7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025)
2025-05-23 · Lebanon, TN
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, DAVE ROGERS, DAVID BURSTEIN, EUGENE WICKHAM, JEANNE TITUS, PEG ROGERS, SARAH WICKHAM
Grand Champion: Take It Easy BBQ (177.7028) · 43 teams
Entries
43
1 category
Top score
177.7028
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
171.55
median 171.98
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
175.4056
what a walk cost here
Field spread
26.3200
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 68%
beats 32% of 2734 Chicken wins in the data
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Take It Easy BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MO.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat — Chicken
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 |