6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
2024-05-24 – 2024-05-25 · Lebanon, TN
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, DAVID BURSTEIN, EUGENE WICKHAM, JEANNE TITUS, SARAH WICKHAM
Grand Champion: Local Yokels BBQ (709.7260) · 118 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IN.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
17 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1646 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Cocktail
51 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Brisket
117 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Chicken
118 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
118 entries · top 709.7260 · median 682.7830
Master Series — Pork
118 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Pork Ribs
118 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey smoke
66 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2570 · 🔥 perfect 180