Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
2025-10-16 – 2025-10-18 · Roswell, GA · 📍 1 Royal Oak Ave.
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID, NOEL KAY · Prize money: $38,000.00
Grand Champion: Rooters-N-Tooters TN (707.3828) · 36 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Candy Q
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1312 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN took the Grand Championship home to TN.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
7 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY and MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ and YES, DEAR BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: RAZORRACKS (won 2023), SMOKIN SKULLIES (won 2024).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1666 power rating going in — stronger than 100% of every contest tracked.
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
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-20 | Roswell, GA | 1 Royal Oak | 35 | 708.5372 | RAZORRACKS | — |
| 2024-10-17 | Roswell, GA | 1 Royal Oak Ave. | 33 | 708.5372 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | — |
| 2025-10-16 ← this one | Roswell, GA | 1 Royal Oak Ave. | 36 | 707.3828 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | — |
| 2026-10-15 | Roswell, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 178.2972 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
36 entries · top 707.3828 · median 691.6458
Chicken
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Anything Steak
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
Kids-Q — Kids Q
12 entries · top 174.2628 · median 170.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shantel | |
| 2 | Wyatt | |
| 3 | Shaden | |
| 4 | Richard H | |
| 5 | Razoracks BBQ-Brynn | |
| 6 | Nova Bassey | |
| 7 | Twisted Oliver BBQ - Charlie | |
| 8 | Drew | |
| 9 | Caleb Bruck | |
| 10 | Saira | |
| 11 | Yes Dear BBQ - Chase & Joe | |
| 12 | Twisted Oliver BBQ - Richard |