American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
2025-11-05 – 2025-11-08 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 Kansas Speedway
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, DAVID BURSTEIN, EUGENE WICKHAM, FORREST BRUCE, JEANNE TITUS, LARRY HADLEY, LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $7,125.00
Entries
205
0 judged meats · 4 ancillary
Top score
180.0000
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
167.22
median 169.11
Perfect 180s
0
Top-10 cutoff
177.7372
10th place overall
Field spread
160.0000
winner to last place
Prize money
$7,125.00
on the line
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-01 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 6611 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-30 | Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
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 — Baked Beans
205 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Dessert
177 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Potatoes
179 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Vegetable
173 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180