A day of perfect scores
3
perfect 180s
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- Blair Schubert · Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak
- Hunter Hoisington · Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak
- Waylon Barker · Kid'S Q 6-10 Hamburger
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que 2023
Sep 27–30, 2023 · Kansas City, KS
Reps: Dave Rogers, Eugene Wickham, Forrest Bruce, Julie Cook, Larry Hadley, Larry Voth, Lynda Voth, Peg Rogers, Rusty Cook, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $570
The American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que 2023 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest held on September 27, 2023 in Kansas City, KS. This is the 2nd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition came before it; the next was held in 2024.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
Entries
40
2 side categories, no meats
Top score
180
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
168.66
Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak · median 169.13 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Blair Schubert (Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak), Hunter Hoisington (Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak), Waylon Barker (Kid'S Q 6-10 Hamburger)
Tightest race
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q 6-10 Hamburger
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
173.1316
10th place in Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak
Field spread
29.7600
winner to last place
Prize money
$570
on the line
Storylines (1 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per category)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
No edition of this contest has results on file yet, so there is nothing to compare across the years: these are the dates it has run.
| Date | Where | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2022 | Kansas City, KS | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Kansas City, KS | 1899 American Royal Way |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak | 180 | 176 | 173.1316 |
| Kid'S Q 6-10 Hamburger | 180 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary categories
This contest judged side dishes only — no meats and no overall — so these boards are the contest, and the figures and charts above are read off them.
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q 11-15 Steak
40 entries · top 180 · median 169.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blair Schubert | |
| 2 | Hunter Hoisington | |
| 3 | Jackson Davis | |
| 4 | Kelly Ebeling | |
| 5 | Mattie Sewell | |
| 6 | Gavin Stecklein | |
| 7 | Jayden Bocanegra | |
| 8 | Alexis Stecklien | |
| 9 | Tyler Hoisington | |
| 10 | Carlyssa Calzada | |
| 11 | Makaylee Wohlers | |
| 12 | Elijah Dang | |
| 13 | Kole Hosch | |
| 14 | Liam Murphy | |
| 15 | Brady Dopp | |
| 16 | London DeWitt | |
| 17 | Derick MacLeod | |
| 18 | Emmalyn Newman | |
| 19 | Joshua Victoriano | |
| 20 | Raelyn Barker | |
| 21 | Cole Jarvis | |
| 22 | Sloan Bohannon | |
| 23 | Kinley Gilkey | |
| 24 | Austin Mueller | |
| 25 | Blake Miller | |
| 26 | Alexis Garrett | |
| 27 | Bryson Murray | |
| 28 | Willam Hillman | |
| 29 | Jack Chamberlain | |
| 30 | Addison White | |
| 31 | Brodie Daniel | |
| 32 | Landon Mercer | |
| 33 | Bailey Mueller | |
| 34 | Orland Long | |
| 35 | Broderick Antonson | |
| 36 | Shaylee Wohlers | |
| 37 | Aidan Wagner | |
| 38 | Courtney Conrad | |
| 39 | Jacey Blurton | |
| 40 | Gemma Dobosenski |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q 6-10 Hamburger
40 entries · top 180 · median 173.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waylon Barker | |
| 2 | Miles O'Guin | |
| 3 | Miles McGee | |
| 4 | Jane Long | |
| 5 | Easton McDonald | |
| 6 | Jax Ederer | |
| 7 | Eli Long | |
| 8 | Finnegan McGee | |
| 9 | Hunter Miller | |
| 10 | Peyton Martins | |
| 11 | Peyton Schafer | |
| 12 | Jordyn Hayes | |
| 13 | Annalee McDonald | |
| 14 | Lucas Whitton | |
| 15 | Cooper Mercer | |
| 16 | Sebastien Hosch | |
| 17 | Hank Day | |
| 18 | Kherrington Teachout | |
| 19 | Brinley Griffith | |
| 20 | Reid Breeden | |
| 21 | Byron Griffith | |
| 22 | Willow Cox | |
| 23 | Hollis Holt | |
| 24 | Cole Miller | |
| 25 | Madelyn Newman | |
| 26 | Charlie Murphy | |
| 27 | Berkley Jo Antonson | |
| 28 | Noah Still | |
| 29 | Elizabeth Hicks | |
| 30 | Jacob Henry Long | |
| 31 | Cruz Bryce | |
| 32 | Sota Muramoto | |
| 33 | Meredith Day | |
| 34 | Charlie Ederer | |
| 35 | Micah Jarvis | |
| 36 | Buddy Conrad | |
| 37 | Colby Mueller | |
| 38 | Mazie Dobosenski | |
| 39 | Stella Seely | |
| 40 | Leah Satter |