Nov 5–8, 2025 · 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
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN won Grand Champion at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest on November 5, 2025 in Kansas City, KS at Kansas Speedway, scoring 710.8344 in a field of 158 teams. TRIPLE H BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 709.1200. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Pork — Mulkey's BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Can Country Outlaw BBQ (180.0000). This is the 4th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Hot Daddy's BBQ; the next was held in 2026.
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.
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 1 call from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
15 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ and LC BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: LC BBQ and Smoked & Furious tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Smoked & Furious and SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY (won 2023), Hot Daddy's BBQ (won 2024).
Bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data
158 teams — bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
| 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 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway | 169 | 709.7028 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | Smoke Central BBQ |
| Nov 5, 2025 ← this one | 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 | 180 | 177.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Pork | 180 | 179.4400 | 178.2972 |
| Brisket | 180 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
158 entries · top 710.8344 · median 686.4916
158 entries · top 180 · median 172.2742 · 🔥 perfect 180
158 entries · top 180 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
158 entries · top 180 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
158 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180