2024-03-22 – 2024-03-23 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 1701 American Royal Court
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, PEG ROGERS
Grand Champion: Bad Influence BBQ - MO (357.7028) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Swine-O-Licious BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
357.7028 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 350.8456 Rick's Racks set in 2022.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
Bad Influence BBQ - MO came in rated below the field's top team, Swine-O-licious BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Bad Influence BBQ - MO's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 41st tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: Smoke This Drink That BBQ and Bad Influence BBQ - MO tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Bad Influence BBQ - MO and T-Dawg BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Breaking Slabs BBQ and Big Reds Backyard BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Swine-O-Licious BBQ turned in 179.4400 in pork ribs — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Big Racks BBQ (won 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-25 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 25 | 350.8456 | Rick's Racks | — |
| 2023-03-24 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 37 | 348.5372 | Big Racks BBQ | — |
| 2024-03-22 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 31 | 357.7028 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 33 | 353.7028 | Too Sauced BBQ | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 33 | 353.1084 | Dawgs BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4516 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 170.8572 |
31 entries · top 357.7028 · median 338.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 2 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 4 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 5 | Ro Ro's Smokehouse | |
| 6 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 7 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 9 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 10 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 12 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 13 | The Meatsy Boys | |
| 14 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 15 | Sofa King Awesome BBQ | |
| 16 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 17 | Beer & Bones BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 19 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 20 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 21 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 22 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 23 | Pig Kahuna BBQ | |
| 24 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 25 | Kingdom Que BBQ | |
| 26 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 27 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 28 | Big TD'S BBQ | |
| 29 | Tangy Beaver BBQ | |
| 30 | BBQ Boys | |
| 31 | Slam Can Kansas |
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4288 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 2 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 3 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 4 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 5 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 6 | The Meatsy Boys | |
| 7 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 8 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 9 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 10 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 11 | Ro Ro's Smokehouse | |
| 12 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 14 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 15 | Sofa King Awesome BBQ | |
| 16 | Pig Kahuna BBQ | |
| 17 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 18 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 19 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 20 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 21 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 22 | Beer & Bones BBQ | |
| 23 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 24 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 25 | Kingdom Que BBQ | |
| 26 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 27 | Tangy Beaver BBQ | |
| 28 | Big TD'S BBQ | |
| 29 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 30 | BBQ Boys | |
| 31 | Slam Can Kansas |
31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 3 | Ro Ro's Smokehouse | |
| 4 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 5 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 6 | Beer & Bones BBQ | |
| 7 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 8 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 12 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 13 | Sofa King Awesome BBQ | |
| 14 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 15 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 16 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 17 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 19 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 20 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 21 | The Meatsy Boys | |
| 22 | Slam Can Kansas | |
| 23 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 24 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 25 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 26 | Pig Kahuna BBQ | |
| 27 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 28 | Kingdom Que BBQ | |
| 29 | Big TD'S BBQ | |
| 30 | BBQ Boys | |
| 31 | Tangy Beaver BBQ |