Records set here
This contest holds the KCBS record for biggest field — 606 teams at one contest, won with 706.2972, set right here. 2 all-time records in the book were set at this contest.
- Biggest field
- Biggest field ever beaten
Oct 3–4, 2015 · Kansas City, MO
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA won Grand Champion at the 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open on October 3, 2015 in Kansas City, MO, scoring 706.2972 in a field of 606 teams. THE CELTIC PIG took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8572. Category winners: Chicken — BIG WIGS BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA (180.0000); Pork — GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA (180.0000); Brisket — HOGGY STYLE (180.0000).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
This contest holds the KCBS record for biggest field — 606 teams at one contest, won with 706.2972, set right here. 2 all-time records in the book were set at this contest.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
12 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 9–10: JO-BAWB'S BBQ and DIRT ROAD BBQ tied on 177.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and MAXIMUM LOIN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 111th.
The biggest field of the 5,482 contests in the data
606 teams — the biggest field of the 5,482 contests in the data.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7372 | 177.1544 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 178.3200 | 177.1428 |
| Pork | 180 | 179.4400 | 177.7144 |
| Brisket | 180 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
606 entries · top 706.2972 · median 651.9256
600 entries · top 180 · median 163.9942 · 🔥 perfect 180
605 entries · top 180 · median 163.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
603 entries · top 180 · median 164 · 🔥 perfect 180
602 entries · top 180 · median 161.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
191 entries · top 526.8800 · median 481.0740
175 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5944
155 entries · top 180 · median 172.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
143 entries · top 180 · median 166.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
345 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5600
134 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7142