89%	Sep 16, 2016
Sertoma 48 BBQ (JUDGESFULL)	2	5	0	top 24%	May 5, 2017
Smokin' in the Junction	2	2	0	top 25%	May 23, 2015
Central Iowa Expo BBQ	2	19	0	top 67%	Apr 25, 2015
State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship	2	7	0	top 41%	Jun 20, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 8 contests

Contests a season 6.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 16 of 33 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 24 6 of them more than once

First title Jul 25, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Opponents faced 1,674 finished ahead 2,688 times, behind 1,112

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

20172 milestones

Sep 1 Peak power rating (1624) 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Sep 1 Most recent contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20161 milestone

Jul 29 25th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20147 milestones

May 24 First overall podium Smokin' in the Junction
May 24 First Reserve Championship Smokin' in the Junction
May 24 First perfect 180 (Pork) Smokin' in the Junction
May 24 10th tracked contest Smokin' in the Junction
May 24 Career-best overall score699.3944 Smokin' in the Junction
Jul 25 First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 25 First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20135 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Smoke Over Veishea
Apr 19 First call Smoke Over Veishea
Apr 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke Over Veishea
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4284 Smoke Over Veishea
May 10 First overall top-10 BBQ in the Bluffs

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 25, 2014
+14.6	Smokin' in the Junction	May 24, 2014
+13.6	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 1, 2017
+13	Smokin' On Oak	Aug 26, 2016
+12.9	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	Jun 7, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 28, 2017
-11.4	Central Iowa Expo BBQ	Apr 25, 2015
-10.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Aug 1, 2014
-8.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Aug 7, 2015
-8.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Sep 16, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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)
2017	5	0	1	1	80%	top 38%	96.4%	93.2%
2016	6	0	3	1	67%	top 39%	95.7%	93.4%
2015	7	0	1	2	43%	top 54%	94%	92.5%
2014	7	1	4	2	71%	top 35%	97.1%	93.5%
2013	8	0	3	2	88%	top 33%	93.9%	92.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	14 / 407 (694.2856)	6 (179.4400)	99 (170.8800)	166 (167.9656)	18 (176)
Jul 28, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ankeny, IA	27 / 30 (646.7088)	13 (169.1544)	29 (153.0860)	21 (165.0856)	27 (159.3828)
Jun 30, 2017	Grillin and Chillin Chillicothe, MO	12 / 27 (667.8856)	26 (158.8112)	1 (174.2744)	20 (164.5372)	7 (170.2628)
Jun 2, 2017	Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO	10 / 65 (678.1824)	23 (166.8456)	7 (171.9656)	15 (170.2628)	15 (169.1084)
May 5, 2017	Sertoma 48 BBQ (JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS	16 / 44 (667.9200)	16 (168.5600)	34 (158.2400)	10 (170.8456)	6 (170.2744)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	227 / 557 (661.6800)	184 (167.9772)	124 (170.2972)	201 (167.4172)	379 (155.9884)
Sep 16, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	26 / 30 (669.0972)	26 (166.2628)	4 (175.4288)	14 (171.4056)	29 (156)
Aug 26, 2016	Smokin' On Oak Bonner Springs, KS	2 / 37 (689.1200)	3 (173.1428)	6 (170.8572)	6 (175.4172)	7 (169.7028)
Jul 29, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	7 / 28 (672.5376)	12 (169.6916)	12 (166.8688)	3 (175.4172)	19 (160.5600)
Jun 3, 2016	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	35 / 55 (653.6228)	25 (167.3712)	16 (168.0116)	26 (167.4056)	46 (150.8344)
May 6, 2016	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	5 / 42 (689.1428)	15 (169.7028)	4 (174.8572)	19 (167.4056)	1 (177.1772)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	87 / 606 (676.5600)	156 (169.1200)	28 (174.8800)	161 (168.5600)	259 (164)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	151 / 187 (661.5772)	141 (165.6800)	30 (174.8688)	165 (159.9428)	159 (161.0856)
Aug 7, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	26 / 30 (657.6572)	26 (165.1312)	22 (165.1544)	17 (166.2628)	25 (161.1088)
Jul 31, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	5 / 30 (676.4912)	23 (161.0856)	7 (166.2972)	5 (171.4056)	1 (177.7028)
May 23, 2015	Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA	16 / 37 (663.4060)	25 (162.2860)	20 (164.5600)	24 (161.1200)	2 (175.4400)
Apr 25, 2015	Central Iowa Expo BBQ Boone, IA	36 / 41 (657.0856)	20 (170.8456)	19 (167.4628)	17 (169.1200)	39 (149.6572)
Apr 24, 2015	Central Iowa Expo BBQ Boone, IA	19 / 42 (668.5256)	15 (172)	8 (169.1428)	1 (176)	41 (151.3828)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	137 / 552 (669.1656)	349 (161.7372)	100 (170.8572)	60 (173.1428)	242 (163.4284)
Aug 15, 2014	22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	4 / 38 (684.5828)	3 (174.8572)	11 (169.7028)	5 (171.4172)	9 (168.6056)
Aug 1, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	28 / 30 (650.7772)	9 (170.2744)	22 (165.1544)	25 (159.9656)	29 (155.3828)
Jul 25, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	1 / 29 (692.6400)	1 (179.4400)	9 (170.2972)	1 (177.7600)	16 (165.1428)
Jun 20, 2014	State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA	7 / 25 (668.5488)	6 (170.8572)	4 (170.8688)	13 (161.6684)	11 (165.1544)
May 24, 2014	Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA	2 / 31 (699.3944)	7 (172.5600)	4 (173.1200)	2 (180)	4 (173.7144)
Apr 25, 2014	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew Boone, IA	34 / 45 (649.6456)	18 (169.1200)	36 (154.2400)	20 (166.8684)	35 (159.4172)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	135 / 535 (655.3940)	334 (158.2628)	35 (172.0228)	269 (160.5256)	135 (164.5828)
Jul 19, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	16 / 28 (656.5252)	26 (156.5140)	11 (168.5600)	7 (170.8456)	17 (160.6056)
Jun 21, 2013	Iowa State BBQ Championship Marshalltown, IA	12 / 28 (670.2852)	14 (167.4284)	18 (163.4286)	7 (170.2856)	11 (169.1426)
Jun 14, 2013	State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA	15 / 28 (653.7138)	23 (155.4286)	11 (166.8570)	5 (170.8572)	15 (160.5710)
Jun 7, 2013	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	6 / 69 (675.9998)	45 (158.2854)	6 (173.7144)	8 (170.8572)	3 (173.1428)
May 25, 2013	Smokin' In The Junction West Des Moines, IA	8 / 36 (673.1430)	31 (156.5716)	3 (175.4288)	5 (173.1428)	13 (167.9998)
May 10, 2013	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	5 / 32 (666.2850)	13 (165.1428)	15 (161.7140)	11 (162.8568)	1 (176.5714)
Apr 19, 2013	Smoke Over Veishea Ames, IA	14 / 36 (663.4284)	23 (162.2856)	1 (172)	14 (165.7142)	18 (163.4286)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)