May 23, 2025 · Lebanon, TN · 📍 James E. Ward Agricultural Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds)
Reps: Carolyn Wells, Charlie Brinza, Dave Rogers, David Burstein, Eugene Wickham, Jeanne Titus, Peg Rogers, Sarah Wickham
Full results from the 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025), a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on May 23, 2025 in Lebanon, TN at James E. Ward Agricultural Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds). LEE LA Q took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — Take It Easy BBQ (177.7028).
Chicken totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Chicken places 1–2: Take It Easy BBQ and LEE LA Q tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: LEE LA Q and SmokinGhost BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: WE WILL ROCK QUE and Kings BBQ Team tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
43 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 4 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 5 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 6 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 8 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 9 | NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' | |
| 10 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 11 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 12 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 13 | Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 15 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 16 | Organizer Portal | |
| 17 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 18 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 19 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 20 | Goudas Barbecue | |
| 21 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 22 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 23 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 24 | BrewsCue | |
| 25 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 26 | Shmack Q | |
| 27 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 28 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 29 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 30 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 31 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 32 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 33 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 34 | Bastian's Barbecue Co. | |
| 35 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 36 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 37 | Shark Q | |
| 38 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 39 | T & S BBQ | |
| 40 | Professor Smoke | |
| 41 | House of Que | |
| 42 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 43 | Bear's Den BBQ |