A day of perfect scores
43
perfect 180s
43 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO · Baked Beans
- B 3 BBQ · Dessert
- Smokin Trees BBQ · Dessert
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides 2024
Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2024 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 Kansas Speedway
Reps: Charlie Brinza, Dave Rogers, David Burstein, Eugene Wickham, Forrest Bruce, Jeanne Titus, Larry Hadley, Larry Voth, Lynda Voth, Peg Rogers, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $6,900
The American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides 2024 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest held on October 30, 2024 in Kansas City, KS at Kansas Speedway. This is the 3rd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition came before it; the next was held in 2025.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
Entries
209
4 side categories, no meats
Top score
180
Winning margin
0.5600
1st over 2nd in Baked Beans
Field average
168.14
Baked Beans · median 168.53 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
43 🔥
OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO (Baked Beans), B 3 BBQ (Dessert), Smokin Trees BBQ (Dessert) + 40 more
Tightest race
Ancillary — Dessert
0 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
178.2972
10th place in Baked Beans
Field spread
33.7940
winner to last place
Prize money
$6,900
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2022 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 6611 |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 |
| Oct 30, 2024 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Kansas City, KS | 1899 American Royal Way |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baked Beans | 180 | 179.4400 | 178.2972 |
| Dessert | 180 | 180 | 180 |
| Potatoes | 180 | 180 | 177.7600 |
| Vegetables | 180 | 179.4400 | 178.8800 |
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.
Ancillary — Baked Beans
209 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Dessert
185 entries · top 180 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Potatoes
176 entries · top 180 · median 168.0172 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Vegetables
169 entries · top 180 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180