American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
2024-03-22 – 2024-03-23 · Kansas City, MO
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, PEG ROGERS
Grand Champion: Bad Influence BBQ - MO (357.7028) · 31 teams
Entries
31
2 categories
Top score
357.7028
Winning margin
5.7028
GC over RC
Field average
328.62
median 338.25
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5484 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
342.2516
what a walk cost here
Field spread
172.5944
winner to last place
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 77%
beats 23% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1546
avg power rating going in · stronger than 52% of contests
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
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 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-25 | Kansas City, MO | 25 | 350.8456 | Rick's Racks |
| 2023-03-24 | Kansas City, MO | 37 | 348.5372 | Big Racks BBQ |
| 2024-03-22 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | 31 | 357.7028 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO |
| 2025-03-21 | Kansas City, MO | 33 | 353.7028 | Too Sauced BBQ |
| 2026-03-20 | Kansas City, MO | 33 | 353.1084 | Dawgs BBQ |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
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 |
Backyard Series — Overall
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 |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
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 |