A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- What The Cluck 3 · Wing - Finals
World Championship Hot Wings Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS SERIES) 2024
Apr 20, 2024 · Memphis, TN · 📍 Riverside Dr/River Park
Reps: Carolyn Wells, Wayne Lohman · Prize money: $10,000
The World Championship Hot Wings Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS SERIES) 2024 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest held on April 20, 2024 in Memphis, TN at Riverside Dr/River Park. This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2025.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
Entries
47
2 side categories, no meats
Top score
180
Winning margin
1.1428
1st over 2nd in Wing - Finals
Field average
170.12
Wing - Finals · median 170.57 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Other — Wing - Preliminary
4.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
172
10th place in Wing - Finals
Field spread
22.9372
winner to last place
Prize money
$10,000
on the line
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2024 ← this one | Memphis, TN | Riverside Dr/River Park |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Memphis, TN | Riverside Dr/River Park |
| Apr 18, 2026 | Memphis, TN | 213 N McLean Blvd |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Comp — Wing - Finals | 180 | 175.4056 | 172 |
| Other — Wing - Preliminary | 179.4400 | 174.8572 | 172.0228 |
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.
Open Comp — Wing - Finals
30 entries · top 180 · median 170.5714 · 🔥 perfect 180
Other — Wing - Preliminary
47 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beef N' The Chicken | |
| 2 | Fowl Balls | |
| 3 | New Wing Order | |
| 4 | Suspicious Thighs | |
| 5 | Grill Droids Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Team Springbok Braai | |
| 7 | Smoke That Chick | |
| 8 | Adventure River 2 | |
| 9 | Adventure River | |
| 10 | Grateful Smokers | |
| 11 | What The Cluck | |
| 12 | Wingy Dingy | |
| 13 | Burnin Love | |
| 14 | What The Cluck 3 | |
| 15 | Fat Side Up | |
| 16 | What The Cluck 2 | |
| 17 | Rat Pack | |
| 18 | Pirates of the Caspian | |
| 19 | Adventure River 3 | |
| 20 | Ain't it the Life | |
| 21 | Barnyard Pimps | |
| 22 | Hold My Beer and Watch This | |
| 23 | Take Two | |
| 24 | Kickin Wingz | |
| 25 | Hold My Beer and Watch This Again | |
| 26 | Wing Wang Twins | |
| 27 | Purple People Eaters | |
| 28 | Grateful Smokers 3 | |
| 29 | Wingsutra The OG's | |
| 30 | The Unusual Suacespects | |
| 31 | Robinson Smokehouse | |
| 32 | Wingsutra 2.0 | |
| 33 | Game of Bones | |
| 34 | KK BBQ | |
| 35 | Monkey Wings | |
| 36 | The Wing Dispensary | |
| 37 | Mister Tree | |
| 38 | Ain't No Thang | |
| 39 | Grateful Smokers 2 | |
| 40 | Wing Bling 3 | |
| 41 | Wing of Fire | |
| 42 | Wing Bling 2 | |
| 43 | The Barbecue Experiment | |
| 44 | Wing Bling | |
| 45 | Mother Cluckers | |
| 46 | Phoenix Southern Grill | |
| 47 | Cluck If You Buck |