A day of perfect scores
15 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- BBQ Daddies · Brisket
- 913 BBQ · Brisket
- PORTERHOUSE BBQ · Brisket
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: $37,965
HOT DADDY'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest on October 30, 2024 in Kansas City, KS at Kansas Speedway, scoring 709.7028 in a field of 169 teams. Smoke Central BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 707.3712. Category winners: Chicken — RUSTY PIG BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — HOT DADDY'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork — All Forked up for Q (180.0000); Brisket — BBQ Daddies (180.0000). This is the 3rd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY; the next was held in 2025.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
15 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: RUSTY PIG BBQ and RENEGADE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: RENEGADE BBQ and Smoke Central BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: THE BBQ BUS and Kermit's Ex tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HOT DADDY'S BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 46th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY (won 2023).
Bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data
169 teams — bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2022 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 | 249 | 711.9656 | QUE U | Bushmaster BBQ |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 | 211 | 706.8572 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | Damn Fine Beef & Swine |
| Oct 30, 2024 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway | 169 | 709.7028 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | Smoke Central BBQ |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway | 158 | 710.8344 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | TRIPLE H BBQ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8800 | 178.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 180 | 177.7372 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.8572 | 178.2972 |
| Brisket | 180 | 179.4400 | 178.8572 |
169 entries · top 709.7028 · median 684.4916
169 entries · top 180 · median 171.9888 · 🔥 perfect 180
169 entries · top 180 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
169 entries · top 180 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
169 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180