World Championship Hot Wings Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS SERIES)
2024-04-20 · Memphis, TN · 📍 Riverside Dr/River Park
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $10,000.00
Entries
47
0 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
180.0000
Winning margin
1.1428
1st over 2nd
Field average
170.12
median 170.57
Perfect 180s
0
Top-10 cutoff
172.0000
10th place overall
Field spread
22.9372
winner to last place
Prize money
$10,000.00
on the line
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-20 ← this one | Memphis, TN | Riverside Dr/River Park | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Memphis, TN | Riverside Dr/River Park | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-18 | Memphis, TN | 213 N McLean Blvd | — | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Open Comp — Wing - Finals
30 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |